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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128
I agree with the others who say to took at the national organization. Take my organization for example...are there campuses where we struggle? Sure, but there are many more campuses where DG is top of the top. And there are some places where we are cozy in the middle. However, as an international organization, we are awesome (as are ALL NPC organizations!)! You'll spend 4(ish) years on campus with your chapter, and then 60+ years enjoying membership at a much larger level. In those years, you'll interact with women from chapters across the nation and beyond...the ties that bind you in friendship and sisterhood transcend the memories of struggling chapters and local stigmas.
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So true.
And after college, you won't only find yourself meeting and bonding with more of your own sisters, but also sisters of other NPCs. I get stupidly excited when I see a girl at the grocery store with a Tri Delta shirt on, or when I see a Phi Mu totebag being carried around at the airport, or when I'm driving behind a car with an Alpha Xi Delta license plate frame. I've met, worked with, and socialized with members of about half of the NPC sororities since I graduated, and every experience has been beyond wonderful.
Every sorority has something great to offer, and you have something great to offer the chapter that you've joined. As others have said, they're nice, and that's half the battle right there. I come from a chapter that struggled (all of the chapters on my small campus did). And when we were down to 9 members, most of us were holding at least 3 positions a piece. We had to work overtime on many things like recruitment, and the annual pageant we hosted, and trying to plan philanthropic and social events. We had days when we were frustrated, and tired, and we just wanted a break. At times, we even got tired of each other. But all the fun we had in between more than made up for all of those hard days. And I wouldn't trade my experience for anything.
It's true what they say: you really do get out of it what you put into it.