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Old 01-20-2014, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by arrowlady View Post
My own daughter's chapter at Texas A&M has over 200 girls, while she doesn't know them all really well, she knows where everyone is from and a little about them. She loves her sisters and would be there for any of them. They manage to fit all the girls in the house for meetings, have date parties etc.

It is a travesty to say that campuses with larger quotas/chapters are not having a special experience.
I think the girls who said that are getting way raked over the coals. Coming from a chapter of 50 and a small Greek system in general, I understand. I don't think anyone is saying that you can't find love and closeness and forever friendships in a 200+ chapter, but you are simply not going to know every single sister inside out like you do in a smaller chapter. It's not "better" or "worse" - it's just DIFFERENT. Would I have wanted to be in a chapter of 200 or even 100? 19 year old rushing me says no. Current day me would probably be fine with it. Believe me, we had Greeks who chafed at the smallness of our system, and I'm sure IU does too.
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Last edited by 33girl; 01-20-2014 at 10:47 PM. Reason: clarity