[DubaiSis]

Being very involved on campus helps in a myriad of ways. 1 is to let people get to know that the ABC's are actually a great group of girls. Now, that may START as "those ABCs are a bunch of dorks, but Suzie ABC is great. Then they find out they're not great but Suzie and Sarah ABC are great. Before long the whole chapter can be seen as great. That is only accomplished with visibility. The other part of that double edged sword is it affords you the opportunity to meet other great gals to bring into the fold.

Being in the struggling chapter is, IMO, harder than being in the biggest chapter on campus because every member has to do more work. That (relatively) huge chapter can spread the burden around and have some girls who are there just for their looks, or their grades, or daddy's checkbook or whatever. You don't have the luxury of having girls just take up space. And if you can accept your responsibility in the process, great things can happen for you and for the chapter. But it IS a lifetime commitment, so please take your vows seriously. And as stated above, you will have had the benefit of actually thinking about and deciding to accept your oath instead of just doing it because.