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My chapter was, and still is, what you describe. Most sororities returned for rush with about 70 sisters; one year we returned with 10. (!) The good news is that my chapter has slowly been growing - they're now up to around 35.
We always made sure to display prominently all the awards that the chapter had won, and to talk about them, as in "We have a very strong academic program, and we actually had the highest GPA of any sorority last semester." We also played up the opportunities to move into a leadership role more quickly.
To make us "look" larger, we held our formal rush parties in the smallest room available, and positioned balloons, decorations, and tables so as to take up more space. This cut down on the glaring size difference.
We also held informal rush throughout the year, and we were not afraid to take one-person new member classes... like you said, 1+1+1+... = total.
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