[XOMichelle]

It is so hard to remember that in the midts of competing with eachother for the same rushees that the Greek Community is a Community and that to survive, we must support eachother :-)

I think Erik has a skewed view of what a lot of sororities are like. My chapter is small, about the size of a small fraternity at 35 girls.
We rely on quota a lot so we can get pledges. Since we are small, a lot of girls don't want to pick us during the rush process. When some of the larger chapters can;t extend bids to all the girls, we are able to give them a bid. If there was no quota, we would probably lose a lot of rushees, and the bigger chapters would jsut get bigger. Quota is a way of keep chapters the same size.
And as far as why sororities are bigger than fraternities: It's the way rush is done. If fraternities herded boys through their houses like sororities do, they'd be able to have 40-70 member pledge classes too. But, since college boys would NEVER go for that, it won't happen. Obviously this doesn't get a WHY sororities are that big or why the two types of groups are so different, but it can help to understand what might have to be jumped over to accomplish any changes. Also, it looks like the imbalance in numbers has got you a bit ruffled.

And it is true that the greek system is only as strong as the weakest link. Gotta support other chapters. That's the message.