[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by SuzyInMD

I am a Cornell alumna and my daughter is a current undergraduate. When I was an undergraduate in the 1980s, and shortly after, there were several colonizations in a short period of time, approximately one every two years. All of those organizations, including those you mentioned above, have closed. Phi Sigma Sigma and Phi Mu are more recent chapters, I believe both opened sometime in the 2010s. Most of the sororities at Cornell are long established chapters and those are not struggling. I believe only one organization that has opened since 1982 has prospered. It is the new chapters that struggle, they have successful colonies, then the chapters struggle after a short period of time when being the new group is no longer attractive. In my opinion, the question should be why it is difficult to establish a new group at Cornell.

From the NPC Chapter listing thread, for reference:

Originally Posted by shadokat

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
January 16-29, 2023
Quota=
Campus Total=183
Quota last year=
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Kappa Alpha Theta Iota 1881-1965/1980 (42)
Kappa Kappa Gamma Psi 1883-1969/1977 (44)
Delta Gamma Chi 1885 (42)
Alpha Phi Delta 1889-1998/1998
Alpha Omicron Pi Epsilon 1908-1962/1989-2008
Delta Zeta Beta 1908-1932
Delta Delta Delta Alpha Beta 1913 (40)
Kappa Delta Omega Chi 1917-1969/1975 (42)
Sigma Delta Tau Alpha (Founding Chapter) 1917 (46)
Chi Omega Theta Alpha 1917-1963/1987-2003
Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Beta 1918-1964/2005 (44)
Pi Beta Phi New York Delta 1919 (41)
Alpha Epsilon Phi Kappa 1920 (41)
Sigma Kappa Alpha Zeta 1921-1955
Phi Sigma Sigma Beta Xi 1954-1969/2011 (17)
Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Rho 1960-1988/?-2003
Iota Alpha Pi Beta Delta 1966-1971
Alpha Chi Omega Zeta Phi 1984 (40)
Alpha Gamma Delta Zeta Xi 1985-1990
Phi Mu Phi Xi 2014-2021