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Originally posted by Eclipse
Makes a little more sense to me now...Thanks breathesgelatin and 33girl! Another question for ya....do you think this has anything to do with the fact that it seems most girls rushing NPC sororities come to campus without strong ties to one organization vs. another, but make their decision based on the local chapter, while many girls who want to pledge NPHC chapters have a strong idea when they come to college what they want to pledge, or if they don't, seem to take a stronger look at the national organization than potential NPC members?
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I think this is definitely a good point. The NPC rush process is designed for each sorority to have a chance to "woo" girls to their organization, thus the biggest groups are seen as the most desirable because they successfully captured the attention of more girls in the past, so they must be doing something right. By the time the NPHC groups do intake, most of their potential new members have long decided which group they want to be in, often based off national reputation or "Every woman in my family has been an AKA so there's really no other choice." So within the NPHC, numbers aren't equated with quality as much as they are in the NPC, because there's no "rush" process that makes the sororities compete for women -- the vast majority of the women already know where they're going.
As for the colony, it's definitely sad, but I think ZTA made the right decision. It sounds like, from the way numbers dropped, that there were some internal problems that could severely affect their size. I'm guessing that numbers weren't the biggest problem here, but possibly a side affect of the problem? And the lack of a house wouldn't help them either.