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1) Would you be more likely to show interest in an organization with more established chapters as opposed to one with fewer?

I think it would not be so much the number of chapters, as much as the services they provide. If it's a smaller group that offers awesome opportunities and programming the number of chapters would not matter to me. I would not join a sorority just for the national character if I didn't like the women at my to-be collegiate chapter.

2) Would you show more interest in an organization with large numbers as opposed to one with small numbers?

Same as above. As far as individual chapters, I actually chose the chapter I did because it was the smaller of my top 2. I didn't want to get lost in the shuffle.

3) Would you prefer to join an organization that has been around for longer but had few chapters?

Yes, if the reason they have few chapters is because their expansion policies have been conservative (not because they had a bunch of chapters that croaked). I would rather see a group that expands slowly and carefully and gives a great amount of attention to each new chapter than one that expands willy-nilly just to increase their chartered chapter count.

4) Did the organization’s colors or website affect your interest level?

Website n/a back in the day...I liked the colors, but they really did not affect my decision. If I would have liked the girls I wouldn't have cared if I hated the colors.

5) What was it about the organization that you chose that interested you?

The women I met at Rush...I felt comfortable with them and there were all kinds of women in the group - no clones!