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That's a tough one!

I think the informed choice I'd make today might be different from the one I'd have made at 18. When I went away to college I assumed that all sororities were the same nationally as the chapters I'd grown up seeing at LSU.

When I went through rush (over 20 years ago), I discovered that:

One of the so-called "Top Four" was a group whose chapter had closed at LSU the year before. I cut them early on, since I didn't want the chance to like them or the horror of being seen in the letters at home in Baton Rouge.

The smallest group was one of LSU's best, most sought-after chapters. Still, I couldn't make myself like the group. Sadly it closed the next year.

Soooo, I suppose that if most 18-year old pnm's are as uninformed as I was, they know nothing about national reputation!