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Originally posted by Sistermadly
AGDee is right about geography playing a big part. For example, Alpha Phi is well known in the midwest and western United States, but we're not very well represented in the Southeast.
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Hey, I'd like to think that I represent A Phi quite well.
Actually, Sistermadly is exactly right. There's only 1 other chapter in Florida, none in Georgia, Alabama, and maybe even South Carolina and Mississippi (have to get back to you on that).
I think geography really is a big factor. When I come back home to Chicago, everyone knows Alpha Phi. As a matter of fact, most of the girls I graduated with joined Alpha Phi. But down here in Florida, no one ever hears about us, even though we are a large NPC.
Keep in mind that the "larger" organizations weren't handed charters on a silver platter. They had to work for those chapters too. And also, you can only have one of each chapter at a university... therefore, SDT, ASA, TPA, etc. have lots of opportunities to expand.
At Florida Tech, the only NPCs are Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi. But we are probably expanding in the next year, and I have a feeling that the new chapter on campus will NOT be a "traditional" chapter. We are a very non-traditional school, so I have a feeling that it is going to be one of the smaller NPCs that comes on, because they're not going to have a stereotype to combat. Also, I've noticed that most of the chapters labeled as "smaller NPCs" are big in the northeast, and a majority of our students come from the east coast. In this case, geography will probably benefit the smaller NPCs.