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Originally posted by JocelynC
I have a question, please feel free to tell me if this isn't appropriate:
Which sororities are the ones that typically get pigeon-holed as the "small NPC's who don't do well at expansion"?
I know mine probably is one. We tend to colonize @ smaller schools with smaller or newly formed Greek systems. We have just as many colonizations every year as any of the larger sororities- but most of them are @ schools no one has heard of. 
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I don't want to say any specific sororities, but sometimes it's an area thing, and it's to protect your organization as well as the school. Tri-Sig used to be at USC, but when it's a sorority that only has two chapters in South Carolina--both small schools--it was hard for y'all to compete against chapters like ZTA, that have a huge alumnae base and the most chapters in South Carolina.
Truthfully, there are organizations that aren't going to get invited into the larger schools, unless they have a significant alumnae base in the area. Say sorority XYZ had a chapter at C of C, Winthrop, Newberry, Wofford, and Furman, and all of their chapters are thriving and they have three or four alumnae associations in South Carolina, THEN they might get invited to colonize at Clemson or USC. But without that, I'm afraid the chapter would close in a matter of a few years, because it would be too hard to compete against the powerhouses.
On the flip side, if a "larger" organization has no base in an area, they aren't going to do well, either. If a larger organization is huge in California, huge in Mississippi and Alabama, and has no chapters or alumnae groups in South Carolina, they would also find it hard to compete.