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Originally posted by 33girl
and yeah, maybe orgs WANT to charter at large schools, but I want to marry Ewan McGregor, and that isn't happening either. You can want to do it and work for it 24/7 and have your whole national org behind you and it STILL might not be feasible.
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33girl is right. You're assuming that it's all up to the organization in question, but if the university won't support it, it's not going to happen.
Case in point: Indiana University. Large school, very strong Greek system (19 of the 26 NPC sororities have chapters there) and many, many more women interested in joining sororities than spots available. (usually less than half the PNMs who start recruitment end up with bids) Now, doesn't that sound like a campus ripe for new chapters? Why aren't the other 7 NPC groups all there right now, chartering new chapters? It's a no-brainer, right?
Except it isn't. I don't know everything that has to happen, but I do know that the existing NPC groups have to approve expansion. And even if they do...I believe IU has a rule that any chapter wishing to colonize needs to be able to build a house within a certain amount of time...they need to be able to get land. And land just isn't available on campus.