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Originally posted by shadokat
As for diversity, I've seen some of those southern composites, and 250 girls does not diversity make, sorry!
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I was clearly talking about factors other than racial diversity in my post. That's a whole 'nother kettle of fish. But we've had this discussion on GC before -- "diversity" does not simply apply to race, although it has come to be used as such by some people.
I have never seen a chapter of more than 50 girls that was not "diverse" in terms of personality. I HAVE seen chapters smaller than that that I would consider "not diverse" in terms of personality. (However, of course, I have seen many smaller chapters which are diverse as well.) The numbers game just works in their favor. It's not hard, even at small schools, to find 20 girls with similar personalities and backgrounds. It's a lot harder to find 150.
To judge whether or not a chapter is "diverse" based on composite pictures is ridiculous. You could have a chapter full of girls who look identical and could still have totally different upbringings.
Personally, I think it's ridiculous that people from smaller chapters feel the need to come in here and make veiled attacks on larger chapters. I liked being from a medium-large chapter. I'm sure many of you liked being in smaller chapters. I'm sure many of my sisters at Ole Miss like being in a HUGE chapter. If you liked your small chapters so much, why do you need to get so defensive about larger chapters and accuse them of being "not diverse" simply because 3/4ths of them are blonde? I've found that the chapter size people seem to like most is the one that their chapter was. If being in a 200-person chapter was so horrible, don't you think that people IN 200-people chapters would dislike it? Yet most of them seem to like it. While there are down sides to being in a large chapter (may not know all of your sisters as well), there are also the up sides that (more people to hang out with, more people to share responsibilities).