Where I grew up, the NPHC organizations were really big. I went to a boarding school for high school (which was located on a college campus) so I was exposed to a lot of people who were Greek and in the process of becoming Greek.
A good number of my mentors were either Greeks, Masons, OES or Greek and OES/Mason. I really respected the work they did in the community, so I knew I wanted to be one when I went to college. I had been thoroughly educated about some of the organizations, but I researched the histories of all of the sororities (and most of the fraternities) and chose the one that appealed to me the most.
Jones, NP??? *shudder*