Expansion to "non-elite" schools?

[FuzzieAlum]

So, we have really selective schools like Harvard on one end ... and schools that simply require a high school diploma on the other. Do you think your national GLO should avoid colonizing on a non-selective campus, especially if it is not a commuter school that might be attended for financial reasons but is instead a private institution?

If you say, "We should not colonize there," you're saying, "Even their best students aren't good enough for my GLO." And are their best really less than some of your members on other campuses? Can't there be great women anywhere?

If you say, "We should colonize there," are you really making your organization its best? Are you best off expending your expansion efforts at mediocre institutions? Are many of the members likely to become outstanding members and alums?

What if it's a choice between expanding there or nowhere at all?

Do you think the academic selectivity of the campuses you are at affects your sorority's PR, and is that important? Or are the other characteristics of the women, such as their character and spirit, more important? Is a school's academic strength just one factor among many - like geography, average chapter size, need for a new sorority, and strength of Greek system?

I'm interested to hear what people think, because it seems to me that some sororities only colonize at very big or well-known schools (aka their chapters are mostly Ivies and Big State Us), while others are more open to smaller or lesser-known schools.

And I don't mean this question to bash anyone's school - please don't say, "The women at Western Walnut College are morons, and they make Mu Mu look bad." I'd like to keep it a little more general.