Pennsylvania Schools

[DubaiSis]

Hey, I have a friend with a daughter looking at Bucknell and Franklin & Marshall for school next year. There are Alpha Xi Delta chapters there and she's a double legacy so obviously that is something she considers important. I have begun all the mom-prep since my friend hasn't been an involved member since college and about freaked out when I started talking about the changes in the process.

So you northeasterners out there: What can you tell me about these schools? They seem to have decent numbers, in the mid-30's so the chapters will be reasonably large and diverse. What else can you tell me? Would you consider these schools pretty competitive? Does legacy status hold much weight here (I completely accept generalization and will not burn down your house if her experience doesn't match your comments)? Do they have houses? Where do they hold their meetings? Are the schools pro-Greek life? Is there a hazing problem? And the big kahuna, if you were picking based solely on Greek system, which one would you choose? Why?

Thanks for the input! I want to help her as much as I can because I simply adore the mom. My guess based on facebook is the daughter will be highly sought, but I still want to prepare her with the good the bad and the ugly.