You may feel differently after Preference. Another thing to keep in mind at Preference today is not just who the collegiate members are, but which other PNMs are also at that Pref. It sounds like AChiO at USC is in a phase of building its membership and what a lot of PNMs don't understand is that their new member class can completely change the dynamics of a chapter.
My own chapter, during the summer after I initiated, dropped in size drastically due to some strife among sisters who lived in our unofficial house. I never really knew what had gone on because I was so new. But I knew that we came back in the fall with 17 members when Total was 45 and we had been at 30 something when my class was Initiated. That fall, we took 19 new members and the chapter changed TOTALLY. Within a year, we were at Total and the chapter had done a complete turn around. I'm sure some of those 19 had reservations about joining our very small chapter, but they ended up essentially taking it over and making it into what they wanted it to be.
My point is, look around at the other PNMs and see if they are women you could develop sisterhood with as well.
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