<p>First off, I take offense at the jab at pi phi. Some of the most amazing girls I’ve met this year (including my FD date and my best friend here) are pi phis. Pi Phi tends to recruit a certain type of woman that is happier there than at other sororities. Actually, that can be said about pretty much every sorority here. You end up where you fit. The NHPC sororities won’t get all the minority girls just like the traditionally black fraternities won’t get all the minority guys. Out of my minority friends this year, there are several in Pi Phi, KD, Theta, and Chi O - the only sorority where I don’t know minority freshmen is Kappa. So please don’t generalize - especially before you even step foot on campus.</p>
<p>Secondly, right now the average sorority is about 131 women. That is huge considering how small a school we are (average frat size was 48 last year) and just goes against W&L culture. Plus the sorority houses are just too small for that - only built for around 80-90. The addition of a sixth house (and if that is Alpha Chi - I really hope if they come Alpha Chi will stick as the name to avoid confusion with Chi O), which will likely be just as beautiful and right next door to the current five, should bring average size down to a more manageable hundred. I am also sure that they will build their own image. </p>
<p>In terms of competition- its pretty simple, there are PanHel-imposed limits to pledge class size that will be cut, which will make it that much harder to get into your first-choice sorority but will make sure that all sororities have strong pledge classes. I’ve heard from someone that the first year ('07 or '08, whenever Alpha Chi if that is indeed the chosen sorority comes) a new sorority recruits they will have bigger limits while other sororities would have much smaller limits to assure the new sorority starts off strong.</p>
<p>Anyway, moral of the story: don’t generalize or you may miss out on going to a house whose reputation you dont like but would make you happies.</p>
<p>And moral two: not only is there plenty of room for anotther sorority on campus, but it is a very good idea. After all, we have 14 frats and we’re approaching 50-50 in male:female ration.</p>