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Originally Posted by 33girl
Expanding at a school like this is a HUGE undertaking financially, mentally and emotionally for a national organization. They also run the risk of not seeing ROI (in all facets) for many years, if ever. If it was a matter of just opening a chapter and immediately running at the same level as the current sororities on campus, there would be many schools with chapters of all 26 NPC sororities. But it doesn’t work that way.
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This to the Nth degree.
Just building a house is a huge undertaking - the new ADPi house at Ole Miss cost $5 million. I know the newer houses at Alabama are ginormous so I googled and found that the Phi Mu house cost almost $13 million and the Gamma Phi Beta house cost $10 million. And there's the issue of finding land - not so easy on some campuses.
That alone is enough to put off many a sorority from colonizing on a super-competitive campus like the SEC schools where a stunning house is a must and it's got to be big enough for huge memberships. I can't imagine the operating costs.
Finding local alums to advise the chapter, successfully colonizing, getting girls to consider your house when they've become fixated on the more established chapters, finding a campus where other houses are actually supportive of new chapters, etc., etc - colonization is not for the weak-hearted at all.