On the same topic, there is at least one letter that is used by both NPHC and NIC but not NPC

Iota?

Good thing I said at least one lol. Not what I had in mind.

You couldn't possibly be thinking of Psi, could you? :p

Why would you possibly think that? .... :p Yup. And actually k_Slut, now that I think of it, Iota doesn't count because the Iota Theta Phi is NIC as well. Only fraternity that doesn't over lap in the 2 orgs is Omega Psi Phi.

Bleh. I'm done with these games lol

ETA: Iota should still count. It's NPHC and NIC, but not NPC.

Which letters appear most frequently in each conference?

I'm guessing Alpha shows up the most in total.

alpha has 13

No, it's way more than that, in both # of orgs and total appearances (i.e. counting it twice for ASA, AKA, and APhiA).

sorry i meant to clarify. 13 for NPC.

When it comes to just appearances in names in general, Kappa is pretty up there as well I think.

There are 21 uses of Alpha in the NIC, plus 2 additional ones in the NPHC. That's 36 total.

Meanwhile, there are 31 uses of Phi in the NIC, plus another 1 in the NPHC and 8 more in the NPC. That's 40 total.

I could add at least one more use each of Phi and Alpha if we were going beyond the NIC, NPC and NPHC. ;)

NIC - 16
NPC - 5
NPHC - 1 (not duplicated in NIC)
Total: 22

And Sigma:
NIC - 20
NPC - 9
NPHC - 2 (not duplicated in NIC)
Total: 31

That many Phis? wow

Depends on whether you count # of orgs or number of appearances. Alpha appears 5 times in the NPHC, in the names of 3 orgs.

I was counting the number of appearances, but I should have said 2 additional in the NPHC. I'll correct that post.

Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi are also in the NIC, so they were included in the NIC count; that's why I said "additional" uses in the NPHC.