Agreed.

I could see Alpha Xi Delta (and frankly a couple others, like Alpha Phi) asking to be the stacked sorority and not first up, just because we're so heavily booked right now. 2018/19 sounds pretty good about right now for a Florida colony. But who knows? Maybe we could make it work in a year or so. It will be interesting to see who gets it. It's a good big school with what seems to be a really solid Greek system.

Here are the NPC sororities that are not at the University of Florida and their presence in Florida at other schools.

Alpha Phi:
Open Chapters: 3 (Barry, Florida Tech, Florida State)
Closed Chapters: 1 (Rollins)

Alpha Gamma Delta
Open Chapters: 3 (Florida State, Tampa, West Florida)
Closed Chapters: 2 (Barry and Florida Southern)

Gamma Phi Beta
Open Chapters: 6 (Florida Tech, Florida Southern, Florida State, Jacksonville, Central Florida, South Florida)
Closed Chapters: 2 (Rollins and Miami)

Sigma Delta Tau
Open Chapters: 5 (Florida State, Nova Southeastern, Miami, South Florida, Tampa)
Closed Chapters: 1 (Florida)

Alpha Xi Delta
Open Chapters: 5 (Embry Riddle Aeronautical, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Stetson, Central Florida)
Closed Chapters: 3 (Florida State, Jacksonville, Florida)

Alpha Sigma Alpha
Open Chapters: None
Closed Chapters: 1 (Tampa)

Theta Phi Alpha
Open Chapters: 4 (Embry Riddle Aeronautical, Florida Atlantic, Lynn, St. Leo)
Closed Chapters: None

Phi Sigma Sigma
Open Chapters: 6 (Barry, Florida Atlantic, Florida Tech, Florida International, Nova Southeastern, West Florida)
Closed Chapters: 3 (Florida Southern, Florida, Miami)

Alpha Sigma Tau
Open Chapters: 2 (Johnson and Wales, St. Leo)
Closed Chapters: None

Sigma Sigma Sigma
Open Chapters: 5 (Embry Riddle Aeronautical, Florida International, Lynn, Ringling School of Art & Design, St. Leo)
Closed Chapters: 3 (Florida Southern, Florida State, Tampa)

Tri-Sigma's chapter at Ringling closed in 2009.

I think we'd actually be better off going sooner rather than later. Alpha Xi only has The College of New Jersey for Spring 2015 so far. Fall 2015 is wide open right now. 2016 is when we get into South Carolina and UCLA, and then NC State in 2019.

Your chapter at UCF is seriously wonderful. I bet it would be just as wonderful at UF.

I think that (in my unprofessional opinion) the important factor here won't be necessarily how many chapters a group has in Florida but how many of them are at schools with a similar population to UF, both in Florida and at other large state schools in the South.

^bingo

I agree with both Clemsongirl and Irishpipes. Just because an organization is successful at a handful of small universities in the same state, doesn't mean it will be successful at a large SEC school where a 6 million dollar house will be needed to be competitive. Six million is quite a sizable investment and not many organizations will be able to make that type of commitment.

I think (and hope) that we would be very interested in this opportunity. We have a very strong alumnae support base in Florida, with many active alumnae chapters, and a combination of well-established and successful new collegiate chapters.

I think Gamma Phi Beta has a very good chance.

They are at similar schools with comparable Greek life with Florida. They have a well established chapter at Florida State. They colonized at Central Florida in 2013 but that school is comparable and the chapter is established and installed.

I would imagine Gamma Phi Beta would pursue Florida but that's my 2 cents.

I think Clemsongirl is very wise beyond her years considering she is only halfway through college....

Yes. Number of chapters also doesn't say anything about alumnae base, on its own. The size, location, and history of the chapters will dictate how many alumnae are nearby to help out.

It's all about the rep,in Florida at least. It won't matter that ABC sorority has a strong presence at Georgia or Auburn or California or Ohio as much as the rep they have at FSU, USF, UCF, etc., or if there is a chapter there at all. Doesn't mean that a group with a small presence in the state won't be chosen-just that it will be harder for them to climb up the status ladder.