I don't really know anything about the California school system to know which schools are good for greek life and which ones aren't.

Big School Requires Deep Pockets
 

For these dream colonizations that have houses....alum should be/need to be willing to open their pockets to help pay for the competitive housing that we will need. That's my personal opinion, but as a CA of a chapter with a house, it's expensive and ours is university owned. Even the smallest donation to get a house up and running or when it comes time to redecorate makes a huge difference!!! So, for the current colonizations on the docket (especially recolonizations where there is an alum base) and future hopefuls I recommend talking to your alum friends and encourage them to financially support the National Fraternity whether it's their chapter or not! It DOES make a difference!

Well, since we're not in it for LSU this time, fingers crossed for Georgia (we're presenting in February!!), Kentucky and FGCU.

It's nice that whomever is selected at LSU will be a recolonization though.

I would love for us to get in at bigger name universities. We seem to do well with smaller schools or 'directional' uni's but not the big names with a few exceptions. Bummed about UGA, but do wish we had a Nationals who would get more aggressive with the big schools. Our big name uni chapters seem to fold easily. Why is that?