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Originally posted by Optimist Prime
Can you explain why that is or no?
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No.
The first six letters were initially skipped for various reasons, but some were re-visted (Gamma at LSU, for example) again for varying reasons. Thus, our founding chapter is known as Zeta chapter, at UVA, chartered in December of 1869.
When a chapter is re-opened, the school changes, etc, a 'prime' is generally added to the end, ie Eta Prime at Duke (which was initially chartered at Trinity, before they joined.)
Other than that, generally it's "A-A, A-B, A-G, A-D" etc through the alphabet, with exceptions for single letters (ie Phi chapter exists).