Just curious, but as competitive as "UA" is, jelly, you're really going to need to do your homework. I don't know a single thing about Alabama's rush, but I would think now would be a good time to start getting your letters of recommendation in order. If you don't know about those, go to the recruitment forum and do a search.
I applaud you for wanting to get this information, just don't be surprised when you ask a group of people whether it's true that they're 'snooty' that they might be a little offended.
It wouldn't hurt you to go through recruitment, you'd learn a lot even if you didn't get a bid. Really though, you need to contact your school's greek life office. They'll give you all of the information you need.
For that, here's the link to UA's Sorority Recruitment page. It looks like most of those questions are answered there for you.
http://bama.ua.edu/~greeklif/SororityRecruitment.html
Best of luck. If you do go through with Recruitment, keep us posted.