[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Umm.....no. If you're really interested, much can be learned by reading the NPHC threads and forums. And If you're not, why should we bother? You're in the big boy league, now. Life will no longer be spoon fed to you.

Well, I'm feeling a little charitable today.

On this one, jazing, Dr.Phil already did fill you in:

Originally Posted by DrPhil

As with most aspirant questions, contact Alpha Phi Alpha NHQ.

Or you can read this in the other thread the OP started:

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I am an Alpha.

The background check is certain.

If you follow the steps to apply as noted on the national website, then you will have an answer as to whether it will count against you. Even I personally as a member can't tell you the answer to that, but if you do what you're supposed to do, the answer will be revealed.

Beyond that, you said:

Originally Posted by jazing

It all depends on how much the rush chair cares. If the group is a top house, then perhaps they'll look more into it and deny you a bid. But moderate houses shouldn't hold it against you. Neither should anyone else, but life is life.

For future reference,

• A house is not the same thing as a chapter, especially in GLOs that typically do not have houses.
• Not all GLOs have "rush" as you have experienced it. Some do not have it at all, so they do not have "rush chairs," and the way they go about taking in new members is vastly different from what you experienced.
• Not all GLOs have "bids" as you know them.
• As a member of the fraternity that the OP is interested in pointed out, this is a matter of national requirements, not "top houses" or "moderate houses."

Meanwhile, this.