[DubaiSis]

There are a TON of threads here about colonizations. It works the same (as far as you're concerned) for AOII and for every other NPC sorority. They will have a series of get to know you events, interviews with sorority leaders (headquarters women, local alumnae, traveling consultants, etc., depending on who they have available), then they will offer bids, you'll have a pledge ceremony, and then you (should you be so lucky) will begin several weeks of controlled chaos as you prepare your colony to become a chapter.

It's a great opportunity for you and the timing seems good, but don't put all of your eggs in that basket. While your chances are greater as a junior with a colony, I would still go through the formal recruitment process first, partly to give you a better feel for the what sorority life is all about and partly to make sure that you haven't discounted one option in favor of the other. Because, contrary to us saying it until we're blue in the face, membership in a colony is NOT guaranteed.

If you go on Facebook and look at the various sorority colony pages (Alpha Xi Delta at Michigan State had a good one, and you can follow the Alpha Xi Delta at Oklahoma State one, which doesn't happen until next fall but the page is already up and running. Both just as examples from my sorority) you'll get an idea of the process and the result.

Good luck, keep your grades up, get involved and include leadership roles as well as behind the scenes (worker bee) roles. And get good at explaining yourself and what makes you awesome, in a subtle and non-arrogant way.