From what I understand (Zillini please chime in!), Alpha Phi will lease the Sigma Delta Tau house temporarily. This is a rather small house, so no one may live there, OR just a small number of girls. I believe Sigma Delta Tau's chapter still exists at Alabama, but they have not occupied their house in several years. In fact, a couple of fraternities have rented the house while theirs was being built.
I'm assuming it is being redecorated!
Here's what we did at Auburn: the colonizing team was composed of a couple of international officers, collegiate development consultants, and, I think, a local alum or two. They interviewed over 2 days, and issued invitations to come back for a second interview. There was an actual pref ceremony by our Mississippi State chapter. The board selected those who would receive bids. They were shooting for average chapter size, which came out to a little on the lower side, but not terribly far off. That's rough, but that's the jist of it. And Alphi Phi will probably do it differently - everybody has their own way.
Now, numbers...I believe last year Alabama had around 1,200 PNMs?
Quite a few are released or drop out because they don't get what they want. That will be the biggest problem - PNMs who think that if they don't get AAA, BBB, or CCC, or at least, uh, EEE, that they'll drop out.
So if this year there are 1,400 already signed up...well, there are PLENTY of
good PNMs out there for Alpha Phi to pledge!
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