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what are you predicting will happen this year? Like which houses will surprise us (either good or bad) during recruitment?

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#11by: yay aopi   
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I am really rooting for AOPi this year! Right now they are neither hated or loved by PNMs, not a bad chapter by any means but also not the most desirable during rush compared to other houses here. They're such an unprobelmatic chapter, and while there's something a little off about some of their girls when you talk to them, I get the vibe that the majority of them are really in Greek life for the right reasons, love each other, and love their chapter. They have a good national presence, so I hope AoPi becomes a little more prevelant on Alabama's campus this year.

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by: yes    

yes! ive always thought aopi was underrated. i am not an aopi but the were in my top 3. im really rooting for them too with their new house. i feel like aopi is just as good as adpi, and with better retention rates, they might rise above them. their instagram has gotten a lot better and they seem to be working harder on creating an image for themselves.

truthfully though, id love every sorority to do well. us greek women are grouped into one to the outside world.
-pan love.

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#12by: idk   
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AOPi and DZ will hopefully do better with their new houses. Pi Phi definitely will. Phi Mu will get the top PNMs and I could see DDD following close behind. Zeta will have a great rush as well I believe. Hope everyone regardless gets the PNMS they want and everyone ends up happy!

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#13by: Ques   
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In the past, Although it had a select audience, APhi was not typically a house that hung around on cards of girls who weren’t interested. They had enough interest from those who were.

I expect this changes this year. And APhi will be on the list of girls in Sisterhood that may have ranked them low, but have been dropped by many other houses.

Will girls just not show up? One extreme

Or will they assesss their options. If APhi is on the list of girls who had deep cuts and few options - will they consider APhi a preferable option?

And, who (what type of girls) are these going to be? Is APhi going to hold true to its hot, insta QR crowd or try to change?

I am afraid a plan to “change” would be hard and there’s be few files willing to take a risk opposite other houses. Maybe if they did something “big” - like promote a new direction and hit I head on. Just don’t see that happening.

Just think it’s goong to be rough on them. And I do feel bad for the girls who are trying to hold it together.

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by: Yep   

This is the problem I think with alpha phi’s nationals kicking out all those girls and keeping them on campus. Why is it fair to those PNMs who get a bid from them who may be blindsided by what they are getting themselves into? I’m sure there is, understandably, a lot of internal turmoil in that house right now and it just seems like a disservice to the PNMs.

IF worst case scenario happens and they have a really bad rush, I can see the less desired PNMs who are cut to one or two houses but who are otherwise nice girls being really upset about having alpha phi left as an option. For example before, if a PNM only preffed one house and it was a different lower house, technically the only complaint is that they’re bottom. But if a PNM is only left with alpha phi this year I can see why she would think “now how is this okay, I’m being forced to join a house with all these internal issues.”

Of course that scenario completely depends on how rush goes, but I can see sigma kappa being a huge fallback option for any girls that happens to. I think honestly joining a colony might seem like less of an undertaking than bringing alpha phi back to life for some girls, with the added bonus that they don’t have a reputation yet.

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by: SK   

In a way, I think APhi needing to rebuild so much will be a little like the pitch SK will give as it colonizes, the chance to build something new type of thing.

Not sure if they'll pitch it that way, but it might calm some fears for PNMs that get invited back but ranked them low.

If they just pretend nothing happened during rush then I think a lot of the stuff @Ques says will be an issue

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by: Omg   

^ok this is what I have been thinking about ever since the whole thing happened... I was personally cut to one house for pref, and I was bummed at first because they were bottom but otherwise I couldn’t really complain because they were still nice girls, there was a new house, etc. But if I had been cut to one house and that house had a scandal and nationals kicked out a ton of girls and the house was unpopular for that reason I would have been SO upset. It’s exactly like you said, it’s not fair to those girls.

And I know people think that their “type” of girls will still want them so this won’t be a problem, but it would be beyond stupid to continue taking that type of girl who got them in trouble in the first place.

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#14by: Think about it   
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I think alpha phi will struggle not only because of tent talk, but also because parents may have a big issue with their daughters pledging a sorority with a lot of negative press. Most girls pledging are not paying for the sorority themselves, their parents are footing the bill. The first thing that pops up on when you google Alabama alpha phi is the scandal and it doesn’t stop after just one page. When parents are looking up what houses their daughters have left (because they will google) that may be a huge turn off for parents and they may not want to spend thousands of dollars on alpha phi.

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by: rumor report   

@ Think about it
Do you know how Alpha Phi tells collegiates to handle this type of scandal; by changing the topic or just saying "I don't feel it is appropriate to discuss such a sensitive issue at this time."

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by: WRONG   

This is a complete lie. Proof, or STFU. ^^^

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#15by: More of the same   
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This negative Alpha Phi stream of comments is typical of every single pre-recruitment period. Yup, every year - same thing.

Think about that.

Many sororities that are only strong at Alabama and others who struggle during recruitment pile on. Every year. The alums are out of control and get on this site and target some groups they fear nationally. Kappa and Alpha Phi are usual targets due to their prominence.

To pnms - Judge for yourself after visiting the houses. There are too many insecure alums on this site who need to grow up.

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by: Yes   

Wise and accurate words. Alpha Phi will still have a good Recruitment, as will all the sororities on campus, so there's no need for all this back biting and hate. Throw in the trolls who think that it makes them cool to get on here talking about Alpha Phi, PM, AXO, DG, ZTA, or whoever they're attacking on any given day, and it's why I didn't use this site pre rush last year, and all of my PNM friends laughed at it.

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by: But   

I mean they kind of have legitimate issues right now that no other house has, even ignoring the Instagram incident. I think the posts in this thread give an honest insight into some of the issues they will be facing during recruitment and beyond, none of them seem hateful to me.

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#16by: GR   
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Hoping to see houses like GPhi, Pi Phi, DDD, AOPi, KAT, and DZ go up. Always seeing them get ranked low despite being full of cool girls who enjoy being involved in greek life and show it. Not an expert on this stuff though but I think PBP, AOPi, and DZs new houses and the promise of KAT’s new house will help them, and DDD and GPhi got a lot of awesome girls last year who I’m sure will kill rush this year. A lot of the other houses don’t seem to have made any changes to better themselves. The rankings on this site have all become the same and I hope next year we can see some change, maybe level OR and NR. I know this may be controversial, but the APhi scandal helped inspire a change and I’m hoping that they make smarter decisions with their girls and eventually become more than the “hot dumb girl” house this site has labeled them as. Overall, hoping to see all of the houses prosper and reach their full potential. Pan Love.

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