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Yes, this national is worst of the worst in terms of shady dealings and financial trickery. They have a business plan to open 5-6 new chapters a year (dart board approach) with the idea that maybe 2 will work out in the long run. They don't support the new chapters with financial or human resources and they fee and charge them to death. In a sense they are preying on the poor people that are desparate to go greek and are willing to pay any price to join up. The Michigan chapter is the latest casualty of this strategy as nearly 40% of the first 2 classes dropped because fees/dues etc were nearly $5,000 more per year than most expensive house on campus. The MIchigan chapter is teetering on the brink of being viable. Compare the Michigan experience of Gamma Phi that got huge financial support and human resources from its national and has fees and dues in line with the rest of the chapters on campus and actually now has a thriving new chapter. Just do a simple google search and the litigation and stories about AOPi are quite staggering. Its shocking to me that anyone would want to be affiliated with these ethics and tactics. What I find so interesting is that my chapter (not AOPi) has had issues with our national and not once did I feel disrespected or taken advantage of at all. This is saying quite alot as we agreed with virtually nothing our national had to say on the issue we were in dispute about. Even so, we as college students were treated with total respect.