gphib

Gamma phi will not have a house for quite some time, they will not have relations for a little while and have to be extra careful because nationals will be watching them very closely, they can't participate in Greek Week this semester, they won't have the traditional big-little setup, and founding a chapter and being new on campus is just very difficult in general. It really depends on what you want in your Greek experience. You do not have to go through formal recruitment to join them, though they will have a party during House and Values.

you are going to have to put in all of the hard work of colonizing a chapter without being around here long enough to enjoy it

That being said. If you really connect with the people you talk to, go with it. The rest of recruitment for gphib will be after formal recruitment I believe so, you have an opportunity to check them out if you don't find anything that you're really into during recruitment.
Colonizing a chapter will be hard and your experience will be different than other people but I know a few girls who have colonized chapters at other schools and loved it. You get the opportunity to create your own chapter traditions and define what your chapter will be about.

I think a little of the info above is wrong, azd is a fairly new chapter (4 5 years?) and they're considered upper middle and have one of the nicer houses, and they got that house after only being on campus for a year or two. Joining wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea

They were on campus before and that's their house, they've always had it. Other chapters used it through the years but AXiD still owned it, so when the chapter came back, they immediately had it. GPhiB is in a different situation.

AXID came back on campus in 2012. Spent 1.6 million to renovate the house. They own the house, it is not campus property, like the row or the graham cracker. Gamma Phi Beta has a strong national organization. Given the misbehavior of the row frat houses, they should have a temporary house soon. While starting a new sorority at UMD can be daunting, specially with the nasty posts on Greek Rank, there is a thrill and awesome pride in being the founding members of a chapter.

Depends on what you are looking for. Being part of colony means you get to establish traditions of that chapter (within a national organization), there are quick opportunities for leadership, etc. Can be a great experience if that is what you are looking for.

goddamn this post is so boring...

NOBODY CARES ABOUT GPHIB..

only those who didn't get bids to top sororities will join..

go for alpha phi , kd , trident, aoii, etc.. just give up on gphib

no relevant frat will go out with them.

Will it be easy to get a bid from them?