how many

No idea but hope they can capture some of that old ATO magic. They were my favorite, hands down.

And shut up beta you still suck, bashing ATO isn't getting ou out of the bottom tier.

Won't be worth it

does anyone know the real story? they weren't kicked out until the very end of 2012, so hopefully there are some of those brothers who were younger then that are still on board and can help bring them back. guaranteed, all the hate is from one of two places:
1) younger girls who have no idea what ato is / was (because you weren't here, duh, but you have no room to judge)
2) LOWER tier fraternities who think that they can slide up or really did move up with ato being gone - they aren't a "new" fraternity like beta or others, so they don't necessarily have to start from the bottom like they did.

personally, I had a ton of fun with atos and think that they had a bad shake in the whole thing - and I hope that they can come back strong, but it does depend on whether or not they have brothers who have stuck around to make it happen. if they cleaned house and are starting with entirely new people, it might take a little longer, but with the alumni and history they (really do) have here, they will come back.

every sorority liked them before they got kicked off, and while they weren't the best of the best, they were generally considered top tier or upper middle just above pi kapp (also love them). most fraternities their level or above had ato friends and they were generally pretty social with and got along with other greeks.

best of luck ato.