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PHILANTHROPY – Round 2• 2 days and visit up to 13 sororities for 35 minutes each • 37% received full schedules in 2018 • Will learn about the philanthropy of each sorority • Provided a t

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PANHELLENIC RECRUITMENT

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• Check our website

• Don’t believe the things

you see elsewhere

• Please hold questions

• Student Only Session

PANHELLENIC AT AUBURN

• 18 Sororities

• Representing 40 states, Washington DC, and four countries

• Over 40% of Auburn’s Women

• More than 4,700 members

PANHELLENIC WOMEN

• Are in every

undergraduate college

• Have a GPA higher than

the All-Women’s GPA

• 3.38 Panhellenic GPA

• 3.23 All-Women's GPA

And Tiger Paws

Student Government

Association

Marching Band

And Tiger Eyes

Intramural,

Club, and

NCAA Sports

Camp War Eagle University Hostess

Groups

AUBURN SORORITIES

ARE EVERYWHERE!

Over $800,000

and 120,000 hours

To over 60 Philanthropies

EVERY YEAR

WHAT RECRUITMENT IS

• A chance to investigate

each sorority

• A chance to have each

sorority meet you

• A great way to meet new

people

• A process of MUTUAL

SELECTION

WHAT RECRUITMENT IS NOT

• A week to meet men and drink alcohol

• A week of rest and leisure

• A week that usually goes as expected

• A time to be closed-minded about who

you want to be friends with

• We communicate with students after registration

• All chapters have access to registration

• Alumnae may send recommendations (anything directly sent by potential member will be

discarded)

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• August 10-16, 2019

• Kickoff evening of Friday, August 9 (after move-in)

• Students stay in their apartments or residence hall Arrange move-in August 9 or earlier.

• Schedule, parking plan, and what to wear are on our website and social media.

• Parents should not be in town for recruitment.

• Each new member may bring two guests to Bid

Day Admittance with wristbands only.

ICE WATER TEAS – Round 1

• 2 days and visit all 18 sororities for 25 minutes each

• Introduction to the Panhellenic community

• Dress casually and comfortably, keep in mind the hot Alabama weather

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PHILANTHROPY – Round 2

• 2 days and visit up to 13 sororities for 35 minutes each

• 37% received full schedules in 2018

• Will learn about the philanthropy of each sorority

• Provided a t-shirt – pair with cute, appropriate bottoms

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SISTERHOOD – Round 3

• 1 day and visit up to 8 sororities for 40 minutes each

• 36% received full schedules in 2018

• Sororities will reveal their individual personalities and their sisterhood

• A dress suitable for church/nice dinner

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PREFERENCE – Round 4

• Visit up to 2 sororities for 50 minutes each

• 93% received full schedules in 2018

• A dress for a formal church or wedding reception

• Play with color – shoes and dress

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PI CHIS

• Over 120 disaffiliated sorority members

• Have trained since February

• Have groups of 12-15 potential members

• Will handle any news properly

• Is the most demanding

• Includes new member

meetings, chapter meetings, sisterhood events, study

hours, socials

• Includes a big sister paired with each new member

• Can also provide structure

as new members adjust

• Does not include hazing

FIRST YEAR OF MEMBERSHIP

FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS

• First Year estimate includes: Pledge, Initiation, and Badge Fees

• First/Other Years: Semester Dues, *estimated extra costs, and

inter/national fees

• Auburn University Greek Life Office Fees: $110 facility fee in

fall and spring and a $15 Greek fee in fall and spring

• $250 total annually collected

through the university

philanthropy, tickets, etc

• Billing methods vary by sorority

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

• You will receive a Financial

Transparency document

from each sorority she is

invited to during the third

round of recruitment

(Sisterhood Round).

• This document will include

a breakdown of costs for

each specific sorority you

are invited back to.

• During Recruitment, a potential member provides her own place to live (residence hall, apartment…)

• As a first year member, she will live where she

has already agreed to live.

• Each sorority has a section of apartment style

units in The Village All members are expected to

live there at least one year.

• A sorority member should not sign a lease agreement until she is certain she is not required to live on her sorority’s hall the following year.

• If you want a sorority to know you are a legacy, it is

your responsibility to report it on your registration.

• No woman has to choose the sorority she is a legacy to.

• No sorority is required to choose their legacies.

• In 2018, over 2,000 legacy relationships were reported

• The average sorority in 2018 had 112 legacies

in recruitment last year, with a high of 350.

• A relative should not expect a phone call from

her sorority.

In 2018, 62% of our potential members were legacies

WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LEGACIES? About 18% of them pledged to their legacy

group It’s 18% of the overall pool.

(62%) Legacy (44%) Did not join legacy sorority (38%) Non-Legacy

(18%) Legacy New Members

• Like extra credit You can work on them, but don’t have to.

• Must be sent in by an alumna member of that sorority, not

necessarily an Auburn graduate.

• Are mostly submitted online, but can be done in hard copy.

• The potential member should provide the alumna with a picture and resume Send a thank-you note later.

• If a potential member has not secured a recommendation to a

sorority, she should not send out a packet about herself anyway.

• Chapters place differing levels of importance on them.

• If a sorority requires a recommendation to pledge someone, they can find her one

• Not the official recruitment record.

Time and place brings changes to recruitment.

OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018

88% of potential members who registered for recruitment joined at the end of the week

OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018

Withdrawals are 8.1% of the pool

OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018

* 88% divided by 18 is 4.8% per sorority

OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018

How important are academics?

Potential Member Distribution by High School GPA

50% earned 3.80 or greater

2016-2018 Likelihood of Joining Based on High School Grade Point

Average

But, an outstanding potential member can count on being asked to join every sorority,

right?

Don’t students with strong

academics rise to the top?

37% of our potential members earned a 4.0 GPA or better in

high school

78% Earned other academic honors and

awards

Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018…

Maybe leadership gives you an edge…

25% were part of Student Government

57% were leaders in other organizations Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018…

Perhaps it’s about poise,

appearance, and personality?

19% were chosen by

peers as class favorites, homecoming courts

or prom courts

Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018…

26% won prizes in pageants or were chosen for school and city hostess

groups

What about special interests and talents?

83%

Voluntary service

32% Cheer/ dance team

Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018…

24%

Performing arts 62%

Athletics

DON’T BE INTIMIDATED

• Not every potential member meets all of those criteria

• The average applicant met 4 of these ten criteria

• In fact, women who meet none of those criteria

participate in recruitment and happily join each year

• A mix of traits exists in each of our members and each

of these traits (and more) can be found in each of our sororities

• The idea that “outstanding women” are rare at Auburn and can be found only in one or two sororities is

incorrect

Now is the time for a potential member to

decide whether she wants to be a member of a

particular sorority or a sorority member!

RULES AND REGULATIONS

•You should not be contacted by strangers about recruitment.​

•Before and during recruitment, a potential member

should not receive any cards, letters, flowers, gifts, be

entertained by others, or have money spent on her that she would not otherwise receive

•From August 5-15 only, there is to be no contact between a potential member and her sorority friends They will all be busy with recruitment anyway.​

•This summer, a potential member can still maintain

the friendships she has with sorority members, as long as she is not being actively recruited by her friend.​

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