Not a UIC student, I have a cousin who was a sorority member at UIC, so I've heard just a little bit about their NPC chapters. There are 3 on campus--Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Phi Epsilon and Phi Sigma Sigma. From what I understand, recruitment is not competitive at all. My cousin joined as a senior (granted, she did attend school for 6 years due to a major change.) I don't believe Greek life is very big due to the commuter nature of the school. However, I do know that in recent years the school has been going through lots of changes to accommodate students who want to live at school. Maybe this will help Greek life? Another cousin will be attending in the fall and I believe she is living in one of the new dorms there.
I may be mis-reading your sentence, but if you have any questions about Chicago in general, feel free to PM me. I have lived here all my life!
Found a link. Not too much more info, but here's a schedule and a place to sign up:
http://www.cpcuic.com/recruitment.html
Looks like you're right, DBB. I wonder how that works? Do you sign up for interviews and the only invite event is preference? Or do you have to be invited to interview too? Maybe I could just ask my cousin, lol