Univ. of Pittsburgh

[LampLady]

Tell your co-worker that her daughter will more than likely have a great experience going through recruitment at Pitt! There are 11 NPC sororities on campus and most everyone going through finds a home. It is fairly competitive, but not based upon alumnae references, family money, what high school you attended, and your zip code, like in some other areas of the country. Pledge classes average about 20, so you really get to know your fellow sisters. Dues are reasonable, as all but one of the sororities have suites that house about 18 women that are in university owned buildings and are renovated and decorated similar to a house would be. One of the sororities owns a house that is located about 6 blocks away. Pitt has 3 or 4 NPHC black sororities, several multi-cultural sororities, and chapters of the 2 historically Jewish sororities on campus. The 11 NPC sororities are also more integrated than I have seen at other schools. Before they started using the RFM (release figure method) of membership selection in the last 6 or 7 years, there were about 3 groups with 75 members, 3 or 4 with around 50 members, and 4 with about 20 members who were always struggling with membership. It now appears that the sizes of the groups have been somewhat equalized. I would advise her to just be herself and look forward to meeting the mostly friendly, sincere women of Western Pennsylvania. I wish her the best of luck and hope she gets a bid from the group of her choice. Hail to Pitt!