Since I'm a PX again this year, I guess I'll do a general play by play on the Panhellenic recruitment which will be starting a week later than usual. We have a new Greek Life adviser this year, so this will be her first experience of an all-local recruitment...especially one as wacky as what we do.
When we begin school on the 2nd, there will be one last week for girls to sign up for recruitment, with the absolute, final, skin of your teeth sign up being the Saturday of Open House (yes, it has happened!). We're hoping not to have that, but anyone who wants to go through we will accept.
A run-down on our system.
The sororities are all local. There are 6:
Sigma Alpha Tau
Theta Nu
Tau Delta
Epsilon Kappa Tau
Kappa Phi Omega
Tau Epsilon Mu
Houses range in size from 70-14. Dues range from $45-80. House capacities range from 16(?)-5. All houses are over 80 years old and have been continuously local since their inception.
Annually, we have about 150-200 girls go through recruitment with many being placed. We don't use the new figure system that the NPC does, no option maximizing (i.e., if you go to all your parties, you're going to be bid somewhere...there's a technical name for this but it escapes me at the moment). Recs are NOT required and no real formal rec system exists that I know of...mostly alumnae just contact their sorority. Legacy status is...nice? but not vital in any way. Juniors and seniors going through formal is not unusual and they are usually bid somewhere as off-quota.
There are 3 rounds over 3 weekends:
Open House
Novelty
Final
bid day
The weekend thing drives me batty...lots of suspense!
But I really hope all my girls have a fabulous recruitment and I hope they all find a home and be as happy in it as I am. As a senior, I've got a lot vested in the success of this recruitment. It will be hard to not be helping my sisters, but I really hope that they come through and show just how kick-ass our sisterhood is
...but I hope that for every house. To be honest, every single girl could fit into at least 2 houses on campus if she desired to join. There's such a variety of personalities and styles that there's a place for everyone. The community is really laid back and fun and we like to keep it that way. Can't wait to see how this all turns out!
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