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Old 12-29-2009, 06:11 PM
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Penn State Spring Recruitment

I have googled, searched, and asked questions but I still have some things I would like to know that have gone unanswered.
First of all, I went through SOME of formal recruitment in the fall but after the first day of open houses developed a giant cold that left me worn out and not feeling my best and due to swine flu worries and suggestions from those running recruitment dropped out after first rounds so I am trying again this spring as I truly thing I would love Greek life, especially since I cam from a tiny high school where we all felt like family.

1. How competitive is Penn State in terms of sorority recruitment? I understand that this is the informal spring recruitment and therefore very different.

2. According to hearsay, although I have tried to email/speak with the Greek life office and have yet to receive a response and from searching this board it seems to be common, spring recruitment is going to be more formalized then it has been in the past and we will have to register and pay a fee. Has this happened at any other schools? It seems as though we are having another formal recruitment although the one sorority that has posted information about spring recruitment parties has an open party listed one day and an invitation only party listed for another. I am horribly confused and just wanted to know if this happened at other school and what I should expect!

ETA: Also, I have a 3.2 GPA and while I know there may be many other girls with 4.0 does anyone know if this is too low to even try to go through the informal recruitment process. The Pan Hellenic website for Penn State states the average GPA of sorority women is a 3.2 but is it still acceptable? (Sorry I realize this has been asked but this is school specific!)

Sorry for the long post and sorry if it seems as though I am clueless! From friends I have in greek life they are just as confused as I am and don't really understand what was going on, and, of course we go back to school and a week later spring recruitment starts!
Thanks so much in advance!

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Old 12-29-2009, 06:38 PM
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I have googled, searched, and asked questions but I still have some things I would like to know that have gone unanswered.
First of all, I went through SOME of formal recruitment in the fall but after the first day of open houses developed a giant cold that left me worn out and not feeling my best and due to swine flu worries and suggestions from those running recruitment dropped out after first rounds so I am trying again this spring as I truly thing I would love Greek life, especially since I cam from a tiny high school where we all felt like family.

1. How competitive is Penn State in terms of sorority recruitment? I understand that this is the informal spring recruitment and therefore very different.

2. According to hearsay, although I have tried to email/speak with the Greek life office and have yet to receive a response and from searching this board it seems to be common, spring recruitment is going to be more formalized then it has been in the past and we will have to register and pay a fee. Has this happened at any other schools? It seems as though we are having another formal recruitment although the one sorority that has posted information about spring recruitment parties has an open party listed one day and an invitation only party listed for another. I am horribly confused and just wanted to know if this happened at other school and what I should expect!

ETA: Also, I have a 3.2 GPA and while I know there may be many other girls with 4.0 does anyone know if this is too low to even try to go through the informal recruitment process. The Pan Hellenic website for Penn State states the average GPA of sorority women is a 3.2 but is it still acceptable? (Sorry I realize this has been asked but this is school specific!)

Sorry for the long post and sorry if it seems as though I am clueless! From friends I have in greek life they are just as confused as I am and don't really understand what was going on, and, of course we go back to school and a week later spring recruitment starts!
Thanks so much in advance!
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Also, to answer one of your questions, fees and registration for recruitment are pretty typical. Schools with more structured spring recruitment sometimes have registration and fees just like formal.

In terms of GPA, what is considered "acceptable" probably varies by chapter.
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Old 12-29-2009, 07:39 PM
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There's a facebook group for PSU formal recruitment from the fall. I would send a message to this group since the school website hasn't been updated. People are more likely to be checking Facebook over break.

http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=...all&ref=search
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Old 12-29-2009, 11:55 PM
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Yay-Another Penn Stater!!! I love to see Penn State girls going through recruitment! Just know that not all of the chapters will be doing recruitment. Also, please ignore certain gossip websites and go in with an open mind.

This site is great for meeting women/ men from all Greek Letter Organizations who represent their organizations well. Good Luck with recruitment! I hope you find a home! If you have any questions, you can PM me and probably many of the other Penn State Alums on this board!

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Old 12-31-2009, 01:04 PM
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I am also very confused with PSU spring recruitment this year as well! Some friends I have in various chapters don't even officially seem to know how it is working.
I wish they would update the site. But if I hear anything, I will be sure to let you know, hiller09
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Old 01-08-2010, 10:32 AM
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Thanks everyone for all the questions answered and to the other Penn Staters who chimed in. I just got home from vacation and the PSU Pan Hellenic website said that spring recruitment information would be up soon. I am glad that I hopefully will not be in the dark as it seemed someone last year was due to a lack of information.
Thanks so much!
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Old 01-13-2010, 09:56 PM
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the link to register is posted on the PHC website!
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Old 01-14-2010, 12:15 AM
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Good thing that the link is up, but I wish there was a more detailed explanation about it somewhere on the site since there have been so many questions. Or am I missing something?
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:57 AM
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I already registered for spring so I'm super excited I have a couple of friends doing it too so we're ready...now all we need is information! When you register it doesn't even tell you the dates oh well hopefully they will be up soon!
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Old 01-14-2010, 05:55 PM
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i got an error when registering but i am going to try again today
and i still havent found info yet other than hearing that some chapters havent been able to get a date that is okay with the greek life office yet.
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Old 01-14-2010, 07:20 PM
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I got a conformation email so I'm good thank goodness! I'm being a total dork and checking the website everyday so hopefully dates will go up soon!
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Old 01-14-2010, 07:46 PM
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I reregistered and got one!
lol its cool I'm being a dork and checking too.
lol shh don't tell haha jk
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Old 01-14-2010, 10:39 PM
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Haha it's like that commercial for disney when the kids are too excited to sleep...I'm too excited for recruitment =]
but shhh its a secret
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Old 01-15-2010, 11:20 PM
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lol the dates are the secret hahaha
wish they were up!
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Old 01-15-2010, 11:43 PM
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How many sororities are doing informal?
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