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PANHELLENIC RECRUITMENT • Save your handouts • Check our website • Don’t believe the things you see elsewhere • Please hold questions • Parent 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
Intramural, Student Government Marching Band AUBURN Club, and Association And NCAA Tiger Eyes SORORITIES Sports ARE University Cheerleaders EVERYWHERE! Hostess Camp War Eagle And Groups Tiger Paws
Over $800,000 and 120,000 hours To over 60 Philanthropies EVERY YEAR
RETENTION • Women who join sororities are 3.4% more likely to remain at Auburn than women who do not. • They are 5.7% more likely graduate in four years and 7.2% to graduate in six years than their unaffiliated peers.
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
RECRUITMENT REGISTRATION • To learn about Fall Recruitment, visit “Joining a Sorority” at aub.ie/aupan • A potential member should complete her own registration. • Fees: - $80 until July 9 - $150 July 10 - 28 - $300 July 29 and later
RECRUITMENT REGISTRATION • Submit online registration - this is the official recruitment record • Submit electronic file of high school transcript and a photograph • 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 parents to Bid Day. Admittance with wristbands only.
PI CHIS • Over 120 disaffiliated sorority members • Have trained since February • Have groups of 12 - 15 potential members • Will help your daughter navigate the recruitment process.
FIRST YEAR OF MEMBERSHIP • Is the most demanding • Includes new member meetings, chapter meetings, pep rallies, study hours, socials • Includes a big sister paired with each new member • Can also provide structure as new members adjust • Does not include hazing
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS • Total Estimated Cost of First Year: $2,700 • Total Estimated Cost of Other Years: $2,200 • 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 • *Estimated extra costs include: t - shirts, formals, socials, philanthropy, tickets, etc. • Billing methods vary by sorority
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY • Your daughter 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 your daughter is invited back to.
HOUSING • 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.
LEGACIES • 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.
About 18% of them pledged to their legacy group. WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LEGACIES? It’s 18% of the overall pool. In 2018, 62% of our potential members were legacies (62%) Legacy (38%) Non - Legacy (18%) Legacy New Members (44%) Did not join legacy sorority
RECOMMENDATIONS • Like extra credit. You can work on them, but don’t have to. • Chapters place differing levels of importance on them. • 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. • 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.
IN-STATE vs. OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS 2016-2018 Women receiving Women in sorority bids to sororities recruitment
OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018 88% of potential members who registered for recruitment joined at the end of the week
OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018 3.6% were released 1.4% released on Bid Day (these women did not maximize their options)
OVERALL STATISTICS 2016-2018 Withdrawals are 8.1% of the pool.
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How important are academics?
Potential Member Distribution by High School GPA 2016-2018 75% earned Number of Students in Range 3.56 or greater 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?
Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018… 37% of our potential members earned a 4.0 GPA or better in Don’t students with strong high school. academics rise to the top? 78% Earned other academic honors and awards.
Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018… 25% were part of Student Government Maybe leadership gives you an edge… 57% were leaders in other organizations
Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018… 19% were chosen by peers as class favorites, homecoming courts Perhaps it’s about poise, or prom courts appearance, and personality? 26% won prizes in pageants or were chosen for school and city hostess groups
Among the 1,665 potential members in 2018… 62% 24% Athletics Performing arts What about special interests and talents? 32% Cheer/ dance team 83% Voluntary service
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!
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