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AUBURN UNIVERSITY PANHELLENIC
ΑΧΩ · ΑΔΠ · ΑΓΔ · ΑΟΠ · ΑΞΔ · ΧΩ · ΔΔΔ · ΔΓ · ΔΖ ΓΦΒ · ΚΑΘ · ΚΔ · ΚΚΓ · ΦΜ · ΠΒΦ · ΣΚ · ΣΣΣ · ΖΤΑ
PANHELLENIC RECRUITMENT • Save your handouts • Check our website • Don’t believe the things you see elsewhere • Please hold questions • Parent Only/ Student Only
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PANHELLENIC AT AUBURN
• 18 Sororities • Representing 41 states, Washington DC, and four countries • Over 40% of Auburn’s Women • More than 4,500 members
PANHELLENIC WOMEN • Are in every undergraduate college • Have a GPA higher than the All-Women’s GPA • 3.30 cumulative GPA
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Student Government Association
Marching Band And Tiger Eyes
Intramural, Club, and NCAA Sports
WE’RE EVERYWHERE! University Hostess Groups
Camp War Eagle
Over
Cheerleaders And Tiger Paws
$500,000 and
60,000 hours
To over 60 Philanthropies
EVERY YEAR
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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
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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 www.auburn.edu/panhellenic. • A potential member should complete her own registration. • Fees: -$80 until July 10 -$125 July 11- 27 -$250 July 28 and later
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RECRUITMENT REGISTRATION • Submit online registration • Submit electronic file of high school transcript and a photograph with registration • Greek Life will communicate with students after registration • Greek Life will provide each sorority with application • Alumnae may send recommendation • Anything sent in directly by the potential member will be discarded
RECRUITMENT PROCESS • August 12-18 , 2017 • Kickoff evening of Saturday, August 6 • Students stay in their apartments or residence hall. Arrange move-in August 11 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. Admittance with wristbands only.
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PI CHIS
• Are 102 disaffiliated sorority members • Have trained since February • Have groups of about 12 potential members • Will handle any bad news properly
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
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FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS • First year costs average $1,770 • Range: $1,300 to $2,000
• Subsequent years are $1,515 • Range: $1,150 to $1,814
• Estimates include $150 Facility Fee in fall and spring • $300 total annually collected through the university
• Not including extras (apparel, pictures, party shirts…) • Billing methods vary by sorority
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.
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LEGACIES • Sororities want to know which potential members are their legacies. • No woman has to choose the sorority she is a legacy to. • No sorority is required to choose their legacies. • In 2016, over 2,076 legacy relationships were reported • The average sorority in 2016 had 101 legacies in recruitment last year, with a high of 194. • A relative should not expect a phone call from her sorority.
WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LEGACIES? In 2016, 56% of our potential members were legacies (56%) Legacy
(44%) Non-Legacy
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WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LEGACIES? In 2016, 56% of our potential members were legacies (17%) Legacy New Members
(39%) Did not join legacy sorority
(44%) Non-Legacy
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 from Auburn • The alumna can write a letter, but should also include her sorority’s form, if possible. • The potential member should provide the alumna with a picture and resume to forward as well as a stamped, addressed envelope. 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.
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Time and place brings changes to recruitment.
IN-STATE vs. OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS 2014-2016
Women in sorority recruitment
Women receiving bids to sororities
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OVERALL STATISTICS 2014-2016 * 90.5% of potential members who registered for recruitment joined at the end of the week * 3.80% were released * Less than 1% released on Bid Day (41 over three years) Withdrawals are 5.7% of the pool. Mostly after not receiving a desired invitation.
OVERALL STATISTICS 2014-2016 90.5% divided by 18 is 5.03% per sorority
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How important are academics?
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But, an outstanding potential member can count on being asked to join every sorority, right?
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33.3% of our potential members earned a 4.0 GPA or better in high school. 76% Earned other academic honors and awards.
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Maybe leadership gives you an edge?
From 2014 to 2016… 25.97% Were part of Student Government
57.24% Led in other organizations
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Perhaps it’s about poise, appearance, and personality?
From 2014 to 2016… 21.2% Were chosen by peers as class favorites, homecoming courts or prom courts 17.93% Won prizes in pageants or were chosen for school and city hostess groups
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What about special interests and talents?
From 2014 to 2016… 66.74% Athletics 28.25% Performing arts 31.13% Cheer/dance team 66.69% Voluntary service
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DON’T BE INTIMIDATED • Not every potential member meets all of those criteria. • The average applicant met 4.23 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.
OVERALL STATISTICS 2014-2016 * Again, over 90% of our participants typically join
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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!
Be sure to follow us on Twitter @aupanhellenic and check us out on Facebook
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RULES & REGULATIONS • Inappropriate contact can come from alumnae, chapter members, and the mothers of members. • The chapter can face sanctions, but so can potential members found willingly participating in inappropriate activities. • If someone will bend the rules to attract you, they are probably doing it for others as well. No one can offer any guarantees. • There should be no meetings or parties, except those held by official Alumnae Panhellenic Groups.
RULES & REGULATIONS • You should not be contacted by strangers about recruitment. • Before and during recruitment, a potential member should not receive any cards, letters, flowers, gifts, be entertained by others, or have money spent on her that she would not otherwise receive. • From August 3-13 only, there is to be no contact between a potential member and her sorority friends. They will all be busy with recruitment anyway. • This summer, a potential member can still maintain the friendships she has with sorority members, as long as she is not being actively recruited by her friend.
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Sorority Recruitment is August 12-18 REGISTER ONLINE at
www.auburn.edu/panhellenic
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