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AUBURN UNIVERSITY PANHELLENIC

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PANHELLENIC RECRUITMENT

• Save your handouts

• Check our website

• Don’t believe the things yousee 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

Camp War EagleUniversity Hostess

GroupsCheerleaders

And Tiger Paws

Marching BandAnd Tiger Eyes

Intramural, Club, and NCAA Sports

WE’RE EVERYWHERE!

Over $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.

In 2016, 56% of our potential members were legacies

WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LEGACIES?

(56%) Legacy (44%) Non-Legacy

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In 2016, 56% of our potential members were legacies

WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT LEGACIES?

(44%) Non-Legacy(39%) Did not join legacy sorority(17%) Legacy New Members

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

Withdrawals are 5.7% of the pool. Mostly after not receiving a desired invitation.

* 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)

OVERALL STATISTICS 2014-201690.5% 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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From 2014 to 2016…

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Maybe leadership gives you an edge?

25.97% Were part of Student Government

57.24% Led in other organizations

From 2014 to 2016…

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Perhaps it’s about poise, appearance, and personality?

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

From 2014 to 2016…

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What about special interests and talents?

66.69% Voluntary service

31.13% Cheer/dance team

From 2014 to 2016…

28.25% Performing arts

66.74% Athletics

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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 @aupanhellenicand 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.

• You should not be contacted by strangers about recruitment.

• Before and during recruitment, a potential member should notreceive any cards, letters, flowers, gifts, be entertained byothers, or have money spent on her that she would nototherwise receive.

• From August 3-13 only, there is to be no contact between apotential member and her sorority friends. They will all bebusy with recruitment anyway.

• This summer, a potential member can still maintain thefriendships she has with sorority members, as long as she is notbeing actively recruited by her friend.

RULES & REGULATIONS

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Sorority Recruitment is August 12-18REGISTER ONLINE at

www.auburn.edu/panhellenic*