Sororities & Fraternities Greek Life in College

What Can Greek Life Offer Me? Enhance your undergraduate experience Ensure your academic success Be propelled into leadership Become apart of a community Give back through service

What Is Greek Life? A community of sororities and fraternities Sorority- women Fraternity- men

Academics & Greek Life Scholarships are available through both local and national chapters Many utilize mentoring programs, tutoring, and study hours to insure academic success Most have a minimum GPA that students are required to maintain at, or above

Academics & Greek Life A U.S. Government study shows that Greeks are 20% more likely to graduate then non-Greeks Following graduation, Greeks have higher average incomes than non-Greeks

Leadership & Greek Life Over 200 leadership positions just within Greek Life itself Most sororities require that students work hard to balance commitments to school, extra curricular activities, volunteerism, and a social life

Leadership 85% of the Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity 76% of all Congressmen and Senators are Greek All but 3 U.S. Presidents since 1825 have been Greek

Fellowship Greek life offers one thing that no other campus organization does: a lifelong bond of sisterhood and brotherhood Values based organizations Not only joining a sorority/fraternity, but a COMMUNITY!

Community Service Each Greek organization volunteers their time and money to benefit national and local charities Over $7 million is raised each year by Greeks nationally The Greek system is the largest network of volunteers in the US, with members donating over 10 million hours of volunteer service each year

Costs $400-$600 per semester Scholarship opportunities provided locally and nationally Payment plans are also available

Housing Most sonorities and fraternities provide there own houses, but not all do Most house between 10 and 20 people

Recruitment Process Each round of events allows potential members to learn about each sorority and sorority life Formal recruitment is a selection process All women will visit each sorority during the Open House remaining rounds are by invitation only Just as sororities are narrowing the number of women attending each round of events, potential members may only accept a certain number of invitations to each

Recruitment Tips This is the time to be yourself. The girls in the houses are just as nervous as you. Picture for Resume/Application. Use a graduation picture but a casual picture is fine also.

Recruitment Resume Name/Address Education Honors/Awards Leadership School, Grade Point Average. Can include ACT, SAT & Class Rank. Honors/Awards Honorary Societies, Awards, and Honors Leadership Offices Held and Committee Assignments, Leadership Training

Recruitment Resume Activities/Clubs Community Service/Volunteer Student Organizations, Church Organizations Community Service/Volunteer Hobbies/Interests Work Experience Parents’ Names Attach Picture Graduation or Casual

Recruitment Process: Release Figures The purpose behind release figures is threefold: To enable each sorority to invite a sufficient number of PNM’s. To allow each PNM to methodically investigate realistic options and ultimately to match with a sorority for which she has a preference among those options. What are release figures the number of women each night that a given chapter will not be inviting back. If a chapter had 100 women at events one night, and the carry figure is 80, the release figure is 20. They will release 20 women. How they are determined Release figures are based on chapter return rates for 3-5 years of data This data is used to project the number of women that will want to return to your chapter thus allowing the maximum number of women to remain in the process

Recruitment Process What does it mean to be “released” by a chapter? Each chapter is given a number nightly that they may “carry” (invite to come to the next round of parties) Women not in the carry number have been released Example: Alpha Chapter had 108 women attend their party, including Sally. Alpha has a carry figure of 80 Sally receives votes that put her at number 90 on Alpha’s list. Sally has been released.

Recruitment Process Since Sally can go to three party’s she receives invitations to Alpha, Delta, Omega, and Gamma Example 1: Sally attends four parties, Alpha, Delta, Omega and Gamma. Sally has ranked Alpha, Delta and Omega as her #1 choices. She has listed Gamma as her #2 choice. Sally has been released by Delta and Gamma Sally receives invitations to Alpha and Omega.

Bid Day Formal invitation to pledge to a sorority At this point you will begin the pledge process