Fall 2005 Panhellenic Recruitment

Panhellenic Association Recruitment Process
(General Sororities)

The fall recruitment process for the general residential sororities is more structured. Registration is required, along with a $35 registration fee ($45 for late registrants). To avoid conflicts with classes, recruitment events start on Thursday evening and continue during the weekend and end on Tuesday night. Participants attend events at all nine chapters on Thursday and Friday nights (four or five events each evening).

Recruitment is a mutual selection process. After each day’s events, potential members will priority rank the sororities and the sororities submit their invitation list for the subsequent day. A computer program is then used to create a personalized schedule for each participant. There are a decreasing number of events each day, and on the last night (Monday) participants will go to "Preference Parties" at two chapters. Chapters then submit rank-ordered lists of women to whom they wish to extend "bids" (invitations to join) and the potential members rank order the sororities in which they are most interested.

To promote equity in the recruitment process, each sorority is permitted to pledge a maximum number of women, so a "bid matching" process determines which sorority each participant will join. Participants find out on Tuesday afternoon which chapter has offered them a bid, and a celebration activity is held for the new members afterward. Most participants are pledged to their first choice. Chapters that have not reached the membership maximum established by Panhellenic may continue to extend bids throughout the remainder of the semester. This is called "open recruitment" or "continuous open bidding (COB)." Some chapters are usually eligible to pledge additional women in the spring semester, and the Panhellenic Association organizes a coordinated recruitment in the spring, but it is typically much more informal than the fall process.

The Fall 2005 Panhellenic Recruitment dates are:

Registration and Payment Deadline:
Friday, September 9 up until 10 p.m.  Registration is on line starting on June 20.  Questions can be answered at the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Office in SSW #1602 or at the Recruitment Orientation.

Saturday, August 27:  "GO Greek" Move-Ins. Fraternities and Sororities will be available to help all new students move into the residence halls. Just grab a Greek member or 2 and ease the stress of moving into the halls.

Monday, August 29:  Pre-Welcome Back Dance and Block Party at Cuicacalli Walkway
4:00-7:00pm. Hang out with the fraternities and sororities of SDSU. Here, students will have games, booths, and FREE food before the dance. Meet the Greeks and have a great time.

Saturday, September 3:  Pre-game tailgate.  Again the fraternities and sororities of SDSU will be tailgating and having a great time before the first Aztec Fottball game against UCLA.  Have some food, hang out, and enjoy the afternoon.

Information Tables and Orientation:
Wednesday - Friday, August 31 - September 2 and
Tuesday - Thursday, September 6 - September 8.

Mandatory Recruitment Orientation:
Saturday, September 10, 10:30 am, Montezuma Hall, Aztec Center

Panhellenic Recruitment Events:
Thursday -Tuesday, September 15-20