Recruitment
Why did
you join a sorority? I get asked this question often and it is a very important
question. The answer though is silly it was August I had no friends and nothing
to do so I joined a sorority and I am glad I did. People join a sorority for
many different reasons and now that it is the season for recruiting new members
it is very important for us to know why people join. We actually have meetings
where we examine why people join a sorority so that we can gain more girls.
Penn State requires us to have a certain number of girls and if we do not reach
this limit we will lose our suite which makes it so hard to have meetings and
causes problems for future recruitment.
There
is two types of recruitment which are formal that happens in the beginning of
September and informal which happens any time after formal. I joined through
formal where you visit all the sorority’s suites and you pick which ones fit
you best and the sorority picks the girls they see fit. It is a long process
since there are 19 sororities on campus and it is really hard and awkward, but
in the end I joined a great sorority filled with amazing women. The other type
is informal which happens every Monday and Wednesday at 8 pm, feel free to stop
by, and girls who are either interested in joining our sorority or is just
curious is invited to come to our suite meet girls, eat snacks, and chill. If a
girl feels as though the sorority is a good fit for her she fills out the
paperwork which goes to the HUB to be processed just because if you’re in a
sorority you need a 2.5 gpa. After that the sorority votes on the girl and if a
majority wants her as a sister we have a new sister. If interested please feel
free to contact me for further information or I can just see you on Monday.
Hmm this is a lot different than how my fraternity recruits. We basically say, "Hey come by the house for some food and TV and talk." It's very laid back and we really don't have to plan too much. I'm guessing sororities are generally very selective? Because I'm kind of confused why there is so much organization in the rushing periods.
ReplyDeleteWe aren't really that selective panhellinic makes things complicated with formal recruitment, but informal is really chill. Girls just hang out at our suite and we play games and talk and eat.
DeletePrevious to reading this entry I knew of formal recruitment, but I hadn't heard of informal. I think it's a great idea to have a forum and space where girls who aren't interested in the large and long formal process have another option that is less overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteI agree formal was turture, but informal is a lot of fun and I have meet a lot of fun girls through it even if they didn't end up joining.
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