Frequently Asked Recruitment Questions

The purpose of the recruitment process is to allow you and the chapters to decide on the best fit. The reality is not everyone who goes through recruitment finds a match, but every effort is made to provide opportunities for involvement to any young woman who is interested in the sorority experience.

Have questions about what a bid is? Visit sorority terminology to learn more.

Do your research to know the sororities on your campus. Visit their chapter websites along with the websites of their inter/national organization. You can get a sense of their philanthropic and service events, scholarship requirements, requirements for letters of recommendations and opportunities for involvement the chapter has on campus.

Ask questions. Consider the mutual selection process like an interview. Chapter members will be asking questions about you, but this is also your opportunity to get to know the chapters.

The Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding Agreement (MRABA) is a binding agreement that is signed between preference round and bid day when you give your final preferences for sorority membership. If you sign the MRABA and choose not to join or stay in the sorority from which you received a bid, you cannot join another chapter until the next primary member recruitment period. For a more detailed explanation see this page.

In order to choose a chapter that is right for you, you should do some preliminary research about each organization before recruitment. Then you should participate in recruitment. The recruitment process will allow you and the chapters to decide on the best fit. As you go through the process, be sure to keep an open mind, take notes after each round to remember your conversations and be yourself!

Athletes are often members of sororities, and sorority women welcome the chance to support their sisters on the field or court. Once you join a sorority, you should inform them of your commitment to your sports team so the chapter can work with you and make special arrangements for any sorority events or obligations you might miss due to participation in a sports team.

At this time, NPC sororities are only located at colleges and universities that have the authority to confer a bachelor’s degree. However, if you transfer to a four-year school, you can participate in the recruitment process at that time.

All women who are regularly matriculated undergraduate students, as defined by the college or university they attend, are welcome to join a sorority. There are many international students who have joined sororities during their collegiate career.

Any regularly matriculated undergraduate student can participate in recruitment. Many upperclassmen join sororities and begin their lifetime membership. Your sorority experience extends behind the four years of your undergraduate degree, it lasts a lifetime.