Information for Parents

In order to participate in recruitment or intake, a student must:

• be full-time, degree-seeking Tulane students
• have earned at least 12 semester hours with a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average in those hours
  • For students whose first semester of enrollment at Tulane will be Spring 2020, at least 6 of those 12 hours must be from graded, college-level courses accepted for credit by Newcomb-Tulane College. Because you will not have a Tulane GPA, we will use grades in all college-level courses you have taken from Summer 2019 forward to calculate your GPA and determine your eligibility. This means we will include any grades below a C if the class is approved to transfer, even though you would not earn Tulane credit, per university policy. Courses that have not been approved for transfer into the Newcomb-Tulane College will not contribute toward this calculation.
• be free of pending Student Conduct or Honor Board charges or sanctions 
• not have been found responsible for a drug possession violation
• have completed all four components of the Potential New Member (PNM) Education Series; reminder information regarding all programs will be sent monthly to students via their Tulane email:
  • Sexual Violence Prevention Programming: options available throughout the fall semester and include, but are not limited to:
    • All options and dates may be found on WaveSync
  • Drug Education Workshop
  • Alcohol Education Workshop: TUPHE BUZZ: offered throughout the fall semester through The Well for Health Promotion
    • All workshop dates and times may be found on WaveSync
  • ​Student's Choice: choose from one approved program from a campus partner below; options offered throughout the fall semester with dates listed in WaveSync
    • The Well for Health Promotion
    • Office of Multicultural Affairs
    • Academic Success Center
    • Community Engagement Advocates
  • Specific questions regarding this program can be sent to greek@tulane.edu 

There are NO EXCEPTIONS to these requirements.

Any academic issues that will affect a student’s eligibility (contested grades, finishing incomplete coursework in order to receive a grade, etc.) must be resolved before recruitment begins (5 p.m. CST January 3, 2020 for Panhellenic Recruitment; 5 p.m. CST January 22, 2020 for Interfraternity Council Recruitment).

Interfraternity Council Recruitment

• Online early-bird registration ($40) available until December 6, 2019; late registration ($50) available until January 21, 2020 
• Students should click here to complete the registration.  
  • Parents are not to complete this for their student; Registration contains a Grade Release Agreement only students can sign.
• Chapters host individual “Recruitment Intro” events throughout the fall. Attendance is optional but recommended. 
• Will host invitation-only “signing week” events January 21-24, 2020
• Bids (membership invitations) issued January 24, 2020

Multicultural and National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternity and Sorority Membership Intake

• Each organization sets its own schedule in consultation with graduate advisors.
• No registration process
• Intake meetings happen over a few weekends in the spring.
• Dates are approved and publicized by Fraternity & Sorority Programs once they are set.

Panhellenic Council Recruitment

• Online early-bird registration ($70) available until December 6, 2019; late registration ($90) available until December 19, 2019.
• Students should click here to complete the registration.
  • Parents are not to complete this for their student; Registration contains a Grade Release Agreement only students can sign.
• We strongly recommend making refundable airline reservations in case students' final fall academic record makes them ineligible to participate; those who are ineligible will not be able to move into their residence hall until Sunday, January 12th, 2020.
• Residence Halls will open at 12 p.m. on January 6, 2020 for women participating in Recruitment (this is NOT listed on the Housing & Residence Life website or in their publications). There is an $60 fee for moving in early, which will be charged to the student’s Accounts Receivable. 
• Dining Services will have limited meal service available for all recruitment participants. Eleven meals will be provided at a cost of $137.50, which will be charged to all participants’ Accounts Receivable. The schedule for recruitment meals will be distributed to potential new members in January.
• Both the early move-in fee and the Dining Services fee will appear as "SororityRecruit Housing/Dining" on the student's Accounts Receivable bill and are not refundable.
• First event is a Kick-Off Session either on the evening Monday, January 6 or the morning of Tuesday, January 7. Day and time of session will be determined by Recruitment Group, which is assigned in mid-December.
• Detailed schedule of events is here.

Membership dues cover educational programs, insurance fees, social events, and national benefits. Some also include weekly catered meals, t-shirts/merchandise, a chapter house, and transportation to events.

Interfraternity Council Fraternities 

• $600-$1500 per semester

Multicultural and National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities and Sororities 

• $50-$150 per semester
• Some include a $500 - $1000 one-time fee in the first semester

Panhellenic Sororities 

• $650-$800 per semester, plus $200-$400 one-time fees in the first semester

As a general rule, a legacy is the child, sibling, or grandchild of an initiated member in good standing of a particular Greek organization. Some groups include more distant family members (cousins, nieces/nephews, etc.), and many include step-family members.

Most fraternities and sororities give some special consideration to legacies. However, having a legacy relationship to an organization in no way guarantees an invitation to membership. The fit between the chapter members and the potential member is the most important factor in determining whether an organization will invite someone to join.

Unlike on some campuses where recommendations from alumni members are essential, most Tulane fraternities and sororities do not require recommendations. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are the only organizations that require recommendations. Students are welcome to ask close friends or family members to write recommendations for them for other organizations, but they will generally be fine without them. Recommendations in no way guarantee invitations to membership.

Many students wonder what they should wear during Panhellenic Recruitment. There is no need to buy new clothes for recruitment; your daughter should already own everything she needs. The most important article of clothing for recruitment is comfortable shoes, because the potential new members walk from place to place and stand for most recruitment events.

• Recruitment Kickoff: Casual (workout clothes, jeans, anything comfortable)
• Open House Round: Business casual (skirt or nice pants, nice top or sweater, boots/flats)
• Philanthropy Round: Recruitment t-shirt (distributed at Kickoff) with jeans/leggings, boots/flats
• Sisterhood Round: Business formal (casual dress or dressy skirt/pants and top, dressy shoes)
• Preference Round: Cocktail (dress, heels)
• Bid Day: Casual (jeans and lightweight top; students will receive a t-shirt from their new sorority)