ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR COLLEGE’S PANHELLENIC WEBSITE? Do you leave CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE TO GET YOUR BID? FEELing BEHIND? FEELing LIKE YOU ARE MISSING INFORMATION?

 
 

SAM’S (THE Overlooked POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER) SORORITY RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE

Sam decides she wants to join a sorority. She looks her college’s Panhellenic website and only finds factual information.

Since the Panhellenic website did not answer her questions, she turns to TikTok, YouTube and Google for advice.

Sam feels behind, like she is missing important information, and like she has a disadvantage.

When she gets her Round 2 schedule, she is disappointed because she was only invited back to 50% of the sororities.

 

Why does this situation happen to most potential new members?

Many potential new members do two things when prepping for sorority recruitment. 

Focus on the material aspects of sorority recruitment — what to wear, makeup, hair, etc.

Ask for advice

 
 

When you use advice, it is like asking a friend who is not in your math class, “How do I get an A+ on my test?”

Most likely, your friend says, “You need to study.” This answer leaves you FRUSTRATED. What do you need to study? Do you need to study section 1 or section 2?  Do you need to study the formulas? 

If you asked your teacher, “How do I get an A+ on the test?”, she would say,

 

Go to class

Ask questions

Go over the practice problems

Fill out the study guide (it will be VERY similar to the test)

 

To get an A+ on your test, you needed to talk to the RIGHT person. You needed to know how to get the A+. You needed the right information and a step-by-step plan.

To get a bid to a sorority you love, you have to communicate that you are the right fit for the sorority. A step-by-step plan tells you how and when to communicate.

 
 

why advice does not help you get a bid during sorority recruitment?

It comes from first-year members (they do not understand the behind the scenes of recruitment)

It comes from women who go to different colleges (sorority recruitment is slightly different at each college)

It comes from women who went through sorority recruitment 20+ years ago (sorority recruitment has changed)

 

Here are the facts

Fact #1. Many members do not know why they received bids.

Was it her outfit? No

Was it the color of her social resume? No

Was it her hair and, or makeup? No

 

Fact #2. Many members do not understand the behind-the-scenes of sorority recruitment.

Sorority recruitment is not about what you are wearing or the color of your social resume. Sorority recruitment is about communicating that you are a good fit for the sorority.

 

Fact #3. Sorority recruitment is slightly different at each college.

What is the same is at each college is:

  • You want to prepare correctly for your college (get members and the recruitment teams to know your name).

  • You want to break the Average Conversation Cycle.

  • You want to stand out with your conversations.

  • You want to understand what the members are looking for in a new member and structure your conversation around those topics.

 

Fact #4. Sorority recruitment has changed.

Sorority recruitment is a values-based recruitment process. This policy changed in 1989 and again in 2019. Sororities use RFM (Release Figure Methodology) to invite potential new members back to each round. RFM started in 2003. The policy has continued to change throughout the years.

https://www.npcwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2037/2017/11/NPC-Manual-of-Information.pdf

 How do you get your bid?

You do not need advice. You want to use a step-by-step plan that is based on a proven process.

This process that I am sharing today has gotten women from all over the country bids – like at the University of Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Indiana University, University of Texas, Austin, and more.

your plan to get your bid

 
 
 

The Ultimate Guide to Sorority Recruitment is a tool that USES 6 steps to help you run home to a sorority you love

Step #1. Understand Behind the Scenes of Sorority Recruitment

At Round 1, you meet all of the sororities on your campus. Then, you vote on the sororities. You select the sororities you want to go to for Round 2, and the sororities you do not want to visit. For example, let’s look at Indiana University. You will select 16 sororities you would like to visit for Round 2 and 6 sororities you would rather not visit.

From talking to over one hundred potential new members, most assume they will be invited back to the maximum number of sororities [for this example, 16]. Most are NOT invited back to 16 sororities. Most are invited back to 5 to 12 sororities. To be invited back to a sorority, the sorority INVITES you back.

Why are so many women not invited back to 16 sororities or the 16 sororities
they want?
Many potential new members spend weeks focusing ONLY on the material aspects of sorority recruitment – what to wear, makeup, hair, the color of their social resume, etc. It seems like the material things help you stand out and get a great score. However, the color of your social resume, a recruitment packet, a Cartier LOVE bracelet, and Golden Goose sneakers will not get a bid. To get a bid to a sorority you love, you have to communicate you are the right fit. You have to communicate BEFORE and DURING sorority recruitment. To know how and when to communicate, you want to use the CRUSH Method to gain Rush Crush Status.
THE CRUSH METHOD:
C
REATE YOUR LIST
RECOGNITION BY THE MEMBERS [MEMBERS KNOW YOUR NAME]
UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL
STAND OUT WITH YOUR CONVERSATIONS
HAVE OPTIONS

Step #2. Create Your List

When you picked which colleges to apply to, did you print out a list of all of the colleges in the United States, close your eyes, and point to 5?
Probably not. You most likely sat down and thought about what you wanted in a college experience, looked at colleges that had your major, or researched the different opportunities. It was not random. You thought about it.

The same idea applies to sorority recruitment. Before sorority recruitment starts, you want to sit down and get clear on what your dream sorority looks like, what the members are like, and what is important to you. You want to create your list.

Step #3. Recognition by the Members [the members know your name]: Design a Prepping for Sorority Recruitment Plan

Why do you need a prepping for sorority recruitment plan?

Imagine you are running for President of the United States. On election day, you announce you are running for President by making an Instagram post.

Will you be elected President of the United States?

Probably not. Some have already voted. Those who follow you might not see you are running. Some do not follow you on Instagram. Some have already selected another candidate.

If you want to become the next President, in the months leading up to the election, you have to campaign. People have to know your name and believe in you. The same idea applies to sorority recruitment. Many potential new members wait until Round 1 to get their names out there. If you wait until Round 1, it is TOO LATE. The sororities spend months leading up to sorority recruitment pre-screening potential new members. To have options at Round 2, the members have to know who you are.

Chapters in this section

  • Recommendation letters: Which colleges need them, how to get them, how to send them, who can write one for each sorority, and confirmation scripts

  • Creating your MVP social resume: Step-by-step guide on how to create your resume and an example

  • Creating your cover letters: Step-by-step guide on how to create your cover letter and two examples

  • Recruitment packets:Who needs them and how to create them

  • Social Media: How to create your social media accounts [what pictures to post], how to create your Instagram bio, and red flags to avoid

  • Reach out to sorority members you know: The importance of reaching out and scripts to use

  • Creating your short answers and video: How to create your scripts and short answers

Step #4. Unlock Your Potential by Using the Mindset Plan

You are an incredible person and deserve to get a bid to a sorority you love. We will unlock your potential by breaking past your limiting beliefs. Then, getting outside of your comfort zone to help you walk into recruitment confidently.

Chapters in this section

  • Gaining confidence and mastering your mindset: Discover your future self, eliminate your limiting beliefs, get outside of your comfort zone

Step #5. Stand Out with Your Conversations: Design your Small Talk Plan

Why do the members need to connect to you?

Most of the members are 19 to 21-year-olds. When interviewing potential new members, the members do not care what their majors are, what they did over the summer, or their passions. They look for connections and FRIENDS. They want to have fun! When you form connections, the members can see you in the sorority. If they can see you in their sorority, you stand out, gain Rush Crush status, and get a great score. A great score helps you get invited back to each round.

Chapters in this section

  • Take a quiz to see how to implement your small talk strategy and areas to improve

  • Stand out from others will small talk

  • 5 most common mistakes made during sorority recruitment

  • Questions the members will ask you: Create your answers and examples

  • Questions to ask the members: Create your questions and examples

Step #6. Have Options Throughout Sorority Recruitment [Optimization Plan]

Sorority recruitment is a numbers and communication game. After each round, each sorority has to drop a certain percentage of potential new members. This percentage is created by RFM. Knowing how sorority recruitment works allows you to play the game and have options during sorority recruitment.

Chapters in this section

  • Plan your outfits through the four step process

  • Understand sorority recruitment: The structure of each round and how voting works

  • Should you use a single intentional preference vote

  • What are your options throughout sorority recruitment

 
 

Your plan with The Ultimate Guide to Sorority Recruitment

Read The Ultimate Guide to Sorority Recruitment

Implement the exercises and practice small talk

During sorority recruitment, connect with the members and keep them interested. Both of these skills will help you run home to your dream sorority.

 

HOW CAN THIS BOOK SAVE YOU TIME?

  • Stop Googling your questions

  • Create your cover letters and social resume fast. You receive step-by-step guides and examples

  • Understand how sorority recruitment works

  • Have a list of questions to ask the members

  • Know you are making the “right” decisions throughout sorority recruitment

  • Know how to answer the members’ questions.

  • Learn how to connect with the members.

  • Have checklists to help you stay on top of everything

 

TESTIMONIALS

“This ebook is fantastic. I wasn't sure whether to purchase it or not as I bought a different one and the information in that ebook was disappointing. I am so glad I purchased this book. Thorough and insightful. Thank you.”

“Before reading The Ultimate Guide to Sorority Recruitment, I was really nervous about small talk. This ebook explains how to have the best conversations and connect with the members. Sloan stresses connections, and she is right connections are everything.” — Brooke

“I used this ebook to guide me through recruitment. I got a bid to my dream sorority!” — Emma

“This book taught me how to be confident during recruitment. I knew what to say and how to get a bid!” —Ashley

 

SLOAN IS YOUR GUIDE TO SORORITY RECRUITMENT

In 2013, Sloan went through recruitment at the University of Georgia. While she recruited for her sorority, she saw potential new members get stuck in the Average Conversation Cycle and not stand out. 

Since then, she has developed The Ultimate Guide to Sorority Recruitment and CRUSH. This program gives potential new members a plan full of strategies. The strategies that allow potential new members: 

  • to have members and the recruitment team recognize their name

  • walk into sorority recruitment empowered

  • have unique conversations that leave the members wanting to continue to talk to them

  • know how to play the game of sorority recruitment -- understand what to say to show interest and have the members excited to see them

Some of her clients have gone to the following colleges:

  • Auburn

  • Boise State

  • Bulter University

  • Clemson

  • Florida State University

  • Indiana University

  • Kansas State University

  • Louisiana State University

  • Ole Miss

  • Oklahoma State University

  • Samford University

  • Texas A&M

  • Texas Christian University

  • Texas State University

  • University of Alabama

  • University of Arkansas

  • University of California, Davis

  • University of Cincinnati

  • University of Florida

  • University of Georgia

  • University of Illinois

  • University of Kentucky

  • University of Michigan

  • University of Missouri

  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  • University of Oklahoma

  • University of Rochester

  • University of San Diego

  • University of Southern California

  • University of Tennessee

  • University of Texas, Austin

  • University of Virginia

  • Vanderbilt

  • Wake Forest University

  • West Virginia University