Please be sure to look over the Inter-Sorority Contact and Recruitment Policies when considering participating in Inter-Sorority Council Recruitment.
WHY should I participate in Formal Recruitment?
College is a time for students to gain independence, meet new people, and find that comfortable niche of friends and support. Sorority life can help with these goals, as well as aid academic and social development. Joining a sorority can really help a big school become smaller and more intimate and ensures a lifetime of memories with your sisters.
WHAT is Formal Recruitment?
Formal Recruitment is a period of sorority Recruitment where all 16 chapters participate in a 4 round process that places almost 900 women into the chapter that fits them the best. The rounds include Round Robbins, Themes, House Tours, and the Preferential Round. Each round, you go back to less and less houses until Bid Day when you receive a bid card from one of the three houses that you went to in the Preferential Round. During this time, there is a strict silence policy between women participating in recruitment and women in sorority houses.
WHO can participate in Formal Recruitment?
Any student at the University of Virginia who is not already in a sorority chapter can participate in formal recruitment! This is the only form of recruitment that a first year student may participate in their first year.
WHEN is Formal Recruitment?
At the University of Virginia, we have a deferred formal recruitment process that allows for first year students to become adjusted to their college setting before starting their Greek life at The University. Formal Recruitment begins is in the first few weeks in January after returning from Winter Break. NOTICE: you may have to come back a few days early for intro meetings and getting adjusted before the rounds start.
Registration for Formal Recruitment will begin THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Tuesday, August 28th) until the day Thanksgiving Break begins (Tuesday, November 20th).
WHERE can I send recommendations for specific houses for Formal Recruitment?
The recommendations for individual houses are not handled by the Inter-Sorority Council and can be sent directly to the chapter houses. Look below the subheading titled “Chapters” for the specific chapter you have a recommendation for and their address should be there.
WHERE can I find out more about Sorority Life on campus at the University of Virginia?
The Inter-Sorority Council will be holding THREE Go-Greek meet and greets throughout the Fall Semester of 2012 to find out more about Greek life. The dates will be SEPTEMBER 5th, October 10th, and November 7th. Please stay tuned for more information as the semester gets closer.
Forms
Check back in October for more details
All women participating in the ISC Recruitment Process are expected to be present for all rounds of recruitment. Recognizing constraints such as class, work, athletic endeavors, etc. the ISC requests that all women who will be absent for any part of recruitment fill out and submit a Conflict Form.
