Fraternity and Sorority Life

Fall 2024 Panhellenic Recruitment Dates

• Recruitment Registration will open on June 1st.
• Saturday, August 17th  – FSL Q&A Session
• Thursday, August 22nd – Meet the Greeks
• Sunday, August 25th – Mandatory Potential New Member Meeting
• Friday, August 30th 6pm – Sisterhood Day 1
• Saturday, August 31st 10am – Sisterhood Day 2
• Sunday, September 1st 10am – Philanthropy Round
• Friday, September 6th 6pm – Preference Round
• Saturday, September 7th 1:30pm – Bid Day

For the most up to date information about Panhellenic recruitment, please utilize the Panhellenic Instagram @hpupanhellenic or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Instagram @hpu_fsl

Registration for Panhellenic recruitment will open on June 1st. Registration will close on August 28, 2024 at 5:00pm

There is a $100 non-refundable registration fee. This fee is payable only through credit card and paid through the registration website.

High Point University requires applicants  to have a minimum 2.500 high school GPA or a minimum 2.500 cumulative college GPA to be eligible. If you have a current college GPA from High Point University or another college/university, high school GPAs will not be considered. Please note that organizations may have a higher GPA requirement for membership.

Students that are currently serving Disciplinary Probation through the Office of Student Conduct will not be permitted to participate in any kind of membership recruitment.

If you have any questions, contact [email protected]. For the most up to date information about Panhellenic recruitment, please utilize the Panhellenic Instagram @hpupanhellenic or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Instagram @hpu_fsl

Round One:  Sisterhood

Date: August 30, 2024 and August 31, 2024

Time: Parties will begin at 6:00pm on Friday and at 10:00am on Saturday. You will be instructed as where to meet your Rho Gamma. Your Rho Gamma will provide you a schedule of your event times.

What to wear: Snappy Casual. Provided T-shirt, nice jeans, appropriate skirt/shorts, or pants, and comfortable shoes.

How the parties work: Parties take place over two days. You will attend 6 parties total, visiting each of the sorority houses. Each party will be 30 minutes long.

Round Two:  Philanthropy

Date: September 1, 2024

Time: Parties will begin at 10:00 am. You will be instructed as where to meet your Rho Gamma. Your Rho Gamma will provide you a schedule of your event times.

What to wear: A little dressier/business casual. Casual dress, nice blouse with pants or skirt, flats/dressy sandals/heels

How the parties work: You may attend up to 4 parties. Most will attend less than 4 parties; this is normal! Each party will be 40 minutes long.

Round Three: Preference

Date: September 6, 2024

Time: Parties will begin at 6:00pm. You will be instructed as where to meet your Rho Gamma. Your Rho Gamma will provide you a schedule of your event times.

What to wear: This is a dressy day, cocktail attire is appropriate. Cocktail dress, dressy blouse with pants or skirt, heels/flats

How the parties work: You may attend up to 2 parties. Each party is 50 minutes long. This is the final round before bids are distributed for membership.

Bid Day

Date: September 7, 2024

Time: 2:00 pm – all day

What to wear: Jeans/Appropriate Shorts, Tank Top, Comfortable Shoes!

How Bid Day works: Everyone will gather together in the Kushner Banquet Hall (Cottrell 119). You will receive your Bid Card from your Rho Gamma, and will meet with a member of the Fraternity and Sorority Life staff before running home to your sorority! You will then spend the rest of the day getting to know your new sisters!

Cost: Joining a fraternity or sorority is a financial commitment. There is a cost to register for recruitment as well as costs to the chapter immediately upon joining. You can expect to pay dues in the amount of $800- $1200 per year for the duration of your college career.

Academics: Fraternities and sororities have high academic standards. High Point University requires applicants to have a minimum 2.500 high school GPA or a 2.500 cumulative college GPA to be eligible. If you have a current college GPA from High Point or another institution, high school GPAs will not be considered. Potential new members are advised that each chapter can have a higher GPA requirement for their new members.

Commitment: Joining a fraternity or sorority is a large time commitment. You should be sure that you are able to commit to each aspect of the organization, including education, philanthropy, chapter events and social events. Fraternities and sororities aren’t like clubs, in that you can’t quit because you want to. You should read everything carefully that you are asked to sign!

Rules: Potential new members should review the Panhellenic Recruitment Rules that are applicable to them.

Letters of Recommendation:  Letters of recommendation (aka “rec letters”) are not required, but are welcomed.  Each sorority has their own standards for recommendations.  If you have sorority alumnae that want to write you a recommendation , please have them consult their sororities national website for procedures on writing letters of recommendation.

For the most up to date information about Panhellenic recruitment, please visit our Instagram @hpupanhellenic. If you have any questions please contact [email protected].

Use this link to view the Panhellenic Council Recruitment Guide:

• Fall 2024 IFC Recruitment Dates
  • Recruitment Registration will open on June 1st.
  • Saturday, August 17th – FSL Q&A Session
  • Thursday, August 22nd  – Meet the Greeks
  • Friday, August 30th – IFC BBQ
  • Sunday, September 1st – PNM Meeting
  • Monday, September 2nd  – Open House
  • Tuesday, September 3rd – Round Robin Night
  • Wednesday, September 4th – PNM Choice Night
  • Thursday, September 5th  – Off-Campus Night
  • Saturday, September 7th 12pm – Bid Day

For the most up to date information about IFC recruitment, please utilize the IFC Instagram @hpu_ifc or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Instagram @hpu_fsl

Registration for IFC recruitment will open on June 1st. Registration will close the September 1, 2024 at 11:59pm.

There is a $45 non-refundable registration fee. This fee is payable only through credit card and paid through the registration website.

Applicants are required to have a 2.500 high school GPA or a minimum 2.500 cumulative college GPA to be eligible. No exceptions. If you have a current college GPA from High Point University or another college/university, high school GPAs will not be considered.

Students that are currently serving Disciplinary Probation through the Office of Student Conduct will not be permitted to participate in any kind of membership recruitment.

If you have any questions, contact Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Madison Simmons at [email protected]. For the most up-to-date information about IFC recruitment, please utilize the IFC Instagram @hpu_ifc or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Instagram @hpu_fsl.

Register for Recruitment

IFC Pre-Rush Events:

• FSL Q&A Panel, August 17, 2024: Students who have questions about being in a fraternity or about recruitment are welcome to come and learn more.
• Meet the Greeks, August 22, 2024, Cottrell Amphitheater: Students will have the opportunity to meet all 18 of our Fraternity and Sorority Organizations.
• IFC BBQ, August 30, 2024, Cottrell Amphitheater: Come enjoy food and mingle with members of our fraternity community.

IFC Recruitment Week Schedule:

Check-In/Check-Out: Please plan to arrive at Webb Conference Center Room 103, approximately 15 minutes or earlier, prior to the start of each round to check in with the Interfraternity Council (This excludes Off-Campus night and Bid Day). You will be released to the chapter locations from Webb Conference Center (Building is located across the street from the intramural fields parking lot) . You will also check out with the Interfraternity Council at the end of each round in the Webb Conference Center lobby.

Open-House

Event Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm

Meeting Location: Greek Village

What to wear: Casual

How the open-house works: You are not required to attend open house. This gives you an opportunity to visit organizations prior to formal recruitment beginning. You are welcome to move between organizations and stay for as long as you would like.

Round 1 (Round Robin Night) 

Event Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Meeting Location: Greek Village

What to wear: Business Formal (Full Suit and Tie)

How the parties work: You are required to visit all of the chapters during this round. You will attend each fraternity location with a member from the IFC Executive Board (Stay with your group leader for the entirety of this round). Each round will be 25 minutes and you’ll have 5 minutes to rotate between each chapter house.

Round 2 (PNM Choice) 

Event Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Location: Greek Village

What to wear: Kakis and polo

How the parties work: You will be free to visit any chapter(s) that you would like, for any amount of time, during this round. You will start in Webb 103 to check in with your IFC Executive Board leader. You will then be able to attend any fraternity location to continue meeting their members. You must check back in at the Webb Conference Center lobby at the conclusion of this round.

Round 3 (Chapter Invite, Zoning Night) 

Event Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Location: Phillips 120 & Off-Campus

What to wear: Casual

How the parties work: Party attendance is by invitation only. You will start in Phillips 120 to check in with your IFC Executive Board leader. You will then be able to attend a zoning night location with any fraternity you have been invited back to, for any amount of time. Members of the fraternity are responsible for driving PNMs to their on or off campus venue, including another fraternity’s on or off-campus venue if you were invited back to more than one.

Bid Day 

Event Time: 12:00pm

Event Location: Cottrell 119 & Cottrell Amphitheater

What to wear: Casual (Chapters will provide a Bid Day T-Shirt)

If you have any questions, contact Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Madison Simmons.

Academics: Fraternities and sororities have high academic standards. To join an IFC Fraternity, applicants are required to have a 2.500 high school GPA or a minimum 2.500 cumulative college GPA to be eligible. No exceptions. If you have a current college GPA from High Point or another institution, high school GPAs will not be considered.

Cost: Joining a fraternity or sorority is a financial commitment. There is a cost to register for recruitment as well as costs to the chapter immediately upon joining. You can expect to pay dues in the amount of $400- $600 per year for the duration of your college career.

Commitment: Joining a fraternity or sorority is a large time commitment. You should be sure that you are able to commit to each aspect of the organization, including education, philanthropy, chapter events, and social events. Fraternities and sororities aren’t like clubs, in that you can’t quit because you want to. You should read everything carefully that you are asked to sign!

For the most up-to-date information about IFC recruitment, please utilize the IFC Instagram @hpu_ifc 

Being a member of a fraternity or sorority provides many opportunities that students might not otherwise have. Members have multiple leadership opportunities including the chance to serve on their chapter’s executive board, to be part of our governing councils including Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, or National Pan-Hellenic Council.

All of our chapters have a service component, teaching the members the importance of giving back to the community both in High Point and globally.

Academics are an important part of the fraternity/sorority experience. Fraternity and sorority members at High Point University on average have a higher GPA than nonmembers. Check out or Fraternity and Sorority Life GPA Scorecard click here.

All of the chapters at High Point University are part of a national organization. These organizations are run on a national level, meaning they have national headquarters, national officers and policies. Chapters at High Point are responsible to the policies and procedures of their National Organizations as well as the University policies. The Greek Life staff work in partnership with the National Organizations to ensure that our organizations are functioning on the highest level.

High Point University practices open recruitment, meaning first year students may participate during their first semester. The registration form goes live in June and students must register by the registration deadline.

The formal recruitment process happens over several days. Students attend formal recruitment events at the fraternity/sorority houses. Fraternities and sororities are private organizations and each chapter has the right to choose their membership based on their national organization standards. The University is not able to dictate to a chapter who they should accept into membership.

It is important to know that not everyone that participates in formal recruitment will join a chapter. This can be a difficult experience for our students, especially in the first few days after recruitment. The Fraternity and Sorority Life staff strives to help our students learn from this experience, specifically how to deal with disappointment. High Point University offers a variety of different clubs and organizations for our students to be involved in. While 35% of our students are Greek, 65% of our students are not.

Please visit our recruitment page for additional information.

If at any time you have questions about the formal recruitment process, please contact the Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at 336-841-9618.

If you are concerned about hazing behavior, please click here to submit a hazing concern report. You can also call the High Point University Hazing Hotline at 336-841-4699.

You can find more information on hazing here.

There is a cost (dues) associated with being a member of a fraternity/sorority. The first semester of joining a fraternity/sorority can be the most expensive with the average cost being around $800.  Fees associated with the first semester are generally initiation fees, insurance fees, and badge fees.  Often there will be a fee due within days of joining the organization.

Cost of membership for each semester after can be $600-$1,000 a semester. This cost covers national dues, local dues and other privileges of membership.  These dues are collected by the national organization and are not affiliated with university fees.

Our organizations have houses on campus. These houses sleep 15 people and must be filled by the chapter membership. The chapter selects who is living in the house. In some cases, the chapters may have bylaws governing how housing is assigned. It is important that your student ask questions about their chapters policies for the house. Greek Village housing is Tier 3 housing and is considered priority housing. Once a student has been assigned to live in the house, they may not place themselves on housing wait lists.

Students need support throughout the process of recruitment/intake and new member education. Be supportive and learn as much as you can about fraternity and sorority life by asking questions of your student as he or she meets members in fraternities and sororities.

Keep an open mind. Fraternity and sorority life is not for everyone. Just because you may have been a fraternity or sorority member doesn’t mean that it is the right choice for your student.

Fraternities and sororities are different on every campus. Groups that may have been strong on the campus where you attended school may not have the same reputation at High Point University. Let your student choose the group that he or she feels the most comfortable joining.

Talk to your student about dangerous behaviors that come with alcohol misuse. Reiterate that underage drinking is illegal and a violation of the Guide to campus life.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, half of all sexual assaults in the United States involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrator, the victim, or both. High Point University is committed to fostering an environment free from sexual or gender-based harassment or misconduct. Resources can be found here.

Have frank conversations with your son or daughter about activities that may occur in a group situation, such as hazing, that make them uncomfortable or put them or others at risk. Resources for hazing concerns can be found here.

Talk to the student beforehand about the financial obligation. Determine who will pay for what and where the limits are.

Know that the system of fraternity/sorority recruitment at High Point University is competitive. Not everyone who wants to be in a Fraternity or Sorority will receive a bid.

Do not become too involved in the sorority and fraternity recruitment/intake process, this is your student’s decision. There will be plenty of activities and events for you to attend or even help plan once your student joins one of our organizations.

Too often, parents do not allow their students to fight their own battles. It helps the student mature and gain some assertiveness when allowed to call various offices if they have questions or concerns about their decision to join a fraternity or sorority.

Keep the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life contact information on hand if you have any questions or concerns.

Other Resources

The Sorority Life

National Pan-Hellenic Council

National Panhellenic Conference

The North American Interfraternity Conference