Registration is open from May 1st - August 4th. You can find the link here, on our website, or on our social media accounts. In order to participate in Primary Recruitment, you must complete the full registration form, as well as pay the registration fee. The registration fee covers the costs of recruitment events, t-shirts and swag, Rho Gamma meals, and much more! Once you have completed your registration form and paid the fee, you will receive a confirmation email. After that, you will hear from your Rho Gamma right before move-in day and find out more details from them! 

Primary Recruitment is a full week of events where you will meet and get to know the 14 Panhellenic sororities at WSU and a variety of members in each chapter. It is a mutual selection process, meaning that this is the time when you narrow down your options of which sorority you want to join at the end of the week, and chapters simultaneously invite back women that they feel would be a great fit for their chapter. As the week goes on, you will get to know more about the aspects of each sorority you are visiting.   

• During recruitment, expect to talk a lot about your interests, college goals, and what you want from your sorority experience. Ask questions to find the best fit for you! 

• Expect long days. You'll spend significant time with each chapter throughout the week. Take care of yourself by resting, eating well, and staying hydrated! 

• Recruitment can be emotional, with both highs and lows. Your options will narrow, and you might feel disappointed if you don't get certain invitations. 

• You'll meet many new people, including potential lifelong friends in your recruitment group! 

Round 1 - Leadership & Involvement Round: During this round, you will meet every sorority over the span of two days. This round serves as a meet and greet to briefly get a feel for the organization and for members of each chapter to get to know a little bit about you. You will also be with your Rho Gamma group for each recruitment event you attend during this first round, so you won’t get lost! 

Round 2 - Philanthropy Round: This is the first invitational round of recruitment, meaning that you have narrowed down the chapters you would like to return to, and the chapters have extended invitations to those women they would like to see back. During this round you will visit up to 10 sororities (you can see anywhere from 1 to 10 chapters, there is no normal or average amount) over the span of two days. Each sorority will share with you a bit about their philanthropy, how they raise money or awareness for their cause, and how they are involved in other philanthropy activities within the community. You may watch a video or do an activity to learn more about their philanthropic organization. You also continue to get to know members in the chapter and can ask questions that you have related to philanthropy or other parts of the chapter.   

Round 3 - Sisterhood Round: During this round, you will visit up to 6 sororities over the course of one day. Each sorority will give you a tour of their chapter facility where you can see what the living accommodations look like in each house. The chapter should share additional information about chapter activities, things they are involved with on or off campus, or other points of pride, as well as being able to answer any questions you have about the financial obligations of membership and living in a chapter home.   

Round 4 - Preference: During this round, you will visit up to 2 sororities over the course of one day. You will get to know more members of each sorority you visit and will be able to ask about their membership experiences and any lingering questions that you have about their sorority. You will also see some familiar faces! Each chapter will also host a ceremony to share with you a bit more about their national organization, their values, and their sisterhood. 

The most important thing is to wear something that is comfortable and feels like you! You should not need anything that you don’t already have. Here is a quick look at what you might wear each round:

Round 1 - Leadership & Involvement Round: This is a very casual round. You will be provided a shirt from the Panhellenic Council for your first two days of recruitment. Casual pants, shorts, or a skirt are appropriate and comfortable shoes like sandals or sneakers are perfect. Do not wear heels, as there is a LOT of walking between these two days, and you want to save your feet!   

Round 2 - Philanthropy Round:  Casual sundresses, rompers, pants/shorts/skirts and a top are appropriate for this round. These days are a bit more dressy than the first round, but still should be something that is comfortable for you and shows off your personality. We recommend wearing sandals, sneakers, or flats for both days as you will be doing a lot of walking and the sidewalks are not flat!

Round 3- Sisterhood Round: Slightly more dressy sundresses, rompers, a skirt and tops are appropriate for this round. This day is dressier than the first two rounds, but should still be something you are comfortable in and will stay cool in. We recommend wearing flats or comfortable heels that you will be able to walk in.

Round 4 - Preference: A nice sundress, jumpsuits, or like attire are appropriate for this round. The dress you wore to graduation would be a great choice. You do not need to wear only black or white, patterns and bright colors are totally acceptable! It is still acceptable to wear sandals or flats during this round, but if you want to wear heels or platform sandals (as many women choose to do), we strongly suggest bringing along a pair of sandals for between events.

Bid Day: Wearing something you can easily change out of or throw your new t-shirt over is best.

On Bid Day, many families send congratulatory flowers to their daughters. The Center for Fraternity & Sorority Life will notify the florists listed below of the chapter your daughter joins so they can design an arrangement to your specifications or in alignment with that chapter's colors or flowers.

They will not reveal to you what sorority your daughter will be joining, and we ask that you do not request that information. The flowers will be delivered to your student’s residence hall or sorority house for her to pick up there on Bid Day. If you send an arrangement, please check in with your daughter on the afternoon of Bid Day to make sure she picks up her flowers. 

VENDORS: 

NEILL'S FLOWERS AND GIFTS: 509-334-3545

SAFEWAY: 509-332-0803

ROSAURERS SUPERMARKET:(509) 296-1181

Letters of recommendation are not necessary, but we will happily pass them along to the appropriate sorority. Please send letters of recommendation to the Panhellenic VP of Recruitment, at pan.recruitment@wsu.edu. 

Primary Recruitment is the only opportunity to visit every single chapter within the Panhellenic Community. It is a more structured process and provides a safe, supportive environment where you have a Rho Gamma to guide you, a group of women to support you, and education opportunities to learn about many different aspects of our community. Continuous Open Bidding is not a guaranteed or structured process, and we cannot speak to how many chapters will be participating following Primary Recruitment.

Yes! We welcome all women who are undergraduate Pullman students.

It is very difficult to align NCO schedules with Primary Recruitment. We highly recommend all students interested in Primary Recruitment complete their NCO over the summer.

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) does not allow individual collegiate Panhellenic sororities to set a minimum GPA for potential members to participate in Recruitment. Individual chapters do have GPA requirements for membership, and these depend on each organization. We recommend that you have at least a 3.0 HS GPA, or 2.8 College GPA, but these are not required.

We encourage every woman to give recruitment a try, though, prior academic performance is a high priority on our campus. Your student’s academic performance will be verified with the Office of Admissions and communicated to the chapters on our campus. In order to have verified GPA on file, your student must have had her final high school or college transcript sent to the Office of Admissions via mail. Otherwise, her GPA will be listed as unverified. Please be aware that her prior academic performance can affect whether or not she can join a chapter at the end of the week. GPA requirements vary by chapter, though a general standard is a 2.8 cumulative GPA for high school, and a 3.0 cumulative GPA for college. Your daughter can email pan.scholarship@wsu.edu with any questions or concerns. Keep in mind we can only communicate with your student, and not you, as per FERPA guidelines.

Yes! Skipping events will cause you to be immediately withdrawn from Primary Recruitment.

Although a bid is not guaranteed, our campus has a high placement rate.

Going through the recruitment process does not obligate you to join a sorority. If at any point during recruitment you decide that sorority membership is not what you are looking for, then you may withdraw from the process. To do so, you must notify a Panhellenic Officer or your Recruitment Counselor (Rho Gamma) and fill out a simple withdrawal form. You are also eligible to join one of our MGC organizations. For more information on MGC organizations, visit the https://wsumgc.com/.

Continuous Open Bidding (COB) is much less structured than Primary Recruitment. COB begins directly after Primary Recruitment concludes.

You may engage in the COB process during the academic year, however, not all chapters are eligible to take new members/or participate in the COB process.

If you are interested in joining a chapter following Primary Recruitment, messaging the sorority chapter’s Instagram account or emailing the recruitment chair is the best way to express your interest in joining that chapter.

A Rho Gamma is your Recruitment Guide. She is a disaffiliated member of the community, meaning they are a member of a chapter, but have disaffiliated and cannot reveal what chapter they are in. These women have worked incredibly hard on their disaffiliation and preparing for you, so please be respectful and don’t try to find out their affiliation during the week. You will find out what chapter your Rho Gamma is in during the Rho Gamma Reveal on Bid Day! You may even be lucky enough to run home with them!

Similar to your Orientation Counselor, your Rho Gamma will lead you around during the week and help you throughout the recruitment process. She is there to answer any questions you may have, provide unbiased advice, and help support you during the long week. You will be able to talk about your chapter preferences with her, and her alone, so she will become your greatest confidant during the week!

Yes, however, you cannot join another sorority until the next Primary Recruitment. You would become eligible to join another chapter during the next Primary Recruitment period (the next fall) or an Multicultural Greek Chapter (MGC)! Visit https://wsumgc.com/ to learn more about our Multicultural Sororities.

No, you don’t have to accept your bid. By running home on bid day, you accept your bid to the chapter. If you choose not to run home, you will be denying that bid. If you deny your bid, you will be ineligible to join another chapter until the next Primary Recruitment. Tell your Rho Gamma or a member of the Panhellenic Council if you decide not to run home.  

No. Every chapter has their own national policies for legacies, so it does not always guarantee a bid. These policies are decided by National or International offices and are not public knowledge.

No, you cannot be recruited over the summer for Panhellenic sororities. Our only recruitment options are Primary Recruitment and COB.

While the schedule varies, you can expect to start most days between 6:30-7:30 AM and end around 5-6:30pm. There will sometimes be after-dinner events, such as programs or Week of Welcome events, but you will receive a full schedule on Move-In Day!