Panhellenic Recruitment
Welcome!
We have two opportunities for women to join one of our 12 National Panhellenic Conference sororities at Oklahoma State University. Fall Recruitment takes place one week prior to the first week of school, and all 12 chapters participate. The in person dates for 2026 can be found below. Continuous Open Bidding is an informal recruitment process that begins on the last day of Fall Recruitment and concludes with first day of Pre-Finals Week in the Spring. Not every chapter participates in Continuous Open Bidding.
Registration for Primary Fall Recruitment will open on May 1, 2026.
Primary Fall Recruitment
- What is Primary Fall Recruitment?
Primary fall recruitment is a formalized mutual selection process by which a student is guaranteed to see all 12 NPC chapters. It is the main process the National Panhellenic Conference sororities use to recruit new members. The students begin by seeing all 12 chapters during the first round on zoom, but the remaining in-person rounds are by invitation only.
Participation in formal recruitment does not guarantee an invitation to join a sorority, nor does it obligate a student to join. However, approximately 80% - 85% of the students participating in formal recruitment over the last 5 years have years have joined a NPC sorority at the weeks conclusion. Of the joining group, 90% received their first choice on bid day.
Values Based Recruitment
Value Based Recruitment focuses on what is important to each individual woman going through recruitment. With this approach, both chapters and PNMs find their match based on their respective values and interests, rejecting the superficiality and materialism that can distract from our core purpose. Recruitment here at Oklahoma State is focused on what it really means to be in a sorority and the true sisterhood that the members experience. The purpose of Values Based Recruitment is to lead the PNMs to confidence that their connection with their chapter will continue through their membership for all four years of their college experience, and for life!
- Fall Recruitment 2026 Dates
- May 1: Recruitment Registration Opens
- July 29 at 5pm: Recruitment Registration Closes
- Tuesday, August 4: Meet with your Gamma Chi (Virtual Meeting)
- Wednesday, August 5 Open House via Zoom (Round 1)
- 8:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. | Events with chapter houses
- 11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. | Lunch
- 12:50 p.m - 2:30 p.m. | Events with chapter houses
- Thursday, August 6: Open House via Zoom (Round 1)
- 8:00 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. | Events with chapter houses
- Sunday, August 9: Move In & Check-In
- Tuesday, August 11: Philanthropy (Round 2)*
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Meet with your Gamma Chi
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- 12:05 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch
- 2:00 p.m - 5:55 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- Wednesday, August 12: Philanthropy (Round 2)*
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Meet with your Gamma Chi
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- 12:05 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch
- 2:00 p.m - 5:55 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- Thursday, August 13: Sisterhood (Round 3)*
- 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Meet with your Gamma Chi
- 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch
- 1:45 p.m - 7:30 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- Friday, August 14: Preference (Round 4 & Last Round)*
- 7:00 a.m. | Meet with your Gamma Chi
- 8:05 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Events at chapter houses
- 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Attend college spotlight
- 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Attend Convocation
- Saturday, August 15: Bid Day
*Times are tentative and may change closer to time. Please check your email for any scheduling updates.
- Registration for Primary Fall Recruitment
To participate in the recruitment process, you must be a full-time, undergraduate woman enrolled at Oklahoma State University. There is a $125 registration fee as well as a $5 administrative fee when signing up. This fee covers the costs associated with the recruitment process, along with three meals and two t-shirts. Students registered for Panhellenic Recruitment will move in on Sunday, August 9, and be charged through your bursar a $50 early move-in fee from the Office of Housing and Residential Life.
The following information will be required for registration:
- OSU email address
- Digital photo
- Campus Wide Identification Number (CWID).
- Activities, honors and service. Including this information will create a resume for you.
- T-shirt size
- Parent/guardian email address. Each PNM may provide two email addresses for parents/guardians.
Once beginning the registration process, be sure you complete all the information at that time. If you do not complete everything at once, your information will not be saved, and you will have to start the process from the beginning. Therefore, it is helpful to have the aforementioned information handy when beginning the registration process.
After registering online, please follow the instructions to pay online or mail your $125 registration fee and $5 administrative fee to:
Panhellenic Recruitment
Oklahoma State University
321 Student Union
Stillwater, OK 74078Checks should be made payable to “Panhellenic Recruitment.” Please put your name and CWID in the check’s memo line. The payment must be received by the registration deadline for your registration to be complete. If payment is mailed, it must be postmarked by July 29, 2026. No late applications or materials will be accepted! There will be no refunds after this date.
A confirmation will be sent to you within two weeks of the Panhellenic Council receiving your registration materials. If your confirmation states any part of your registration materials are missing or incomplete, those items should be called in or mailed immediately to the Panhellenic Council. - Potential New Member Profile Login
Once registered, you can login to your Potential New Member (PNM) Profile to update any of your registration information. You will need to activate your account by creating a password with the e-mail you used to register.
- Academic StandardsThe Panhellenic Council does not set specific academic requirements/standards for potential new members to participate in recruitment. However, it is important to understand each chapter has grade point average requirements set by its inter/national organization and the local members. These individual requirements are listed on the sorority profile pages later in the booklet.
The high school GPA that the Panhellenic Council accepts is the Core GPA provided by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, which is defined below.
15-Unit Core Curricular Requirements:- 4 units of English (grammar, composition and literature);
- 3 units of mathematics (algebra I, geometry, algebra II and above);
- 3 units of history and citizenship skills (one unit of American history and two units from the subjects of history, economics, geography, government, civics and/or non-western culture);
- 3 units lab science (biology, chemistry, physical sciences, physics or any lab science certified by school district); and
- 2 units of other courses selected from any of the sections above or computer science or foreign language.
- AP and higher-level IB courses are identified and weighted in the Core GPA (i.e. If a student makes a B in AP language composition, it is calculated as an A. An earned A grade is given an extra point when calculated.)
- While the State Regents strongly support the initiation of honors courses, honors weighting will not be used in the calculation of either high school (overall or core) GPA because there is no equitable mechanism to include the honors premium.
Please don’t forget to send your final transcript to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as soon as you are able because all academic information (high school and/or college GPA(s) and ACT and/or SAT scores) provided to chapters will be verified through the Student Information System (SIS). Your application will not be complete without the final transcript(s). The Panhellenic Council and Office of Fraternity & Sorority Affairs are not responsible for lost, misplaced, or late transcripts due to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. It is the responsibility of the student to contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions before the Recruitment registration deadline to ensure all necessary documents have been received.
If your high school GPA is below a 3.0 or your college GPA is below a 2.7 (on a 4.0 scale), you may have significantly fewer opportunities than participants with higher GPAs. Potential new members who do not meet the minimum academic requirements of a specific chapter are typically released early in the recruitment process to allow these women to explore other alternatives. After accepting membership in a chapter, there are academic requirements for women to stay active in the chapter during their time at OSU. The GPA requirements differ from chapter to chapter. Inquiring about academic standards is a wonderful idea for conversations during recruitment. Additionally, each woman must be a full-time OSU student to be considered an active member of one of our 12 chapters. - Recruitment Housing
Thanks to a partnership with the Department of Housing and Residential Life, the Panhellenic Council hopes to make the transition from home to college as seamless as possible for recruitment participants. Therefore, you will be moving into your permanent housing assignment on campus for formal recruitment. You are to report at Central Marketplace on campus for Check-In. Please note only you will be allowed to acquire the key for your room. Parents/ guardians will not be granted access to a room without you present. Women participating in recruitment will move in on Sunday, August 9 and be charged a $50 early move-in fee.
The Department of Housing and Residential Life will facilitate the early arrival process. Questions regarding move-in logistics or the early arrival process can be directed to the Department of Housing and Residential Life at (405) 744-5592. Please note that women who will not be living on campus during the fall semester are responsible for their own housing and parking permit during formal recruitment.
- Check-In For Recruitment
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
The check-in process for recruitment is very important. You will first arrive at Central Marketplace to collect your residence hall key, where you will be greeted by our Fraternity & Sorority Affairs and Housing & Residential Life Staff. Then you will head to your assigned residence hall to begin the move-in process. That evening, you will have a residence hall meeting with your Resident Assistants, or RAs, to get you introduced to dorm living. On the evening of Monday, August 10 PNMs must check in with their Gamma Chis for dinner and a recruitment group meeting. Failure to check in with your Gamma Chis this evening will result in the PNM being unable to participate in recruitment.RECRUITMENT DINING
Each woman has three meals included in the cost of the registration fee. These meals include Monday, August 10 dinner, Tuesday, August 11 & Wednesday, August 12 lunch. All other meals throughout the week will be independent, and individuals can use their semester meal plan to eat what they would like to on campus. This will help encourage PNMs to explore the on-campus dining options during the week of recruitment. We encourage PNMs to plan ahead to have snacks and breakfast available in their own dorm. - Financial Commitment
Oklahoma State University Panhellenic Association has adopted a resolution regarding financial transparency during Panhellenic recruitment processes. In a spirit of transparency and accountability, this information will be provided to potential new members before, during, and after the Formal Recruitment process. The information in the booklet below and on each chapter's profile page includes all required costs of Panhellenic membership for the 2026 - 2027 year as reported in spring of 2026. Total costs include all member dues, chapter fees, and assessments including inter/national fees, required apparel, housing and/or parlor fees, etc. In addition to mandatory expenses, there may also be additional, optional expenses such as T-shirts. Students are encouraged to determine how much they will allocate for these expenses at the beginning of each semester.
NEW MEMBER FEE:
Many chapters will have one-time fees which include, but are not limited to: initiation fees, new member fees, building funds, security deposits and badge fees.
IN-HOUSE MEMBER:
This includes room and board, weekday meals, membership and chapter dues, as well as some miscellaneous fees that will vary from chapter to chapter on a semester basis.
OUT-OF-HOUSE MEMBER:
This includes use of the sorority house, some meals, membership and chapter dues, as well as other small fees associated with that chapter on a semester basis. All of these fees and dues are stated in each chapter’s profile page. - Potential New Member Bill of Rights
A potential new member has:
- The right to be treated as an individual;
- The right to be fully informed about the recruitment process;
- The right to ask questions and receive true and objective answers from recruitment counselors and members;
- The right to be treated with respect;
- The right to be treated as a capable and mature person without being patronized;
- The right to ask how and why and receive straight answers;
- The right to have and express opinions to recruitment counselors;
- The right to have inviolable confidentiality when sharing information with recruitment counselors;
- The right to make informed choices without undue pressure from others;
- The right to be fully informed about the binding agreements implicit in the membership acceptance signing;
- The right to make one’s own choice and decision and accept full responsibility for the results of that decision;
- The right to have a positive, safe and enriching recruitment experience.
Continuous Open Bidding (COB)
- What is COB?
Continuous Open Bidding (COB) is an informal recruitment process that takes place after fully-structured recruitment in the fall and lasts until the end of the spring semester. Any woman who wishes to participate will be listed on a continuous open bid list and could be contacted as early as Bid Day if chapters are participating. If a chapter is participating in COB, they may extend a bid to a potential new member at any time. If a woman decides to withdraw from recruitment, she must check out with her recruitment counselor and a member of the recruitment staff by completing an exit interview. She must sign an official form to be released from recruitment. If she is interested in COB, she can sign up at that time. Please remember that there is no guarantee that any chapter will be eligible to participate in COB. If you have any questions regarding COB, feel free to contact us at sororityrecruitment@okstate.edu or (405) 744-6583.
- Registration for COB
Registration for COB will open on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
- Potential New Member Profile Login
Once registered, you can login to your Potential New Member (PNM) Profile to update any of your registration information. You will need to activate your account by creating a password with the e-mail you used to register.