A Guide to FrAternity And Sorority LiFe - Virginia Tech

FrATErNITy rECruITMENT
Look for information in the Collegiate Times, on residence hall fliers, dining center table cards, and the IFC website, www.vtifc.com, for
up-to-date recruitment information.
Why be Greek? Go Greek for friendship, campus involvement, Virginia Tech pride, leadership opportunities, alumni contacts, and community
service. Joining any student organization is a way to make Tech a little bit smaller and more personal. It is a way to find your
niche at a large institution. Explore the opportunities yourself and find out how joining the Fraternity and Sorority Life community might
interest you.
GPa reQuireMent
There is no university minimum GPA requirement to participate in a fraternity. However, in order to be initiated, the Interfraternity Council
Virginia Tech requires a 2.25 or higher GPA with at least 12 credit hours. Some chapters have their own higher minimum GPA requirements.
Credits and grades will be verified through the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
recruitMent Process
Fraternity recruitment is the process by which prospective members are introduced to the fraternity community. This introduction will
include a recruitment fair, a recruitment kick-off event, informational sessions, and an opportunity to get to know many of the chapters.
It is important that you take advantage of all these opportunities so that you are able to make an informed choice when deciding to join
a chapter.
during the two weeks from kick-off to bid delivery, individual fraternities conduct formal recruitment in which they host several sessions
and brotherhood-like activities to get to know the prospective members. This period is “dry,” meaning that alcohol cannot be present.
These activities enable both the fraternity and the prospective members to draw some conclusions about fit, interest, and congruence
with stated goals and values.
At the end of the two-week period, individual fraternities decide who should participate in an invitation-only recruitment event. Prospective
members can attend any number of invitation-only events, but this event is typically more formal and offers a final opportunity to
ask questions and get answers.
After this event, fraternities vote to decide to which students to offer bids. In order to be offered a bid, the prospective member must
complete a recruitment registration form, available at www.vtifc.com. All bids will go out on the same night, and acceptance is normally
held two days later. Prospective members have no obligation to accept bids extended to them. If they do accept a bid or defer acceptance,
they will be “bound” to that organization for the remainder of the semester. This means that they cannot join another general fraternity
for that time period, should they decide that they do not wish to continue their membership.
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