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What you need to know

• Check-in and move-in procedures
• Order a recruitment T-shirt
• Quick and general information
• Recruitment schedule
• How selection works
• What to bring and where to park
• What to wear
• Recruitment tips
• Participant expectations and guidelines
• What to expect on bid day
• Recruitment guides

Special info and policies

• Special needs
• Recommendation/reference letters
• Camp conflicts
• Refund policy
• Academic selection standards
• Students living off-campus
• Projected sorority fees
• Upperclassmen opportunities

Parents and family info

What to wear

In an effort to ensure participants are comfortable, the Panhellenic Council offers the following suggestions of proper attire for Formal Membership Recruitment. When determining attire, participants should understand they will be doing a lot of walking, it's always hot during recruitment, and they may be expected to sit on the floor at the chapter houses. 

Manhattan has several retail outlets if you leave something at home, but the week is very rushed and you may not have time to go pick up a replacement.

Round 1: Open Houses (Monday and Tuesday)

Dress comfortably in your favorite K-State T-shirt and a casual skirt or capris. Please consider that during events at sororities you may have to sit on the floor.

Round 2: House tours (Wednesday)

Wear a nice shirt and casual skirt or capris or a comfortable sundress. This round is slightly dressier. Again, you may have to sit on the floor during conversation periods.

Round 3: Sisterhood and philanthropy (Thursday)

Appropriate clothing is a nice skirt or sundress.

Round 4: Preference (Friday)

This is the most formal day of recruitment. You should consider wearing what you’d wear to a summer wedding or to an important ceremony.

Bid day (Friday night through Saturday)

Be comfortable! Shorts or jeans and tennis shoes or flip flops are appropriate.

Swimsuits are optional as some chapters might take a trip to the lake.

Following recruitment, some chapters require particular attire for special ceremonies (such as a white dress for the pledging ceremony or the initiation ceremony in the case of some chapters) as dedicated by the national organization and the Ritual of the sorority.  Should special attire be needed, the chapter will provide the garment or the chapter will provide ample opportunity and time for the student to obtain proper attire prior to the ceremony.