Membership & Recruitment

A Letter from our VP of Membership:

Hey Girls!

I would like to personally welcome you to Pi Beta Phi formal recruitment! As the Vice President of Membership for 2010, I cannot tell you how excited I am to meet you! Please feel free to look through our website to get a feel for what Pi Phi is all about, as well as the great opportunities our chapter has to offer.

The Pi Beta Phi Mission

To promote friendship, develop women of intellect and integrity, cultivate leadership potential, and enrich lives through community service.

Pi Beta Phi recognizes the extreme importance of formal recruitment by putting so much of ourselves into the process. Our goal is to make the experience special and memorable for both our active members and those going through recruitment. We cannot wait to show you how much fun we have together as a chapter! With the incredible amount of work that goes into making recruitment what it is, we would be lost without the help of our families and Pi Phi alumnae. We are truly thankful for all the support we have!

As you head into an exciting time of your life, you will encounter so many new and interesting opportunities, especially those leaving home for the first time. Here at USC, we are lucky to have many options, however, I highly encourage you to go through the formal recruitment process, regardless of any doubts you may have. USC is such a fabulous school, however I know that being a member of Pi Beta Phi has enhanced my college career exponentially by the opportunities and experiences that have been made available through membership in Pi Phi.

The USC Greek Community is full of people from all over the world, and I strongly believe there is a place for everyone! At Pi Beta Phi, our members are involved in all sorts of activities including USC Athletics, USC Song Girls, Trojan Dance Force, Troy Camp, J.E.P (Joint Educational Project), USG (Undergraduate Student Government), and much more! I cannot express enough how incredible, fulfilling, and fun sorority life can be. I look forward to meeting you in our beautiful home in the Fall of 2010!

Pi Phi Love,

Vice President of Membership

Details on Sorority Recruitment at USC

The Panhellenic Council's formal sorority recruitment process at USC allows girls interested in joining a sorority to meet each chapter over a period of several days, culminating in Greek bid night. Sorority recruitment at USC includes multiple rounds, through which new members narrow their choices in a mutual selection process to find the chapter in which they feel most at home. All throughout the process, girls going through recruitment have recruitment counselors to guide them and answer any questions they may have.

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The sorority recruitment rounds at USC are as follows:
Courtesy of the USC Panhellenic website, www.uscpanhellenic.com

Unity Days - Wednesday, August 26 and Thursday, August 27
On Unity Days, you will visit every sorority and have a chance to talk with a few women from each chapter. During this round you and your recruitment group will be guided from chapter to chapter by your recruitment counselors.

Spirit Day - Friday, August 28
On Spirit Day, you will attend house tours at up to six chapters.

Pride Day - Saturday, August 29
On Pride Day, you will have the opportunity to see a video/slide show at up to four chapters that highlights each chapter's unique sisterhood.

Preference - Sunday, August 30
Preference is a more formal day in which you will share breakfast and a ceremony with up to two sororities. After this day's events, you will fill out a bid card with your first choice house.

Bid Night - Sunday Night, August 30
On Bid Night, you will find out which sorority you have been invited to join, learn your recruitment counselor's affiliation, and then be taken to your Bid Night celebration to meet your new sisters!

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Letters of Reference
We encourage letters of reference from our alumnae. The reference form and the legacy form can be downloaded from Pi Phi's national website by clicking here.

Please send letters of reference to our Membership Chair at the following address:

ATT: Brittany Marques
667 W 28th Street
Los Angeles, Ca 90007