Registration for Fall 2024 Primary Recruitment will open May 1, 2024.
Women interested in participating in Recruitment can register online Wednesday, May 1, 2024 until Wednesday, July 17, 2024 @ 5:00 pm CT.
Please note that you are encouraged to have all relevant information and documents ready before you begin the registration process, as we cannot guarantee that chapters will see any updates or changes to your registration information.
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE FORMATTED TEXT OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS INTO YOUR REGISTRATION FIELDS (IE. BULLET POINTS).
Personal Information: The online 2024 Fall Primary Recruitment Registration Form has been integrated into MyBama. If you have not been assigned a myBama account, you will not be able to register for Recruitment.
Method of Payment: Payment by debit or credit card is required at the time of registration. You cannot complete the registration process without paying the required registration fee, which is non-refundable.
List of Extracurricular Activities, Honors, Community Service, and Work Experience: Please list in the spaces provided and do not put “see resume.”
Responses to the following questions (please limit responses to 200 words or less):
Describe your personality.
What are you most passionate about and why?
A part of membership is the social building of friendships and sisterhood with other members and the community. Please describe what you look for in a group of friends.
Why are you interested in joining a Panhellenic sorority?
What goals do you have for yourself during your undergraduate years?
Sorority Legacy Information: Full name of sorority member, sorority affiliation, and University/College attended.
Digital Photograph: A digital photograph, preferably a headshot (no selfies), is required as part of the online registration form. You cannot complete the online registration process without uploading a digital photograph, however, the photograph be changed at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. CT on July 17, 2024.
Photographs must be less than 1MB in size and in one of the following allowable formats: gif, jpg, jpeg, or png. If your image is greater than 1 MB, you will need to resize your photo using a photo editor, like PIXLR.
Digital Copy of Academic Transcript: As part of the online registration form, there is an option for you to upload a copy of your academic transcript. This is optional feature and as such, is not a required part of the online registration process. If you do not have a copy of your academic transcript at the time of registration, please log back in to your account anytime prior to 5:00 p.m. CT on July 17, 2024, to upload the document.
Transcripts must be less than 1MB in size and while a PDF copy is preferable, you can submit your resume in any one of the following allowable formats: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, txt, pdf, gif, jpg, jpeg. If your transcript is greater than 1 MB, you will need to resize your document in order to upload it. To learn how to resize a PDF document, click here. To learn how to resize a JPG document, click here.
Digital copy of Supplemental Academic Letter of Recommendation & Social Resume: As part of the online registration form, individuals participating in recruitment may elect to submit a Supplemental Academic Letter of Recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or principal.
The Supplemental Academic Letter of Recommendation could be particularly beneficial for women unable to identify alumnae from each of the 17 Panhellenic chapters to write an official letter of recommendation. For more information, click here. The individual writing the letter of recommendation does not have to have been a member of a Greek organization; however, the letter should speak to your character as it applies to leadership, scholarship, community service, and friendship.
Individuals may also want to include a copy of their social resume with the Supplemental Academic Letter of Recommendation If this is the case, please make sure you have combined both documents into one file prior to upload. To download a sample social resume, click here.
This is an optional feature and as such, is not a required part of the online registration form. If you do not have a copy of a Supplemental Academic Letter of Recommendation and social resume at the time of registration, please log back in to your account any time prior to 5:00 p.m. CT on July 17, 2024, to upload the document.
The combined Supplemental Academic Letter of Recommendation and social resume must be less than 1MB in size and while a PDF copy is preferable, you can submit your transcript in any one of the following allowable formats: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, txt, pdf, gif, jpg, jpeg
Parental/Guardian Permission to Participate in Recruitment Agreement: Written permission from a parent/guardian is required to participate in recruitment. Upon completion of the online registration form, an email with a link to complete the Permission Agreement will be sent to the primary parent/guardian contact listed in the registration form after July 1, 2024.
If you do not have a signed copy of your Permission Agreement on file with Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL) prior to the start of Convocation on Saturday, August 12, 2023, you may not participate in recruitment.
Recruitment Registration Fee: The recruitment registration fee covers the cost of Recruitment publications, facility usage, transportation, security, and two recruitment t-shirts.
Registration Fee: $375.00 (May 1 - July 17, 2024)
*Please note that ALL registration fees are non-refundable, no exceptions.
On-Campus Housing and Early Move-In:
Please note that participation in Primary Recruitment requires that you move into your on-campus residence, during early move-in in August 2024. The online Move-In sign-up process will begin in June 2023. All students living on campus who register for Primary Recruitment will be able to sign up for an early move-in time through their housing application. After you complete your registration and pay the early move-in fee through Campus Director, it will take about 4-5 days for Housing and Residential Communities to process a new roster so that you can see the early days when you log in. You will receive an email from HRC indicating that you are participating in an early activity when we have an updated roster.
If students have not received an email from Housing and Residential Communities (HRC) after the 4-5 day waiting period, they can email moveinhelp@sa.ua.edu for scheduling assistance. HRC will assign students who have not selected a move-in time by late July. Please note that you should plan to pay your early move-in fee of $180 when you register for recruitment.
Upon completion of the online Primary Recruitment Registration Form, you will receive an email confirmation from the Alabama Panhellenic Association. Please save a copy of this email. This email indicates that your application was successfully submitted and will be shared with the Alabama Panhellenic Association sororities for the purpose of Fall Primary Recruitment.
For your registration to be complete, you must also submit your PNM video. Please visit the PNM Video Instruction page for more information.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the Fall 2023 Primary Recruitment Registration Form, you can email alabamarecruitment@gmail.com or you can call the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life at (205) 348-2693 Monday - Friday between the hours of 8am-5pm.