Auburn sororities: 12 facts you might not know (2024)

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What is the oldest sorority at Auburn? ›

Women were first admitted to Auburn in 1892. The Panhellenic Council was created with the chartering of a Kappa Delta sorority chapter at Auburn University in 1929.

While Auburn University Panhellenic does not require a minimum GPA to participate in recruitment, the individual chapters do have their own grade requirements. The average minimum GPA requirement for pledging tends to be around a 3.2, but some sororities have cutoffs that are higher.

They live in dorms, on campus, giving rise to the urban legend that a wealthy donor to the university demanded such a sacrifice. The reason? She felt more than five women living together constituted a “house of ill repute.” The legend is, alas, just legend. Here's a brief history of sorority housing at Auburn.

The largest sorority by membership is Chi Omega, also called “Chi O,” and the largest sorority by active chapters is Alpha Omicron Pi, or “A O Pi” for short. These sororities are all members of the National Panhellenic Conference.

With 28 fraternities and over 3,200 members, Greek men represent 24% of the male undergraduate student body. Our mission is to govern, serve, represent, and promote, with the highest standard of integrity, its member fraternities.

The phrase "first, finest, forever" holds a lot of significance for the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. First: Alpha Delta Pi was the first sorority ever founded. Finest: Alpha Delta Pi holds its members to high standards and embodies the core principles of scholarship, leadership, service to others, and sisterhood.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

(ΑΚΑ) is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen students led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle.

Parents are not allowed to attend any recruitment events, so if you come to Auburn for the week of recruitment, there will be very little chance for you to interact with your student because they will be very busy with their Recruitment Counselor and recruitment group.

As a sorority member, you can expect: Financial Commitments: To be responsible for paying dues to the sorority. First-year cost average $1,900 and subsequent years average $1,600.

Over 1,700 freshman ran home to a sorority during Auburn Panhellenic's bid day on Aug. 14, 2023. A record number of potential new members (PNMs) went through primary recruitment, which means the largest bid day ever for Auburn University Panhellenic.

What was the first sorority at Auburn? ›

Kappa Delta, Sigma Lambda Chapter, became the first sorority on Auburn's campus in 1922.

Many sorority houses also have regulations about male guests, like restricting them to common spaces, which allows for more bonding between chapter members. Since many activities are held at the chapter house, residents can simply walk downstairs to attend a chapter meeting or an early morning recruitment workshop.

The Village Community is home to approximately 1500 undergraduate students in eight residence halls. Members of Auburn's Panhellenic sororities live in Magnolia, Oak, and Leischuck Halls. Plainsman Hall residents are all female and the other four coed halls are home to freshmen students.

The ranking and tier list of specific sororities is typically based on people's popular opinions. Each university has its own method of ranking certain houses; sometimes based on house status, the philanthropic and academically-driven nature of sorority houses, or unfortunately on a superficial standard.

There are four major sororities, all of which were established in early twentieth century, including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Howard University, 1908), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Howard University, 1913), Zeta Phi Beta Sorority (Howard University, 1920), and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority (Butler University, 1922).

Alpha Chi Omega - ΑΧΩ Sorority at Auburn University - AU 4.4 rkg Dec 3, 2022 6:00:20 PM AXO is one of the best sororities on Auburn University's campus.