The Interfraternity Council and Intersorority Council extended 683 total bids to new members on Sept. 30 and Oct. 10, respectively. Based on data he had access to, Greek Life and Student Societies director Hunter Carlheim wrote in an email statement to The Dartmouth that this cycle was the “largest recruitment on record for the community as a whole and IFC and ISC as individual councils.”
On Sept. 30, 13 IFC houses offered bids to 373 new members — 69% of the 537 students who registered for IFC recruitment. This is the first year GLASS tracked IFC potential new member registration. In fall 2025, the IFC extended 325 bids to new members.
On Oct. 10, seven ISC houses extended 310 bids, according to Carlheim, a 17% increase from last year’s 265.
Carlheim wrote that GLASS expects the number of students affiliated with ISC houses to increase with continuous open bidding, a process used by some sororities in which new members are offered bids after formal recruitment concludes. Including continuous open bids, ISC houses extended 290 bids in 2025.
A record-high 457 students registered for ISC recruitment this year. One hundred-and-fourteen withdrew from recruitment at some point after beginning the process, and 92% of the students who did not withdraw received a bid, down from 97% in 2025.
Carlheim declined to share any demographic breakdowns about students who rushed the ISC and IFC houses.
“We don’t publicly share demographic breakdowns of recruitment or bid recipients,” he wrote.
On Oct. 10, the ISC recruitment’s bid night, the Department of Safety and Security received and responded to nine Good Samaritan calls, or alcohol or drug-related medical calls, according to Safety and Security associate director Thomas O’Donnell. On Sept. 30, the IFC’s shakeout night, Safety and Security reported no calls.
This was the first year that Alpha Phi sorority and Beta Alpha Omega fraternity participated in recruitment since 2023. Both houses were suspended and barred from recruitment in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years following the death of Won Jang ’26, a member of Beta, in summer 2024. A Hanover Police investigation that concluded in November 2024 found Jang’s death occurred after a joint event with Alpha Phi and Beta Alpha Omega, which was already on alcohol probation.
Beta is on alcohol probation through the winter 2027 term and will remain on probation through spring 2027. Beta will continue to work on “new member education” and “risk management” courses to complete their structured onboarding process, according to Carlheim. APhi’s suspension was lifted after the fall 2025 term.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity participated in the formal recruitment process for the first time since they were derecognized by the College in January 2016 for “health and safety violations” following a hazing complaint. SAE continued to informally recruit members while derecognized. It was re-recognized by its national organization in 2022 and by the College in July this year.
On Sept. 30, a few hours before shakeout, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was banned from participating in IFC recruitment due to “health and safety concerns,” according to an email sent to students participating in IFC recruitment at 6:35 p.m. obtained and reviewed by The Dartmouth. Carlheim wrote to The Dartmouth that the fraternity was placed on “immediate temporary suspension,” a temporary suspension of an organization’s activities pending a hearing, and is unable to accept new members for the “foreseeable future.” Carlheim declined to provide further details on the suspension.
In previous years, ISC and IFC recruitments concluded the same week. During the spring term, however, the ISC voted to extend their recruitment timeline to after Homecoming Weekend — which began on Oct. 2 and ended on Oct. 4 — while the IFC voted to move shakeout to Sept. 30, according to Carlheim.
