1. NO ALCOHOL or other illegal substances during any recruitment activity shall be allowed. Any member or potential new member who is known to have consumed alcohol or any other illegal substance during formal recruitment shall be removed from the remainder of the process.

2. Each potential new member going through formal recruitment must attend first round formal recruitment events for ALL chapters.

3. Membership requirements:

1. Students must be enrolled at TCU for a minimum of twelve semester hours.
2. Transfer students must be enrolled for at least twelve semester hours with a minimum 2.25 GPA for their last semester to be eligible. *Note: Chapter academic standard are higher than TCU's and may require a 2.75 and above.
3. Students on academic probation or disciplinary probation are not eligible.

Summer Rush
Summer rush is an important component in getting to meet and know different chapters. You are certainly encouraged to meet up with any fraternity that invites you to an event over the course of the summer. PLEASE NOTE THAT SUMMER BIDDING IS NO LONGER ALLOWED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED A RECRUITMENT VIOLATION IF A FORMAL BID FOR MEMBERSHIP IS OFFERED OR ACCEPTED.

TCU Anti-Hazing Policy
The University of TCU fraternities and sororities define hazing as any action taken, or situation created intentionally, whether on or off the campus, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule. Such activities and situations include any act of personal servitude; paddling in any form; creation of excessive fatigue; physical and psychological shocks; quests, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, road trips or any other such activities; late work sessions which interfere with scholastic activities; and any other activities which are not consistent with the regulations and polices of TCU.

Texas Law
Under Texas law (Section 2, Chapter 4, Education Code, Subchapter B), hazing is any intentional, knowing or reckless act, occurring on or off campus, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student, that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student (registered, attending, admitted, or intending to attend) for the purpose of pledging (any activity related to becoming a member of the organization), being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in or maintaining membership in any organization whose members are or include students at the institution.

Hazing includes but is not limited to:

• any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electric shocking, placing of a harmful substance on the body or similar activity.
• any type of physical activity, such as sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenic or other activity that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student.
• any activity involving consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverages, liquor, drug or other substance which subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student.
• an activity that intimidates or threatens the student with ostracism, that subjects the student to extreme mental stress, shame or humiliation, or that adversely affects the mental health or dignity of the student or discourages the student from entering or remaining registered in the institution, or that may reasonably be expected to cause a student to leave the organization or the institution rather than submit to acts described here (hazing).
• any activity that induces, causes or requires the student to perform a duty or task which involves a violation of the Penal Code.