How Do I Become A Member?

Associate Membership
Becoming an active member of Beta Sigma Psi involves first going through a semester-long Associate Member program. Through this program, each Associate Member will learn the values and methods of Beta Sigma Psi. This is also a trial period for the Associate Member to find out if he really wants to stick with our house. If, for some reason, the Associate Member doesn't like the house, he can move out before he is formally initiated into the fraternity as an active member.

PRO days: House Visits and Math Tutoring
To become an Associate Member, you must receive a Bid Card from us. For us to do that, we need to get to know you through house visits and rush events. Each PRO day we have an open house to prospective members so that you can come tour the house and get a quick overview of how we run things and how the house looks; it is a great time to get a initial feeling for the house. On your PRO day, you are welcome to spend the night at the house Friday night into Saturday, Saturday night into Sunday, or both. Please don't hesitate to ask us about staying!

If you are getting into Rolla late the night before your PRO day, or would like to have some individualized help with the Math review for the Math Exam, you can come to our house to study. One of our upper-classmen will work through the same material they hand out at the general math session, but will be able to spend more time working on subjects you may not individually understand. Again, don't hesitate to ask us about this, as we are happy to help out.

Rush Events
Throughout the semester and summer we have various rush events. These are usually fun activities like paintballing, going to a St. Louis Cardinal's game, and our annual summer camping and float trip weekend. The main benefit to coming to our rush events is for you to get to know our members, and for us as a house to get to know you as a person. If you would like to come to any Rush Events, contact one of our rush chairmen via the links at the bottom of the screen; they will answer any questions you might have, and arrange transportation for you. Visit the Calender of Events page from the left-hand link, and look for anything labeled "Rush Event" to see if there is anything you want to attend.

The Bid Card
A bid card is a formal invitation to join our house. Once we give you a Bid Card, either in the mail or in person at a PRO day/rush event, you would need to fill it out and return it to us. This lets us know who will for sure be joining us the following semester so we can properly prepare room arrangements, budgets, and more.

Upon our receiving the Bid Card, we will forward it to the department on campus that takes care of all the campus housing. **Once you send us your Bid Card back, you are guaranteed a spot in our house the following semester, and you are removed from the campus housing lists.** Go ahead and fill out your campus housing forms once you get them, so that should you decide to live on campus, you get a good spot. Then, if you decide to live with us instead, your campus housing form is negated. You do not have to do anything to cancel your campus housing forms; it is all taken care of by us and campus when we give them your signed Bid Card.

Moving In
The move-in date for incoming freshmen/new students is the Saturday and Sunday before Opening Week (often referred to as O-Week). You can come down and start moving in any time during those two days. If you should need to move in early for whatever reason, we can work out special arrangements - just talk to your Big Brother or one of the rush chairmen to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.