Membership is open to all undergraduate students who meet the following criteria. Students interested in joining one of the Brown Residential Program Houses must at the time of recruitment:

• Have completed at least one academic semester (defined as fall or spring term).
• Be in good standing, both academic and conduct 
• Must be enrolled at Brown prior to the start of the recruitment process
  • Brown/RISD dual-enrolled students qualify as enrolled at Brown
• A student can not be an active member of more than one Residential Program House

The Recruitment Process for Brown Residential Program Houses takes place in early Spring each year. During the recruitment dates, each Program House will individually host a number of events to get to know potential new members (PNMs). At the conclusion of the recruitment period, each residential Program House will extend bids to PNMs that they would like to offer to become members of their Program House. Those that are interested in participating in the recruitment process should reach out to the specific Program House to learn more about events and a specific timeline. Each Program House can offer bids to no more than 30 PNMs during recruitment each year. Occasionally organizations will conduct a Fall Recruitment process for non-first-year students, however, this has to be requested and approved by Brown ResLife. 

• Recruitment Info Sessions held by Program Houses: November - December
• Official Recruitment Events: Day before 1st Day of Class in January - Mid February

The safety and well-being of Brown students are our top priorities. Hazing is a violation of Rhode Island law, the Brown Code of Student Conduct, and Brown Policy. To learn more about Brown's Policy around Hazing and to report possible hazing activity please click HERE. 

All Program Houses are allotted a cluster of rooms within a Brown Residence Hall. These rooms are clustered together in order to facilitate a residential community for the Program House. Only active members within the Program House may live within the Program House allotment. If rooms within the allotment are not filled by active members those rooms will be retracted and removed from the Program House allotment.

Wriston Quad Progam Houses:

Program Houses that are located on Wriston Quad are eligible to have exclusive private space within the residence hall.

• These spaces can include the following:
  • 1st Floor Lounge
  • Library
  • Kitchen
  • Basement Storage

In order to maintain eligibility for these spaces Program Houses must have the following number of members living within the organization's residence hall allotment (In-House Membership), failure to maintain in-house membership requirements could result in exclusive residential spaces being removed from the organization. 

In-House Membership Requirements

• 2025-2026 Academic Year: 20 in-house members
• 2026-2027 Academic Year (and beyond): 25 in-house members