About us

Belonging, within reach for every UT Austin woman

Texas Babes is a women-focused spirit and service organization at The University of Texas at Austin. We started because a lot of good people go through selection season and walk away without a place. Your place at UT should never depend on who you know, where you went to high school, or how one recruitment cycle went.

What we're here to do

1

Bring the spirit

Be the loudest section at every Texas sport, especially the ones that rarely draw a crowd.

2

Make room

Give anyone still looking for their people, especially women, a real, lasting home.

3

Protect the environment

Care for Austin and the Texas coast through Boots on the Beach: cleaning Austin's waterways, protecting sea turtles with UT's Marine Science Institute, and raising money for the ocean during Shark Week.

4

Grow leaders

Build leaders who choose kindness, follow-through and courage.

Selective about heart

Recruitment opens every fall and spring on dates our officer team sets — we ride on our own schedule. Once applications close, the Executive Board decides how many new Babes the herd can welcome well; our goal is always to grow, never to turn people away. Every applicant is scored on the same rubric by at least three officers, written applications are first read with names removed, and an officer who's close to an applicant steps out of her review. Everyone hears back on Bid Day.

What we look for

  • ★ Heart for the mission
  • ★ Follow-through: one info night and three events
  • ★ How you treat people

Never considered

  • Appearance
  • Greek affiliation
  • Legacy status
  • Hometown or high school
  • Money
  • Follower counts

Friends of Texas Babes

Nobody gets a flat no. Every woman who finishes recruitment and isn't selected gets a personal invitation, the same day bids go out, to become a Friend of Texas Babes. Friends are invited to our service events and a Friends mixer every semester, and a Friend who attends at least three events in a semester — including one philanthropy event — earns Priority Status for the next recruitment. Any applicant can also ask for a short, private note on how to strengthen her next application.

What Friends get

Y'all belong here.

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