well it isn't that large of a university, so i got accepted in on academic probation or something of the sort. meaning i pretty much just have to do better. and its not a matter of me needing to focus on grades. i had a 3.8 in high school and did outstanding in other aspects of acdemics. i just didnt focus much last year.

OP, it's not worth trying to go through recruitment with a .8 GPA. Even if your campus admits transfer students with GPAs that low and Greek life lets you go through, I'd be amazed if any groups' national or international policies will allow them to offer you a bid.

It's even questionable whether a .8 can be pulled up high enough to make even COB or recruitment next year a possibility.Even if you make a 4.0 for the year, your average (assuming you have a year's worth of credits contributing to the .8) will still probably be under what many groups require and further still under what's likely to be the average at your campus.

I'm sorry that you are in this situation, and I'd like to be able to give you better news. But unless you are at a campus that gives a lot of bids to juniors with middling grades, it's hard to see this working out for you.

Now would be a great time for the "WE GOT LETTERS...YOU GOT DREAMS" statement.

We get bored, too.

If you're only going to be a sophomore, it won't be too difficult to raise your cumulative GPA if you do really well this year. I would recommend kicking it into high gear, finding out the GPA requirement for recruitment and look into informal in the spring (if chapters on your campus participate) or just holding off until next year.

But a .8 is so low. She'd need a year of 4.0 to even get in the range that some chapters could offer her a bid at which point she'll be rushing as a third year with like a 2.4.

Obviously, pulling up her grades is the #1 thing no matter what. And the Greek Life office will know more than we do.

ooopsies...QFP.

There are online GPA calculators that anyone can use to calculate how many units of what grade (A, for example) would be required to improve an overall GPA. We've posted them before on GC. It's actually quite difficult to overcome a deficit GPA the size of the one the OP purports to have.

But she probably isn't a sophomore; just a second year college student. With that gpa she has to have failed a class or two, which of course don't count toward her standing.

I still don't think this is feasible, but being a 2nd semester sophomore (or less - we don't know how many hours contributed to that gpa) next fall at a less academically competitive school, with a dramatic improvement in grades, who knows? But we all know she's not rushing this fall.

A .8? What quality academic institution would accept someone with such a crappy transcript? I didn't know DeVry had Greek life...

+1 for the remix! Love it!

Oh Anchor, just wait. The real mayhem starts in 2 weeks! Then we can look forward to several "brutally honest" failed recruitment stories.

Provided this is real...I have to ask: Since when did lying about your GPA become a "little white lie" that you think no one will check? I'd be more concerned that the chapters found out about your abysmal GPA and not whether you went through recruitment at the first school.

Though, if they find out you went through recruitment at the first school and you start over at the new school with a clean slate (GPA and all) they will realize that you must not have transferred any of your grades-most likely to them being bad. I'd see you as a grade risk and unless you are Miley Cyrus or you're the kid of some famous actor/ President---Nope!

IF you go through recruitment, I would not mention that you went through at your old school. Don't even bring it up. It will probably only hurt you and you didn't initiate so it doesn't really matter.

Now, onto your GPA. I would be surprised if you are even allowed to register for recruitment with a .8. Even if you do, I can say with almost absolute certainty that you will not receive a bid. You just won't, I'm sorry, your GPA is too low.

Now, in terms of your new school, how many credits do you have? How many credits constitutes a sophomore standing and how many credits is the average class?