Exactly. I doubt there are any warnings about high school GPAs under 2.79 anywhere on W&M's site. :)

What Hartof SEC said ^^^. RFM has the effect of leveling the playing field for all Chapters, because high quality PNMs are going to be released from the SRCs early, freeing the PNMs to consider worthy Chapters that may not have been on their radar before. Special Snowflakes who may have never been denied their big fish in a small pond status, prior to Ole Miss, may very well have to adjust their attitudes or choose not to be Greek at all.

Love it MP!

One thing I have to throw in - for several NPC groups there is a minimum incoming GPA below which the IHQ will not allow someone to be initiated. Back in the day, when initiation wasn't until the 2nd semester, you could be held over until the 3rd semester to bring your grades up and be initiated. Now with schools encouraging shorter pledge periods all chapters might have to go on is high school GPA to predict whether someone will be able to maintain good scholastic standing and still be an active participant. (Its after all - still an honor society.)

CPCs want to be friendly and inclusive so the minimum GPA to rush is often lower than what some of the chapters have to have to be square with their executives. A chapter that has problems maintaining overall standing with grades might have had that minimum number increased to help improve their standing.

Translation: No matter how adorable your triple legacy SGA President/cheerleader/soup kitchen founder is there is a minimum GPA that I CANNOT allow her to be initiated, so we are being nice to try to cut those women early.

Amen ^^^

(speaking only for myself, of course, and thinking out loud) If my daughter had a GPA in the 2s, I would be very concerned about her success in college during her first year – at a party school -- and especially with the added commitments that come with sorority membership.

If my daughter had a GPA in the low 2s, I would probably have her exercise a community college option with the possibility of transfer after a year (depending on her grades).

I wouldn’t want my daughter to do irreparable damage to her GPA the first year -- this could significantly limit her options later. Students applying to post-graduate and professional programs may be applying immediately after their junior year when these app cycles open, and GPAs are a lot easier to take down than bring up in a three-year period of time.

^Applying to grad school or a professional program is a lot like rush, actually. Great grades won’t guarantee you a seat, but less-than-stellar grades can take you out of consideration (or at least substantially limit your options).

^^^Preach!

Ole Miss may lose the Football Game, but we NEVER lose a party.

Bid Day has been confirmed as 3:00 p.m. on Sunday the 23rd of September, 2012

A young woman graduating from a Mississippi high school that doesn't have a 3.0 is going to have a hard time at college -- let alone in a sorority. Panhellenic/IFC rules calculate GPA using all 4 years of HS grades. College admissions over-weight sophmore and junior year (and first half of senior year) grades knowing some kids don't catch-fire until the last half of high school. Honors college admissions over-weight HS grades from competitive high schools. They particularly favor boarding schools. So Miss Porters and Maderia trumps Jackson HS.

No one on this thread knows exactly what's happening in those chapters. So while discretion may be the better part of valour -- and agree that mother could use a dose -- it's also easier for a PNM to accept she was cut for grades rather than some other more "personal" attribute. Sometimes a figleaf is a good thing. I happen to think kindness is the better part of valour. This thread could use some.

There are other websites out there where you are welcome to blow sunshine up a rushee's arse. Here we tell the cold, unvarnished truth. Rush is hard and there are a myriad of reasons why a girl gets cut. If you give her the fabulously gentle answer, this girl is never going to grow into the realistic adult she needs to become. Rush at a school this competitive is the time to put on your big girl pants and accept that you are not the special snowflake that everyone loves.

:D ^^^ Sounds a lot like my alma mater, as well!

eww. Now ^that certainly would be dirty rushing.

All while enjoying one of the prettiest campuses ever. I love ^that battle cry. :)

I still can't get accustomed to Bears, however.

Even Texas understands:
http://austin.culturemap.com/newsdet...e-at-ole-miss/

I am not sure who you are addressing with this post, but as my post was not agreed with I'm tempted to think you were directing it towards me. If not, please disregard this post.
I never meant to say anything about special snowflakes although I can see how my post can easily be interpreted that way. I used poor examples to illuminate my argument. Ones that in the end did not make sense. My arguments: don't pick out houses that will cut based on grades day 1. You won't know that unless you attend membership selection. Honestly, most likely every chapter cut someone for grades after round one. I also think its crap to assume that chapters with the highest GPA on campus will correspond to the chapters with the highest GPA requirement.

In short, everything below is what I (very very poorly) was trying to say.