If you don't want to say what school or sorority, can you at least say what state? I feel like, if we are going to give you advice, we would need to know a little more about what organization you are looking at. In fact, you may get lucky and find that there is a member of that organization on here who could give you advice. You never know. That person may even go to your school.

I could give you advice about my school and organization, all day long but, if you don't go to either one of my schools or are looking at my GLO, I can't really give you that much advice. If you explain to us, what area (even state) you are talking, you may get more replies and people may not assume you are a troll.

yes, but when my overall life was horrible i had no motivation to put in effort. i was in a depression. when you are depressed, you dont feel like doing anything.

im from the same state as you actually.

I had distractions in my dorm room and I never went to the library, except for finals time, when I sat at a table with my friends and socialized and did little work. Yet I still graduated with a damn good GPA.

If I would have had <blank>, my life would be like <blank> now. Wah. You need to get your head out of your ass and into a therapist's office.

Pennsylvania or New York? I no longer live in PA. If PA, I can give you more advice (just as others on here) about your options regarding various schools in PA. For some reason, I'm thinking you are at Bloomsburg University or another state school. I know you aren't at Penn State because we no longer have locals on that campus.

If you are at Bloom or another state school, there are many people on here who can give you advice.

well studying in your dorm may have worked for you. but for some people, it just doesnt!
doesnt mean your smarter. you just did work. i didnt!

Lord, if I had a nickle for every time I've said that to a PNM, I'd be a rich woman today! It's the polite thing to say.

And check your spelling again.....

And it's NPC not PNC....

yeah im at a state school. not telling which one though.

nickEl

and i just know id get in ok if my gpa werent a factor. end of story.

You don't get a free pass for being depressed. If you ever make it out of college and get a job, you won't be excused from work because you have a bad acne flair up or your friends aren't talking to you.

If you are depressed, truly (which does not mean avoiding class because you don't like the way you look), then you go to a doctor just like you would if you had diabetes, for instance. And if you don't help yourself you certainly have no right to expect sympathy or help from others.

If you behave in person like you are in this thread, I can't imagine anyone being truly interested in extending you a bid.

i understand that. but it was just the choice i decided to make. and i did go to a doctor and help myself. not asking for sympathy. just understanding.

well i dont haha..

Sorry if this has been said, but I don't feel like reading through 22 pages of this.

Call the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and speak to someone about it. If they do let you rush as a grade exception, expect heavy cuts anyways because you would definitely be considered a grade risk. I would not recommend telling anyone (OFSL or the girls rushing you) that you blame your bad grades on acne. While it could very well be the case, it's a concept that's a little difficult to explain without sounding a little crazy.

Study hard. Turn off the TV and tell your roommate to shut up. Laptop and food can be study aides if you discipline yourself, nut up and do the work. Reward every half hour (or however long is your intense attention span) of hard work with a ten minute laptop/food break. Or, find a quite corner of the library and stick to it. To me, the appeal of the library is that it's quiet and I can't socialize with people while trying to study (for the most part, if I don't want to). But, I'm not a better social life = better grades person. I find a balance and wouldn't really say the two have any correlation at all.

Good luck.

No, that's fine. You don't have to. There is a member on here from Bloomsburg. I'm not sure about the other schools. Okay, then here is my question: Are you looking at a "local" sorority, a "service" sorority (Gamma Sigma Sigma/ Omega Phi Alpha), or a "musical" sorority (Sigma Alpha Iota/ Tau Beta Sigma)? At least if you narrow that down, that also helps people to give you information.

A local sorority is different from a national "service" sorority and that is different from a musical sorority.

L.O.L.

PA State schools with local sororities:

Bloomsburg (5 locals) - Theta Tau Omega, Delta Epsilon Beta, Chi Sigma Rho, Chi Theta Pi, and Phi Iota Chi
East Stroudsburg (1 local) - Lambda Iota
Millersville (2 locals) - Chi Alpha Tau and Sigma Phi Delta

ummm im not sure its not musical or anything though . how could you even help though?

Is AST at all of them?

Your posts indicate that your behavior is unlikely to change. For instance, your insistence that you will continue to let your social life and other trivial matters effect your grades is an indicator that a sorority is not for you.

In that case why are you behaving like such an assclown, then complaining about the reactions you get? Like I said before, you are either amusing yourself by making up various lies in an attempt to have social contact with strangers on the internet (which is not normal) or you are truly immature to an unusual degree (which is not normal). Either way I highly suggest someone that can help you learn how to interact socially in the real world as well as help you realize how to begin to behave like an adult.

Yes.

Bloom:
I thought that Theta Tau Omega at Bloom was disbanded by the school. I have two friends that are alums.
Chi Upsilon Sigma is a National Latina sorority

random question, but yes they are.

alumiyum im done with you . you and i will just never understand each other

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It would be a SUPER good idea to be done with this whole make-up-stories-on-the-internet-for-attention thing, IMO.

Just sayin'.

Up thread she said she knew ASTs when she was arguing with ASTalum06. Doesn't help any, though.

Omg, i just read like 6 pages and got angry, jeez OP, check your attitude at the door!

You're the one that came onto greek chat and asked a lame ass question about a school we dont know and a sorority we don't know, i'm guessing by now you'll have called Greek Life at your school and asked the question you asked us? Rules are Rules, and if you miss GPA by 0.5, well to put it bluntly, it sucks to be you?

If you couldn't get your act together last year, what the hell makes you think that commiting yourself to a GLO is going to improve your GPA?

Kappa had mandatory study hours when I was active, but considering its normally done at the house, with your sisters around you, how will this be any different? You'll just blame the sisters for your (again awful) GPA.

Like many people above my have said, if for whatever reason you are allowed to rush, do not try and explain the "my gpa is bad because of my acne", quite seriously, its an awful excuse, you should have sucked it up and gone to the doctors if it was that bad and if it got you down that much.

Don't be snarky with the women offering you advice on here, its rude. With everything in life "if you ask the question, be prepared for the answer", especially when its not an answer you agree with.

/Rant Over

I'm sure if the girls are googling for their sorority name they'll find this thread and help you. :)

Which one was it?

They're still on the school's website and they got some sort of award last fall. Groups there (local and national) get suspended/disbanded/reformed about as often as I change my underwear. None of it really means anything because they just keep rushing underground.

She didn't specify which sorority, and believe it or not, I actually am going to cut her slack and not say which school since she seems to have gotten a soupcon of a clue and deleted her post.

You.Are.Good.

I was going to go with Bloomsburg because many of the students from my high school filter into that school. I have a little more knowledge about BU than ESU or Millersville but, I know about both. I worked with a girl who was a "Deb" and another who was a "Pixie" (Phi Iota Chi). Bloomsburg is a big party school, OP-so, you need to work on bringing up your GPA and stop being so concerned about going through rush.

I'm not saying give up your dream of rushing. I'm telling you that you are better off worrying about school and THEN rushing. Thankfully, none of those schools are too competitive for recruitment. You can go through as a junior at one of those schools and still come out with a bid. If anyone disagrees, please feel free to share.

My money is on Bloomsberg.

(You need a 2.5 to go through recruitment @ Bloom. Millersville is 2.3 but states that the chapters have individual GPA requirements. East Strauds doesn't mention that one is necessary).

(I know we have this whole issue about outing PNMs on GC, blast me all you want, but the rules don't apply to this one....)

According to the OP, she didn't go to class or the library because of her acne. Now, her face has cleared up. Now she can go to class and the library. How will joining a sorority improve her grades?

bc ill be happier overall

Because it will improve her social life and that will give her an outlet to blow off steam, allowing her to do better at school.

That is the gist of what I read throughout her posts, correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm confused by the 2.5 requirement, though. If it is a local organization and there is no national/ international headquarters to answer to, why does it matter what your GPA is to go through recruitment for a local? You'll all have to excuse me for not knowing this but, I never looked at going through local sorority recruitment and my sophmore year, locals were no longer allowed at Penn State. Am I missing something about this?

So what happens when Suzy Sorority gets mad at you and your social life tanks?

it wouldnt tank if i was in a sorority

And why is that?