Pledging as a 5th year senior....(serious replies only)
 

I'm a senior (4th year) who wanted to pledge AKA but my grades weren't right. I'll be a 5th year senior next year and I wanted to know how this sorority feels about letting girls in as 5th year senior, or if they even do it at all. I'm not dumb by a long shot....I was in the top 10 out of 300 people in high school when I graduated. It's just when I got to college I didn't apply myself as much as I should have. I've learned my lesson and am making the grades now. We all know that gpa's are hard to bring up after they've gone down so even with good grades right now I'm right at the C+ mark. So I'd also like to know how much does gpa play in? I take full responsibility for the grades I've made. I know there is no one to blame but me, but I'd still like to know.

I have wonderful character, I love helping people so I know a sorority all about service is the sorority for me. I also volunteer with one of the local girl scout troops in my hometown. I come from a long line of women who've become AKA's and they are great women who have gone to become doctors, social workers, managers at big companies, presidents of organizations, and many other things. They are great women and they have molded me into a great woman.

My dream to become an AKA is embedded so deeply in me. So please, can someone tell me what they think about my situation? Should I give up on this dream of becoming an AKA, or keep fighting for it?

Thanks in advance.

Go to the AKA forum and read.

No one ever asks for sarcastic replies only. Alas, we end up with no choice but to insert them where they're not welcome.

Also who says that they have wonderful character? That's just a weird way to talk about one's self.

Too much exposure to this campaign, perhaps.

Ummmm...A C+ average is only around a 2.3. That's not really that good, unless your major might be a hard science or something-especially if you are going into your 5th year.

So.....why are you asking us???

Because they might laugh at her?

Yeah, that's not good for science. Your not going anywhere in the sciences with a 2.3.

That GPA isn't good for anything.

Oh, and it's "you're". (Just yanking your chain a bit, AOII Angel :p )

Good pick up! I'm on my phone, so typing is a chore. :(

My serious reply:
GRADUATE!

I understand wanting to join and become part of a sisterhood especially if you come from a long line. However, if you haven't applied yourself so far, probably adding another commitment isn't going to help. I undertand that you are doing better with grades, but if it has taken you this long to get a 2.3, you might want to continue concentrating on achieving higher grades... just saying... Also, graduating takes time and energy, how much time would you really be able to give to AKA?

Yes. I was trying to be nice without telling her I thought she was completely screwed. The truth is that a 2.3 (by the time you hit 5th year senior status) is not attractive to graduate schools, some employers, and probably the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha. It also means you are just on the cusp of having almost below a 2.0 if you have ONE slip-up...which, at some schools (my school included) means you are OUT of there.

Ummm all you people saying that she has a 2.3 you do realize it is based on school so you really don't KNOW what her GPA is.

C+ grade average is very broad, no matter how many Princeton conversion charts say to the contrary.

More importantly

http://www.aka1908.com/membership/pr...uateMembership

NPHC aspirants who don't know to search for this info without coming to GC are probably not yet keen enough for membership. And GCers going on and on about a C+ GPA without knowing AKA's GPA requirements need to have a seat. This is a question about AKA membership and not about the sciences or graduation.

...made me lol

Drolefille: I can say I have good character. It's a fact. If you can't say anything good about myself, how can I expect any one else too. Your sarcasm neither helped nor hurt me so your comment was pretty useless. And if you're judging such a small part of my post, maybe your character isn't all that great..am I being sarcastic??? Maybe. Good day.

Real Life Tip: You can say you have good character by demonstrating it through your actions. "I believe I have strong character because..."

Sure you can.
You'd need to operationalize a definition of character first. I can't speak to the accuracy of your comment.

I can't say a single thing good about your grammar, so there's that.

Yet, since it led to a really amusing thread elsewhere, it was not nearly as useless as your entire post.

Again we need to operationalize the definition here. If your definition of "character" is non-sarcastic, then clearly you're superior to us lowly peons. But such a definition would speak volumes about your scientific education.

Oh gee whiz I hope not. That would just be terrible.

And passive aggressive.

You run along now and ask the internet some more questions that a long line of women with whom you are already acquainted could have answered for you.

Thanks for your reply. I have searched for this information. And I have been to the official site many times, but the site doesn't answer my question. Honestly I wanted peoples helpful opinions, or experiences and not a rude or stupid comment they too immature to keep to themselves. So thanks for that.

Just because I'll be going into my 5th year in school doesn't mean I don't have anything to contribute to the sorority. I just wanted to know if like me, people understand that. AKA, Inc. is a sorority all about service. Some women pledge for the letters and the colors and you never see them again. Some might be geniuses with 4.0 gpa's but as soon as they cross you never see them again. I realize that and have seen it time and time again, which is why I'm asking how much grades play in.

As I suspected, you're an idiot. Not because of your C+ but because you don't know when to log off and pursue the resources that you have available to you.

You say that you come from a "long line of women who are AKAs"...

If this is true, then how come you're not asking them your questions? I would imagine they'd be able to offer you the helpful opinions and experiences you seek. Their insight would be much more valuable than that of strangers on an online message board, no?

O_o

DrPhil's responses in that thread are the best. I was dying. Live-in thought I lost my mind, so I tried to read them to him, cracked up the entire way, and he didn't get it anyway since he's not acquainted with the particular usernames that post on this particular forum.

Yours were good, too, but both he and I are not particularly fans of the My Little Pony pr0n.

siggy worthy

Well that was seriously a waste of your time. It's not because of your sarcasm that I think you have no character. It's the fact that I asked a serious question and you tried to belittle me instead of giving a serious answer. And then for you to have the time to dissect every sentence that I wrote in order to be an idiot, or to get a laugh from somebody. That, along with your complete lack of understanding, is what allows me to measure your character. So go ahead and reply to this with another immature comment so I may measure your character even more.

We can now see why you're almost a 5th year senior who is still searching for the answer to your extremely basic question. Meanwhile, deserving women who want to be AKAs are handling their business and moving forward.

You have the attention span of a puppy that can't figure out why its excitedly evasive tail keeps running from its mouth no matter how hard it chases it.

I've asked them as well, and they were helpful. But why get the opinions of family members when I could get the opinions from many more people all over the globe? Every person's experience is different. It makes more sense to ask as many people as possible. My family's insight is very valuable, and more valuable than some of those who've replied on this site thus far. The whole point of a message board is to talk to other people, whether it's to get information or have friendly conversation. I chose this avenue because I knew I could reach a lot of people who were familiar with Greek life, and that I'd get a quick response.

Internet = Serious business

If you're this dumb when you talk to the AKAs, look forward to more evasive tails.

I'm not a 5th year senior. If your attention span wasn't so short maybe you'd know that.

I don't have to prove my character to you, that's not why I'm on here.

And yet I still know more than your dumbass will ever know.

LOL @ you knowing that whether you are a 5th year senior is the only thing that needed correction in my post.

Hmmm.I guess I hit a nerve.

And for the record I don't feel the need to correct every wrong thing a person says on here, if I did my entire day would be wasted.

Because you're the first and the last eternal aspirant (or troll or sock puppet, who knows) to ever type these things on GC. You know you're unique.

This person explains a lot for someone who's not looking to prove him/herself.

Me thinks it isn't really a C+ aspirant. Entertaining nonetheless.

It's enough that you're proving your character to the AKAs who post on here. If only you had posted your question in the AKA forum, maybe you would have gotten the response you wanted. Or not.

Good news, DrPh'lounce... you're back in the siggy.

I knew I could do it!!! Yaaaaay!!!!! ;)

I hate MysticCat for my new username. LOL.