I have a 2.45 GPA. The requirement is 2.5. Will they let me in?
 

im so close! i had a bad semester with personal fam problems and it came down :( i usually have good grades though and i will get it up easily. its just that the requirement is 2.5. can they make any exceptions??? i mean im .05 away! and next semester is my last chance to join :( :( :( and the girls from my fave sorority really want to give me a bid!

Nobody here would know whether or not they could bend the rules. Sorry!
If they know you, and want you, they'll probably find a way. But you might want to take that summer course to pull you up.
Of course, if you're already a junior, one course won't do it. And if your overall is a 2.45, you have bigger problems than trying to pledge a sorority.

Probably not. Sorry,the rules are the rules. If your GPA is that low and you aren't involved in Greek Life, what's all the demands and obligations that come along with being Greek going to do to it? There is a lot more to being in a sorority than just going to parties, it can be a huge time commitment.

id no doubt be able to handle it though! if i wwent to the director of greek life and talked to her do yyou think she could bend it a little .05 awayyyyyy come on

Do you think that we will be able to change the rules? Why are you begginggggggggg?

Sororities themselves have minimum GPA requirements. If the 2.5 is a minimum for recruitment that likely means that that is the lowest minimum GPA that any of the sororities on campus will accept. On some campuses chapters will take "grade risks", but that is the exception to the rule. No one here can tell you whether or not the director of greek life can "bend it"...you'd have to ask her.

Word to the wise, though, just because some of your friends in a sorority like you and would like for you to be a sister does not mean that the chapter as a whole wants to extend you a bid. Going through recruitment with a "I know they want me" attitude is not the best idea, if you can go through recruitment in the first place. Even if the girls in the chapter really like you as a person, you're still competing against girls that they might also like a lot and that probably have above a 2.5 GPA. Also, as others have said, being in a sorority does not mean you go to social events and a required meeting once a week. There will be many other requirements, both of your time and money. With your GPA so low you need to understand exactly what you're getting into.

It's probably not going to happen, but you're more than welcome to talk to your Fraternity/Sorority Life office. It's not like they'll round up your GPA to meet the requirement based on how many letters you add to a word in a GC post.

Why is next semester your last chance to join? Are you graduating in December 2011?

1. The 2.5 would be a minimum GPA. Having a 2.5 doesn't guarantee anything. (Are there really NPC sororities that have national minimum GPAs quite that low?)

2. "Usually good grades" do not get so dramatically affected by one poor semester. If next semester is your "last chance to join," you've been around long enough to earn that crummy cumulative GPA.

3. You'd be better served by spending time in a remedial English courses rather than a sorority.

4. If you know the girls in your "fave sorority" well enough for them to tell you they want to give you a bid, certainly you could ask them if they could make an exception for your GPA rather than asking a bunch of strangers on the intarwebz.

Yes. I can't speak for any others, but Alpha Sigma Tau's is 2.5. Actually, up until a few years ago, it was 2.3. As far asi know, AST was the first NPC to require a minimum GPA, so a raise in the minimum was definitely needed. I've heard there has been discussion about raising it further. Not sure the last time (before 2008) that it was increased.

you all are so mean! wow haha never using this site again sheesh. harsh people.

and i meant its my last chance bc itll be fall of soph year. i dont want to pledge with the freshman...i want to pledge with girls my age.

LOL

Nothing about this was mean.

Is that a minimum for new members, for initiation or for maintaining membership? It just seems awfully low for a recruitment minimum GPA.

Good luck with that.:D

oh and this was a what if scenario. i actually have a 2.12. i said that bc id be able to get that gpa if i took summer courses.

but also about the summer courses thing. i would need 9 to get a 2.5. but the maximum u can take during summer is 7 :(

here we go with exceptions again, but do you think my advisor could let me take 9? i also really want a 2.5 so i can get into my major.

its the requirement just to get in. i know girls in the sorority that told me they have even lower than that

1. A 2.12? Really?

2. Why in the hell are you asking US what YOUR ADVISOR will/won't do?

She wasn't asking you about your situation.

It encompasses everything, recruitment included (unless something was changed at the 2010 convention that I'm unaware of). However, what each chapter requires could obviously be higher.

ohh

i have a 2.12 because i never studied. might sound dumb but i didnt stufy because i had NO friends in college and my roommate was a lesbian and i had disgusting horrible severe acne all over that would prevent me from going to classes or the library..i skipped so many classes cuz of that jesus..and i just cant study in my dorm. she always blasted music and yeah bc of the acne i just isolated myself. but its better and im clear now. and yeah i do worst in school when i have no friends because i get depressed and cant concentrate on school work. when my social life is good my academics are too

I call bullshit on this entire story.

what do you mean?

that was real. swear to god. everything in that was absolutely 100% true

Ignoring everything else in this post (which is hard to do), what does your roommate being a lesbian have to do with anything?

This is getting ridiculous.

I'd be more worried about flunking out of school than not getting a bid to a sorority if I were you.

LOL... acne preventing someone from going to class. Funniest thing I've heard all day. :rolleyes:

theres no way im flunking im a smart girl and i can easily get it up. the point of saying i was rooming with a lesbian is because i also had no friends and knew no one there so it just added to my depression. shed masturbate every night, blast heavy metal, would never go out with me, looked like a freak, like usually ppl make friends with their roommates to get out but i couldnt and it killed my social life and just made me so depressed

how is that funny victoria?!!! it looked like i had a disease. it was on my neck face chest back alllll over severe. i would worry all day about running into people. and would skip classes bc i didnt wanna leave my dorm and go out in the world. nothing funny about that..it was serious and changed my life. it was horrible you dont understand

Most people have had acne problems before. I know I did. I put on makeup, took some acne medication, and got over it. It never stopped me from, you know, going to class or anything.

Again, what does her being a lesbian have anything to do with this?

*yawn* I'm bored

It's baaaaaaaack.

clip clop clip clop clip clop...calling for the 3 Billy Goats Gruff now.

*poof!* begone!

yeah thats what i thought no repsonse

I'm with k_s, I call shenanigans.

Perhaps you should look into a different line of work.

I bet the lesbian got good grades.

what do you mean shenanigans i dont understand do you think im lying?

Never going to use this site again, yet you keep posting, asking and sharing.

Wait, you skipped classes because of Jesus? Really?

Try this:

What do you mean "shenanigans"? I don't understand. Do you think I'm lying?

If you want to be taken seriously, then don't write like someone too lazy to use basic things like punctuation. You might even see your GPA go up.

Yeah, I'm on the bs bandwagon now, too. BS or a definite need for remedial English classes and serious need for social skills.

In the sad event that this is real...
1. A 2.12 is a bad GPA. Period. Even on my campus where chapters took "grade risks" on occasion, I do not believe anyone would have taken a 2.12 college GPA no matter how much they liked the PNM. See what tutoring services are offered, find a course on study skills, and concentrate on the entire reason you are in college. THEN worry about extra activities.
2. Acne sucks. I had acne in high school. In fact, my face, chest, and back didn't clear up until my sophomore year of college. Instead of isolating myself, I chose to put on some make up, skip spaghetti straps, and hang out with people who weren't worried about my zits. Which, as it turned out, was most people.
3. Your roommate being a lesbian is neither here nor there. And if you didn't click, it probably is because like most people who get pot luck roommates, you didn't have anything in common. Also because you're apparently uncomfortable with lesbians.

ETA: Students who have decent or good GPAs do not skip class because they have acne, don't feel like going, or whatever other lame reason they could come up with. It is unlikely that a sorority will be willing to extend a bid to someone who does not go to class.