Recruitment GPA
 

Is having a minimum requirement of a 2.75 gpa for high school and college a little wierd? I would expect the requirement for high school gpa to be higher than collegiate gpa...what's your take on this?

Each organization has its own rules about GPA. It's not your business what GPA level they decide to place as a minimum. In many cases, that minimum is just a guide and no one is pledged with a GPA anywhere near that low of a level.

Personally, I don't think anything below a 3.0 is acceptable. If you're talking about sorority recruitment though, I think shooting for a minimum of 2.75 is better than a minimum of 2.5.

Our local IFC requires a 2.3 to rush. My org's HQ requires a 2.6 to be considered for membership. We require a 2.75 locally so I see what you mean. I was just wondering if we were going off the deep end by raising our minimum so far above the minimums that are already set.

A 3.0 would be nice, but I'm talking about fraternity recruitment. The sororities here used to curb stomp fraternities in GPA, but we have been catching up lately.

My mistake! But to answer your concern, no, I don't think it's crazy to set a higher standard for yourself. By doing so, hopefully you'll get quality guys who value their education more than they value constant partying. Not that I know much about fraternity recruitment... but this seems like something that applies as a general rule.

There isn't a terrible difference between a 2.6 and a 2.75 honestly. It's not like your main office wants only a 2.0 and you are setting it at 3.0.

If you set a higher standard, that's fine, but you should also look at what you are doing to help guys with scholastics. Sure, one way to raise your chapter GPA is to be more selective during rush, but you can't really pat yourself on the back for raising your GPA if that just means some of the low-achievers graduated.