GreekChat.com Forums - High School GPA vs. College GPA

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Originally Posted by lavienrose (Post 2070940)

So I'm going through recruitment as a Sophomore. I didn't do so well in High School, a very stressful year brought my GPA down and it was hard to pick up after that. I worked my butt off freshman year of college to keep good grades and made deans list both semesters. For our recruitment applications we had to fill out both hs gpa and college. Will my high school GPA still play a role when they are considering me? (It should be noted that at my university's recruitment there are many sororities that place an enormous value on GPAs)
I know there is nothing I can do now but if anything comes up in conversation about grades or gpas should I mention why my high school gpa is so much lower than my college gpa?

*High School GPA- 3.3
*College GPA- 3.8

I don't have qualifications to give advice on here in regards to recruitment--- but your college GPA should speak much more loudly. The whole purpose of the GPA requirement (at least in my org) is to see that you can comply with our academic expectations and handle the commitment of a sorority. You aren't joining as a hs student, but a college one, and the fact that you have shown you do well in college should be considered instead of your HS record. Just my two cents.