GPA Problems? No Chance?
 

Hey guys so long story short, transferred into this school 2 years ago and now it is my junior year and recently decided to rush and try to join a fraternity. I just went to the recruitment social gathering and got information about meeting the brothers and various other activities. However, I've had a rough time academically since coming to this new college and the past three semesters (fall 2011, spring 2012, fall 2012), my GPA reflects it and I have just above a 2.0 GPA sadly. I had a 3.4 transferring in but I found that classes at this new uni were so much more independently taught meaning you basically taught yourself and I fell behind and it doesn't help that I'm a science major taking all the worst classes (calc, orgo, biochem etc) as well as GPA not being transferrable. SOOO my question is, Do I dare invest the time to go to all these rush events and such and you know befriend the brothers and whatnot when essentially I believe I do not have the national GPA standard to get in? I don't think I'd be wasting my time if I did although I'm aware of the huge commitment of time being spent and such. I really want to get involved but if I am just straight up denied it would have me thinking about how I just spent the last month or so rushing. All this and assuming I do get a bid, would you think that there would be any chance/exceptions for me to get in?

Any thoughts/comments would help me out so much
the fraternity is sigma chi if you were curious!

We can't tell you what the brothers would do. It's never time wasted if you're getting out and getting to know people.

However, if you still haven't adjusted to the college's style of teaching, you need to get to your advisor and see into tutoring, especially if you have any thoughts of grad school. This is your FIRST priority.

Not all fraternities have GPA requirements. That being said, I agree with 33 in that I think you need to really focus on your academics. Your GPA will have a much larger effect on your career prospects then membership in a fraternity.