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My chances...and what would I call myself?

Your GPA is too low if it is under a 3.0; you have a 2.75 and you're "planning" on raising it to a 3.0 by the fall. That may not happen. Contact the university registrar to determine your year in school classification. You are classified by credit hours, and none of us has any idea how many credits you require to be considered a sophomore. It doesn't matter what you tell the sororities. They will verify your year in school with the university and classify you accordingly if you are still a freshman or if you have enough credits to be classified as a sophomore.

No one can tell you your chances. Go through recruitment and find out. If I were you, I'd be open to all 7 chapters. I personally don't predict a good outcome with your grades being so low. Your college GPA is what will be considered at this point, not your high school GPA.

my cousin recently joined a sorority at gsu

No. It's too low. There is a min GPA just to go through recruitment, apparently at your school a 2.5, and each individual sorority has a minimum GPA that must be met in order to receive a bid that is well above that minimum. Each chapter sets their own, and the chapter minimums may be far greater than even their own sorority national minimums. Even if a sorority has a 3.0 minimum (and I doubt their threshold is that low), you're competing against people with much better grades, so that will inflate who they actually take. The cutoff may end up being way higher than their minimum as a result.

I understand that you think you are capable of better, but there are tons of young ladies with 3.5's and 4.0's coming through recruitment. They have proven that they are capable of maintaining high grades, and you haven't. I'm sure you are a lovely person who would be a wonderful sorority member. But having solid academics are critical. If you are under a 3.0 now, how are you going to keep your grades up when you have tons of mandatory sorority obligations? Forget sororities: If you want to go to vet school especially, you need to work on your GPA significantly.

Work on your GPA and go through recruitment. Keep an open mind to ALL 7 CHAPTERS if you want to be part of a sorority. You are not going to have many options with your GPA where it is. Anticipate heavy cuts based on your GPA and be open to membership in every sorority that invites you back.

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Originally Posted by sigpi393 (Post 2204376)

my cousin recently joined a sorority at gsu

And the significance of that is..... what?

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Originally Posted by ngsu (Post 2204385)

Which one? What was her GPA when she went into it?

Her GPA has NOTHING to do with yours. It is only 1 of many criteria that sororities look at when deciding who to invite to membership.

adpiucf -Some curiosity questions:

1) Are you suggesting her gpa is too low for any campus or just this campus?
2) By too low do you mean she will get cut from all sororities or just face heavy cuts?
3) Is question 2 true for all campuses or just this campus?

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Originally Posted by ngsu (Post 2204382)

That's just weird to me...I know some girls who went through a summer program last year just for students who's SATs and GPAs weren't high enough to even be admitted to the school (it's called EIP) and they passed it and were admitted because of passing it, still able to rush in the fall, and get a bid. I thought even being open to 6/7 of the sororities was really good since I know a lot of girls go in with the mindset of just one or two.

Did they join NPCs? Or locals/multicultural/NPHC sororities?

According to your college website, EIP is a provisional acceptance for the fall class pending successful completion of college courses. So they were taking college courses which gave them a college GPA. Once you have a college GPA, that is what the sororities would be looking at. The HS GPA is irrelevant.

Good luck! I'm not sure why you came on Greek Chat to ask questions if you've already got your mind made up. I'm truly sorry what I'm telling you isn't what you want to hear.

It may not be too low for that campus.
I think Carnation may be able to help. She knows that school. Maybe she'll see this thread tomorrow.

It may not be too low, but is is borderline at best and she should simply prepare for the possibility that she's going to face cuts. I never said she has no chance. I simply said to expect the worst-case scenario. The NPC chapter average is about a 3.0, based on 2009-2011 figures available online, but that also takes into account people who are failing out as well as those on the dean's list. Historically, new members come in with higher GPAs. Therefore, I suggest that coming in with under a 3.0 is a concern at this school.