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hey ladies!

I need some advice. Awhile back I had surgery, and missed a lot of school. Unfortunatly this brought my gpa down and I could not rush until I brought it back up. My cumlative is ok, but the schools gpa is just making it. :rolleyes: I REALLY want to get some good bids, but I am afraid I will get turned away because of my age;they all want people to be in it for awhile, understandable, and I will. Also I talked to somone in the Pan.office and she said that there are sorority's that have their own gpa requirements, and there is the recruitment gpa. Well, why should I rush if my gpa won't make the sorority's but will make recruitment. HELP!!! We go this week!:confused:

Go for it girl ... its always best to try good luck

Surely at the beginning of recruitment you'll receive information regarding the GPA requirements for each specific sorority. When you meet your recruitment counsellor, you can ask her about it too. If XYZ sorority wants a 2.5, and you only have a 2.43, well then you'll just have to accept that you will probably be cut.

When you say that you're concerned about being cut due to your "age", that depends on how old you are, your class standing, and the recruitment culture at your specific university.

If you're passing on the grades issue, then just reiterate to the ladies who rush you that you're going to be around for a while. If they ask you about your class standing, you can say something like, "I'm a junior on paper, but I still have two and a half years left until graduation. I'm eager to make the most of my sorority experience during that time" or something like that.

Just go for it; you never know what will happen! :)

.....Kelly :)

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Originally posted by navane
Surely at the beginning of recruitment you'll receive information regarding the GPA requirements for each specific sorority. When you meet your recruitment counsellor, you can ask her about it too. If XYZ sorority wants a 2.5, and you only have a 2.43, well then you'll just have to accept that you will probably be cut.

When you say that you're concerned about being cut due to your "age", that depends on how old you are, your class standing, and the recruitment culture at your specific university.

If you're passing on the grades issue, then just reiterate to the ladies who rush you that you're going to be around for a while. If they ask you about your class standing, you can say something like, "I'm a junior on paper, but I still have two and a half years left until graduation. I'm eager to make the most of my sorority experience during that time" or something like that.

Just go for it; you never know what will happen! :)

.....Kelly :)

This is the best advice ever wich i could have thought of it

Not trying to be the devil's advocate here but do prepare yourself and keep in mind that eventhough you may have the minimum GPA requirement, if the sororities desire a new member class with ladies that have higher than the minimum required (and a lot do prefer this) then know there is a possibility you will be cut still for grades.

I'm always one to encourage a PNM to try it, as you'll never know until you try. But do understand that if you are below a particular group's GPA required to pledge, you will most likely be cut by them.

With that said, do keep an open mind, b/c your choice of groups may be somewhat limited by your low GPA. And I'm NOT trying to discourage you, I just want you to go into this realistically and prepared for what might happen.

I think I would also mention about your illness' effect on your grades and how hard you have worked to bring them up, and that you intend to keep working on bringing them even higher.

when gpa falls because of uncontrollable factors (illness of you, etc) it is much more understandable, than gpa falling cause you were too hungover to get out of bed and go to class.

Emphasizing your efforts to recover, shows your committment to your education and excellence and that can go miles in the determination process.