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Like I said, each campus is different. But I swear on the life of both of my parents that I never heard a person that joined a BGLO org actually able to maintain their grades while they were going through "intake" and the "pre-intake" activities until I read this thread (I'm very involved on campus so I meet a lot of greeks). I just went to a baby shower a couple of weeks ago and my cousins who are in BGLOs were sitting around laughing about how much their grades dropped when they were going through their membership process. One of my cousin's who is in XYZ org joined her 3rd year in college. She was on the dean's list every semester before she started the process and her grades (along with her weight) drastically dropped when she was going through the "process." Does this happen with every person that joined a BGLO? I'm sure it doesn't. But if all you see are examples like that, what should you think.
I personally just know a lot of people who would love to join BGLOs orgs but they are scared what would happen if they pledged. If you can join academic clubs that you can be involved with after graduation and also join groups such as Sister to Sister (an AA group on my campus for women that was both social and community service oriented), it makes some people not see the point of joining a greek org. I don't see why a comment like that shouldn't be validated.
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