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Originally posted by brownsugar952
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.
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What you are seeing is the "pool" of selection. From the folks that I have encountered, there are many of them that really do not know how to go to college. Forget skipping class and not liking school. It is more about they try to have fulltime menial jobs (i.e. working at McDonald's--which is okay if that is what they want to do..) while starting off school---right out of high school.
That is NOT encouraged for the academic demands placed on folks. However more universities are getting those types of students who are barely 18 years old with fulltime jobs. And forget the 18 year olds with children or spouses...
Even my elder students (older than 30) in the classes that I taught were not working fulltime while they were in school. Sure they loaned themselves into oblivion, but they said they needed that time to get the full collegiate experience.
Well, many African Americans must be doing something to make money while in school... Because they don't have family that will pay for the big game at homecoming and all the outfits that go along with it, etc... So it is a matter of priorities.
One can have the uber study life of the library while in college with few friends, then go to the local barista/pub and have a beer on Friday's (maybe). But that gets dull in the long run... How one balances work and play is what college is all about and they have time managment workshops thru the student activities office...
But, I have yet to see a number of Af Ams at PWI's pursue those opportunities...
Now at Spelman, one was required to have a 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 3.8 semester average before they joined an organization... So, only the best and the brightest were accepted thru the general paper screening... After the general paper screening, though was whether the chapter members voted on them or not.
That is a whole 'nother issue that we cannot get into. But, it has to mostly be about the disabling of what folks want as members by what is said at the International HQ... There are plenty of locked up topics regarding this subject alone...
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Originally posted by brownsugar952
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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Well maybe I'm biased but there is nothing like being a part of my Sorority. No other organization is sufficient since I joined Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. It is just different from anything else I have ever been a part of. I have been a part of various organization prior to my joining my Sorority, then I have been a part of various other organizations after joining my Sorority... All I can say is there is a difference of how things operate. The social hierarchy is different, the "love" is different. I just don't get the same kind of "love" that I do when it comes from my sorors when I am apart of something else outside of my sorors. I can say it 's hard sometimes being in my Sorority, but I wouldn't trade my experience for anything else in the world...
Hey, if you can said the "sorority life" is not for you, then hey, it's cool, whatever... That is not where your priorities lie at this time in your life. Nothing's wrong with that... But be fine with that in your life.
I think what folks get angry about is when they have tried to become a member of a BGLO and got denied membership they are angry because they think that membership outta be owed to them whenever...
We shall see what will happen in the future because I have a feeling membership intake will change again for everybody after the 100 year anniversaries are over for most organizations...