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Originally Posted by kddani
While I think that your post was excellent, I don't necessarily agree with these assertions. 3rd Quarter and Bottom Quarter houses may very likely be under pressure to get their grades up. Hence, they may be aiming for girls with better GPAs to help fill this need. A PNM with a low GPA may only drag them down further.
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As I said I was only trying to put together some ballpark estimates based on my personal experience as well as annecdotal experience I've heard from other advisors across the country. Rather than using the word "probably" I should have said possibly.
While I agree whole-heartedly with your point, something else I pointed out was that if a Chapter has been consistantly in the lower GPA rankings it would be very hard for them competition-wise with new PNMs to make a drastic change in their minimum for one year. That's why looking at long term rankings and the movements up or down of any one Chapter is important. But it also doesn't reflect a renewed committment to academic excellence.
Folks are 100% correct in that sometimes these minimum cut off decisions can be taken out of the Chapter's hands. Of course the "public" will never know if/when that occurs.
All I was trying to do was to give folks something to at least look at, meaning the Panhellenic GPA ranks on the campus. It's a starting point, but is by no means accurate nor can it include in all the various internal factors involved.
One more thing that hasn't been pointed out, many of the PNMs are looking very closely at a Chapter's GPA ranking as well. A top notch GPA high school PNM with all sorts of honors and awards is often looking for a sorority that has similar academic priorities. I have heard of many PNMs that cut Chapters due to their GPA rankings in comparison to the other sororities.