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Originally Posted by DST_philoso4
Now this is the idea with which I beg to differ. High scholastic and ethical standards.....I hardly call 2.5 HIGH, it's actually mediocre, and I'm not pointing this specifically at AKA, we ALL have 2.5, I heard one frat's gpa requirement is actually a 2.3, and since some frats, at least used to, allow ppl to pledge their first semester, there was/is no gpa requirement at all!!! If we were all "promoting" high standards, the gpa requirement would be FAR ABOVE a 2.5, and letters of recommendation would not just be Soror/Service/Scholastic and one of each [although I know not all orgs even require THESE three letters from a candidate] they'd also require some type of fitness of character, and the requirements for the letters would be much more demanding. Our Founders used to compete for the highest GPA, and would not add chapters at schools that had less than a B [3.0] average, initially it was A. But even with the school having a B average, most would hesitate to accept ppl with anything near a 3.0. And unity?!........ have you been to a coming out show/stepshow lately?! it's not EVERY org on EVERY campus, but in EACH org there are SEVERAL chapters that are NOT about promiting unity!
Now this is something I KNOW to not be true! For instance, law school, in 1997, the median LSAT score for those admitted to Yale was 164, in 2004 it was 173, before 1997 it was far below that, the same trend you'll see in Medical School and ALL other grad/professional programs. It is much more highly competitive to get a spot than it was even 8 years ago! So that's not something I see as a general trend. While we all do still have stellar candidates, but then there are SEVERAL in ALL ORGS who would probably not have made it 10 years ago!
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