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Originally Posted by EGAOPi
The Greek organizations get your academic information from the school--since they will have your records and go by ALL earned grades in college, they will see it all. However, it depends on how your current college calculates your GPA. It will likely be an average of all classes and if your state college GPA was below a 2.0, which is traditionally what it would have to be to be placed on academic probation, it could be very difficult for you to be extended a bid. That's not to say it's impossible, but it could be harder for you (especially considering your class standing, as well)
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I'd go as far to say that, due to your class standing and age, the way USA calculates your GPA is going to be crucial in how competitive you are during recruitment. Your GPA really has to be stellar. If your GPA ends up being, say, a 2.6, that's only going to hurt you when you're competing with 18 y.o. PNMs coming out of high school with near perfect GPAs. Like, really, REALLY hurt you.
I will say that my chapter looked at the transfers' college GPAs very critically. If we were to bid a transfer, we wanted to know that she had the skills and drive to do very well in college. If she had a low college GPA (i.e. anything below about a 3.0) it was an enormous strike against her.
I'm sorry to sound discouraging because I know you're excited about recruitment...but it looks like you've got an uphill battle ahead of you. Best of luck to you, I hope everything works out.