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GPA seems to play a much more important role in NPC membership selection (recruitment) than IFC/NIC rush.
What I have noticed with IFC/NIC is that the GPA to rush (if there is one) is usually the same as most of the fraternities. If I recall correctly, the NIC Standard being 2.3 to pledge. And yes, some campuses have a higher GPA to rush/pledge. Regardless, I would guess (hope) it would be the same GPA needed to rush and to pledge. In other words, the lowest chapter GPA would be the minimum required GPA to rush.
Which may explain why on most campuses, the all NPC chapter average is usually higher than the all IFC/NIC chapter average.
To be clear, this isn't to say that academics isn't important. For the most part, most chapters pledge men with a higher GPA than the minimum. Yet by keeping a lower GPA requirement, the chapter can still pledge those men that are "blue chip" (i.e. activities out the wazoo, popular, legacies, athletes, etc.) but do not have *as high* as a GPA as perhaps others do.
My guess is that this works for IFC/NIC because there is no quota or totals.
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