[ChildoftheHorn]

Hey, that is the case at my school. Grade risks are cut immediately. The posted min. GPAs at my school are really a joke w/ most being between 2.5-2.9. They change every year. Honestly, the avg. GPA in our greek system is a 3.4-3.6 out of 4.0 (as seen by posted GPA). Most places will drop you like a stone if you have less than a 3.1 unless you are a legacy/rich/beautiful/VIP in campus. I went through it my freshman year with a just below avg. rush GPA as an engineer and was told that my major was too high risk by a few places. I did end up average in the end, but dropped myself out before the last night due to being freeked out by events at those two houses (bad conversations involving really bad behavior on their parts). I have since learned that the exception is not the rule, that girl was more of a renegade of that group. The other girl was just really weird, found out later that she had some recent mental issues.

Informals are really the way to go in your case.

If Informals are an option, I would consider it. Groups tend to be more lax at that time with that sort of thing.