Quote:
Originally Posted by centaur532
My old roommate was a tri delt who rushed as a freshman first semester, double-majored in environmental science and engineering and kept a 3.5 (at least!) gpa at all times while being super-involved in her chapter. And the programs were really tough.
I understand the grade risk but automatically cutting girls because of their majors is total bull.
|
I had an average GPA for recruitment, not a 3.5. More like the one I stated earlier.
As far as the cutting goes:
Before I even joined a sorority, I was at a friend's sorority house and they were talking about future recruitment stuff. The most shocking comment they made was:"Alright, we really can't take anymore engineers. Their GPA always drops after freshman year and we cannot afford that. Let's limit the number in this pledge class to 2-4 this year."
I wish that wasn't the common comments I have heard while being at other friend's houses, but it is. That sorority that the above comment was heard has one of the largest number of engineers. The numbers are different from house to house, but most have 3-8 total. The houses here are around 120-130 ppl. Engineering majors account for appx. 1/4th of the university and 26% of those are female. I might add that avg. GPA in the engineering school is a 2.7.
Policies may be different at other schools, in fact I am sure of that. It would have been nice to be prepared for the worst. I will say that it is getting better as houses are realizing more and more that diversity in majors makes for more fun ideas/converstations.
The fact of the matter is that certain houses will draw heavily from certain majors or schools. House GPA is a really big deal here because all the houses are striving to be the top chapters in their sororities. It is a major concern for them and any sort of risks are not taken by many groups.
I would really like this to change. It is a shame that people are judged before the person even gets to know them.
I will site one conversation that I had during recruitment:
"Oh, so your an engineer. We have one of those. She couldn't be here tonight, she is studying at the library."
The other thing to consider is that if someone does not understand your major, it will be harder for them to relate. Some people will change attitudes completely when you tell them your major and basically end the conversation.
Hey, we are girls too. I do my nails and hair, put on a nice outfit and go to class. There are girly girls in technical classes, but some people just don't see that.