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Originally Posted by bamamom90

Another question as I continue to struggle a little with all this.......I spoke with my friend who works with her Chapter at Bama, and was asking her about my daughter trying this again. She said it was her understanding that if a PNM had been dropped by a group once, she would be dropped again. Please tell me this does not apply to a "grade drop!" That would never give a great girl like my daughter a chance to show that she's capable of making the grades.

And another thing.....I have to reflect and say that since my sorority days, it's just so different....of course grades are important, but I didn't realize it was a Phi Beta Kappaish type deal. There is a lot of just having a great time making friends, singing, dancing, going to ball games and working for charities. I do wish that what my child did in 10th grade, which brought her GPA down so badly, didn't have to affect her enjoying all the benefits of a sorority. But as previously stated, she'll certainly have plenty of time to study now!!

Well, I think the "cut once, cut always" is not so much a policy as it is one of those "unwritten rules."

I wouldn't say that you have to be "Phi Beta Kappa" to be in a sorority at Bama, but with the increase in applicants over the years, the university has upped it's admissions requirements, which lends itself to a PNM pool with much higher GPAs to start with. That's just the way it is. When the pool has high GPAs, those that are low or mediocre are pretty obvious.

Also, rushing as a sophomore at Bama is hard enough without having already rushed, I'd imagine that as a second-timer, she'd be fighting an uphill battle.

It's probably best for her to focus her energies elsewhere.