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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Okay, I know that it may make it tough for a woman going through recruitment, but why do we keep pretending around here that a B average is a terrible GPA? As I posted above, a 3.0 would be Dean's List in a lot of places.
I realize, too, that chapters want a high chapter GPA, and probably have to meet a minimum standard, but unless you are comparing the chapter GPA to the all-women's average, it really doesn't mean a thing on its own.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Indeed. Not because she absolutely couldn't qualify with a 2.93 but because NPHC should never be a second choice.
 Good luck to you. And keep in mind that these are the opinions of people on Greekchat. Only the sorority guidelines and the opinions of the sorority members who are making the decisions matter.
THANK YOU!
A 2.93 is not only eligible for Dean's List at many schools, it is higher than the average college student's cumulative gpa. I would wager that the average GCer's gpa wasn't too much higher than a 2.93 when they were first and second years in college. |
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Not to mention that GPA can be heavily correlated with privilege. Maybe the OP went to a crappy high school and didn't have any good math teachers. Maybe she had to work part-time. When sorting resumes, I'd take a 3.0 with a good story over a boring 4.0 any day.
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I'm not saying that a 2.9 is the worst thing in the world, but for this individual poster they mentioned their laundry list of activities which reads to me as being more focused on the social than the academic. Also the +/- system makes things more complicated, but the fact I could find the academic assistance center for the two courses that allegedly are the root problem of the GPA issue, and the most failed, and I don't attend Mizzou makes me wonder if the OP is utilizing all her resources. I looked at their specific Greek grade report, most recent is fall 2010, and all of the NPC sororities were above a 3.0, with the average of sorority women at 3.25, and Mizzou women a 3.14.
I am well aware of privilege but blaming it on having a crappy math teacher in high school doesn't explain why this student wouldn't be placed in an appropriate math course to her abilities as Mizzou has every student take a placement exam as of fall 2010. Oh and working part time, not a great excuse. That goes back to the laundry list of activities I mentioned, lack of time management and focusing on academics. How will someone handle sorority life if they are using a job as an excuse (not that the OP did, you mentioned it as a viable reason).