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I understand that they have to "academically qualify" to get into A&M after a year or two but I wanted to comment because I've already met with 2 BT students for recs and I'm sure I'll be meeting with a few more. The first girl came out of an "academy" program in HS, took multiple AP courses that she got credit for and currently has over a 3.4 at Blinn/A&M. She missed automatic admit last year by 20 SAT points since she wasn't in the top 10% of her HS. The other girl went to a private school that doesn't qualify for automatic admit (I don't think) because it's either private or doesn't rank but she had a 3.89 GPA, was in the top quartile of her HS but was 3 points low on her ACT (even though she had a 1710 SAT). We live in an ultra-competitive area so I'm thrilled these girls will have the opportunity to join a sorority and be an involved member for 4 years (instead of having to wait a year or two) even though they didn't automatically get in to A&M. I've shared with both of them that I'm glad they are giving it a shot BUT that we don't know yet how it's going to play out with each chapter making their membership decision. They both already knew that the sororities will know who is at A&M and who is BT. As for promoting it at NSC in the summer, they must have some kind of info session or table because we end up getting quite a few girls who don't register with our panhellenic until after they come back from NSC where they have heard more about Greek life.
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