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I have to totally disagree with a lot that has been said in this thread (not all...SandS is dead on)
My house is always in contention for top GPA on our campus. The past three year we have won the award for having the highest chapter GPA in all of Beta Theta Pi. We have no problem partying with the popular sororities.
Having a GPA of over 3.4 is not a bad thing, and I think that 33girl is absolutely and utterly wrong not to put your GPA on rush brochures. It will attract a lot of "nerdy" guys, but here is where the mutual selection process of rush becomes very important. If a guy is not well rounded, don't let your undergrads sign him.
I met plenty of guys when I was rushing who were nerds, simply put, but b/c they weren't well rounded, they didn't get invites back to future rush parties. They had a primary focus of grades and that wasn't the type of guys my house was looking for.
The result is that my house has it's priorities straight. From Sunday night to Wednesday night, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone not studying, but on Thursday through Saturday night we party like rock stars. Girls constantly tell us that we're the nicest guys on campus and that they would party with us more if we had more parties (we've gotten busted so many times that we're limited to only a couple of party houses, thus our official parties have dwindled...but that's not a result of having a great GPA).
If you feel this that "cool" guys won't want to be a part of a house that will help them suceed in life, then I have to wonder about their reasons for being in school in the first place.
If you are seriously worried about this, then I say as chapter advisor, use your position and talk to the rush chairmen and set out a plan on what type of guys you would prefer to sign. I think that simply moving towards a well-rounded signee is all that you have to do, guys who have the grades, but also are involved on campus, are willing to play intramurals, but who also seem able to know when to cut loose. You find those guys and you can have the best of everything.
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