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the reason for the decline at my alma mater
Overall numbers have somewhat declined at my Alma Mater... But, I know why the number have done so at UAB and might share them..
As for the Male NPHC Greeks, UAB... which has a student body of over 17,000 has only around 900 Black Males. This past year, the sad truth is that the overall cum GPA of UAB Males was only 1.7
That has had an across the board effect on all NPHC Greeks at UAB. I'm the Grad Advisor for the Bruhs at UAB. We had major interest in Omega this past year (22 young men showed interest). Out of those 22 who showed interest, only 7 had a GPA over 2.5 (sad).
On the Female NPHC side... at UAB, the Delta Chapter is on suspension and the AKA's are/were (not sure of the status right now) on a moratorium. With there being 7 times as many Black Females on the yard as compared to black males, added to the fact that the overall cum GPA of the sistahs last year was 2.7 (a full grade point over the fellas), having a good body of prospects to chose from isn't a problem. But, since a high volume of the sisters are interested in AKA and DST, we have a overall drop in female greek numbers as well.
I'm sure other campuses have these unique (and some familiar) problems..
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