[jubilance1922]

Originally posted by SummerChild
Ladies, I hope that you don't mind me giving my opinion as it relates to my sorority. I would be in favor of the GPA requirement being raised to 3.0. Parhodox_Sigma, I also studied Engineering at the Undergraduate (and graduate) level and although the classes were challenging, I was still able to maintain at minimum a 3.2, graduated with honors and completed graduate school with a 3.4 in Electrical Engineering. It took alot of hard, hard work, staying up all night long many a night, and tapping my resources in the form of other students who better understood what was going on in class and who was willing to study together and do problem sets together. During those days I also balanced leadership positions in campus orgs, etc. Even now, I balance lawschool with community service that I have been doing once a week EVERY WEEK for three years before I became a member of my sorority and now do even more as a sorority member. I say all of that to say that certain majors do require more work and time but I don't think that we can get so caught up in the major that we excuse students who do not exhibit academic excellence.

To me, it's not relative to the major at all. In my opinion, a young woman should exhibit academic excellence, no matter her major. **For me the emphasis is on being excellent in whatever you put your hand to (academics, community service, leadership). ** In my opinion, these are the women that would catch my attention - those who are just the bomb diggity and balance academics, community service, and leadership while still exhibiting class and grace.

Further, if a woman is too busy with her family/ children, etc. and her grades are "lukewarm" (a C average) as a result, then perhaps she should consider waiting b/c it does not seem to me that it would be prudent for her to pile sorority obligations on top of everything else that she is doing given the fact that she's already doing so much that her grades are "lukewarm."

I'm rambling but my point was that I would be in favor of raising the GPA to 3.0. I think that it's safe to say that all of the sororities were founded on academic excellence and I just don't consider a C or C+ average "excellent." I would look for the creme de la creme and if the woman is not, then she should keep working IMO.

SC

SummerChild,

I applaud you for your efforts. Unfortunately, not everyone can perform at that same level. Am I any less committed to community service? NO. Am I any less committed to sisterhood? NO. Am I any less committed to scholarship? NO, because I'm beginning work on my PhD in the fall. We all know that GPA is really a subjective thing, because all professors (and TAs) grade differently. Also, all institutions are different. I really don't believe that someone with a 2.8 or a 2.9 GPA that is involved in extracurricular activities and the community should be penalized for doing the right things. We say that we want people who are well-rounded, and not just bookworms. Well, being well-rounded comes with a price, because the time you spend at the soup kitchen could have been used at the library. And let's also not forget the people who major in Physical Education or Theatre because its much easier than Chemical Engineering or Pre-med. GPA is simply not a measure of how "scholastic" or "scholarly" a person is.