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eek! gpa drama
hey yall!
i transferred to a southern university this year (with a very competitive recruitment) and am currently a sophomore. i have received very good grades throughout my life, graduating with a 3.8 in high school and finishing my freshman year with a 3.9. I was very involved with volunteer work and volleyball during high school, and joined a business club, intramural teams and a service club at my previous university. i am a member of national honor society, the national society for collegiate scholars and my previous university's dean's list.
since transferring to my new university, i was selected to become a member of the student organization that plans just about every university gathering and have made an INCREDIBLE amount of friends (most in top tier sororities and a couple GDI's) who i cant even imagine my life without!!
unfortunately, an illness with which i have been struggling since my freshman year of high school really caught up with me toward the middle of the semester and especially during exam week. my gpa ended up not meeting the minimum to rush. i mailed in an appeal, complete with a doctor's note, resume and transfer transcript, and received an email back from the director of appeals saying that she would make an "exceptional exception" for me, as she understood that i have been an "outstanding student and community member in the past." she concluded her email by making sure i understood that grades are an important part of the greek system and wished me good luck with my recruitment experience.
PROBLEM= my gpa is still too low for any of the sorority minimums. i have best friends in two sororities and know at least 5 girls very well in most of the others. i have established a very good reputation for myself, have made an effort to attend most of the sororities "pre-rush" mixers and philanthropies (we have deferred rush) and have excellent recommendations.
im seriously stressing and recruitment begins in a week! id really appreciate your responses. and good luck to everyone else rushing!
thanks guys : )
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