GPA

littlealexmarie · #1 04-27-2011, 11:46 AM

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victoriana · #2 04-27-2011, 11:49 AM

In my chapter, a new member is absolutely not allowed to be initiated if she is below the minimum GPA requirement. I can't say that's the case for all sororities, just mine. I'd suggest waiting until you get your grades up to at least a 3.0 if you want to have more options during recruitment.

IrishLake · #3 04-27-2011, 11:50 AM

It honestly depends on the chapter. We couldn't really say.

knight_shadow · #4 04-27-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by littlealexmarie

Were any of you ever allowed to pledge if your gpa was below the requirement?

I have valid reasons for not having the minimum gpa. I spoke to the sororities on campus and some said they won't take me and some said they would work with me.

I just don't want to go through formal all over again to not get a bid. Its so heart breaking.

I'm sorry if I come off sounding like a dick, but I have to say:

If you received an answer from members at your school, I'm not sure how it'd help to hear about strangers' situations. It's not like you can print this page off, present it during recruitment, and expect the chapters to override their decisions.

Mevara · #5 04-27-2011, 11:57 AM

Even if a chapter would take you doesn't mean that they will. If it comes down to the wire and if they have to decide between you and PNM with better GPA they might pick her.

You never know until you try.

Mevara · #6 04-27-2011, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by littlealexmarie

I just don't want to go through formal all over again to not get a bid. Its so heart breaking.

Also what has changed to make you think that next time around you will get a bid?

P.S. With your user name and your Alpha Phi Omega chapter in the footer it might be easy to figure out who you are.

kddani · #7 04-27-2011, 01:34 PM

There are very few "valid" reasons for having a subpar GPA. (Absent the death of a parent or sibling or a very serious illness.)

If you don't have the grades, you don't have the grades. Is your semester already over? If not, get the heck off the internet and get your behind to a library so you can ace your finals and up your GPA.

If you couldn't make a decent GPA when you weren't in a sorority, why would a sorority think you'd increase your grades if you joined a sorority and had that many more demands on your time?

KSUViolet06 · #8 04-27-2011, 03:05 PM

^^^This is what I fail to understand re: PNMs who are grade-risks.

It's like "I don't have the grades, but if you give me a bid, I'll DEFINITELY have the grades when I have a million other things to do on my plate."

My experience with grade-risks = you take the Grade-Risk Girl and she SWEARS she's going to make grades, and doesn't. So you can't initiate her (at least as far as Sigma goes.) Waste.

littlealexmarie · #9 04-27-2011, 03:39 PM

well thank you all for you kind answers. I am not stupid, I am not lazy. I graduated with 3.2 in high school. I had many bad things happen to me. Don't take this the wrong way but what does knowing who I am have anything to do with this. I am sorry If this post bothered people. I merely wanted to know if this ever happened to anyone and what they thought. Luckly I spoke to panhel at my school and after telling them my valid reason they said that I'm allowed to join a sorority since I did so well in high school and Thank you all for your help and humble opinions.

littlealexmarie · #10 04-27-2011, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mevara

Also what has changed to make you think that next time around you will get a bid?

P.S. With your user name and your Alpha Phi Omega chapter in the footer it might be easy to figure out who you are.

oh and I dropped out of formal because a girl told me I could NEVER get a bid from anyone. I basically left crying.

and I don't see how knowing who I am is bad. Sorry kinda confused about your intentions behind your P.S.

knight_shadow · #11 04-27-2011, 03:51 PM

That poster is telling you to be careful with what you reveal on the site. You have given a lot of identifying information, so if you say something bad, someone from your school may be able to put 2 and 2 together.

ETA: I don't see how your high school GPA would be a factor, considering you have a college GPA.

Barbie's_Rush · #12 04-27-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by littlealexmarie

well thank you all for you kind answers. I am not stupid, I am not lazy. I graduated with 3.2 in high school. I had many bad things happen to me. Don't take this the wrong way but what does knowing who I am have anything to do with this. I am sorry If this post bothered people. I merely wanted to know if this ever happened to anyone and what they thought. Luckly I spoke to panhel at my school and after telling them my valid reason they said that I'm allowed to join a sorority since I did so well in high school and Thank you all for your help and humble opinions.

Panhellenic has absolutely no say on whether or not a sorority will offer you a bid. Allowing you to go through recruitment in spite of your poor GPA has nothing to do with getting a bid. Sororities are going to look at your college GPA, not your far-from-spectacular high school grades. Since you went through formal once already, they were looking at your high school GPA first time around and you still went bidless. Now you have the poor college record. What makes you think they will take someone they didn't want before with the added burden of a grade risk?

This is the reality of re-rushing. If you can't handle the truth here, you're probably not equipped to face it in person.

littlealexmarie · #13 04-27-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

That poster is telling you to be careful with what you reveal on the site. You have given a lot of identifying information, so if you say something bad, someone from your school may be able to put 2 and 2 together.

ETA: I don't see how your high school GPA would be a factor, considering you have a college GPA.

thanks for clarifying. I was so confused lol. Thanks

Fixed!!!

well given my situation, when I talked to panhel, they asked my high school gpa and said that proves I'm a good student. I mean I can totally wait and I don't mind waiting. I thought I might as well try. I don't lose anything from trying

knight_shadow · #14 04-27-2011, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by littlealexmarie

thanks for clarifying. I was so confused lol. Thanks

No problem

littlealexmarie · #15 04-27-2011, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

Panhellenic has absolutely no say on whether or not a sorority will offer you a bid. Allowing you to go through recruitment in spite of your poor GPA has nothing to do with getting a bid. Sororities are going to look at your college GPA, not your far-from-spectacular high school grades. Since you went through formal once already, they were looking at your high school GPA first time around and you still went bidless. Now you have the poor college record. What makes you think they will take someone they didn't want before with the added burden of a grade risk?

This is the reality of re-rushing. If you can't handle the truth here, you're probably not equipped to face it in person.

I appreciate your harsh bluntness. As I stared in another post I don't mind waiting. No need to be rude. I'm not stupid. I know whats in front of me. I didn't get a bid because I dropped out. I'm sorry if you got offended by my question.

Thank you for explaining the situation so fully. I appreciate it