G.P.A???????

[FiReDanCeR]

This year I'm currently a senior in H.S and was planning on rushing next yer. Well my question is that I'm taking summer school because my grades were not the best during high school. other then that I totally think I would have a lot of potential to be greek. I have been involved with everthing from student council to dance team. Do you think that since I'm taking the extra effort to improve my grades that they will take that into consdieration when I'm rushing?

[twinstars]

are you rushing the first week in the fall? or does your college hold rush after christmas break? if rush is in january, then i bet your high school GPA won't matter at all. they'll look at your grades from the first semester of college.

if you are rushing right away in the fall, i'm not sure if summer school classes will help your high school GPA. since you will already have graduated high school, i don't see how those additional courses can be factored in if what they're looking at is your high school (not college) GPA.

how low is your high school GPA, anyhow? if it was good enough that you got into college, you are probably all right. during rush, GPAs are used in the initial stages to decide which rushees just won't cut it academically. those girls are released, and after that, the remaining girls are judged on the basis of other things, like personality, activities, service, etc. if you make the official cutoff to be 'eligible for rush,' then you are probably fine. some sororities at my school recommend that rushees have slightly higher GPAs than the minimum (which the school sets at 2.0), like 2.25 or 2.33. keep in mind, a girl's GPA is usually not a major factor in who the sororities decide to give bids to--it's really how much they like the girl as a person, as long as she meets minimal academic standards.

my college holds rush in january, and only our college grades are looked at. they don't have to be that great in order to rush--only like a 2.0 to be eligible--which is FAR below the women's average at my college.

i'm not sure what the cutoffs are at schools that look at high school GPAs for rush.




[This message has been edited by twinstars (edited December 22, 2000).]

[SoCalGirl]

If you mean that you're taking summer college classes...it'll depend on the chapter. My chapter had this come up this past rush. We completely ignored the rushee's college gpa because she was still basically considered a first semester freshman. Besides it's always better to be considered a freshman than an estabishled college student.

If you mean high school summer classes...why would you do that if you're already graduated?

These people do have a point, if you were admitted to the college or university, you probably have met the sorority's criteria for a decent GPA. Did you find out if you were accepted yet?

Judging from how my sorority works, we don't take into consideration any summer school classes because we only look at the fall and spring semester grades. Because we get a lot of freshmen in the fall, there is basically no way we can determine or prove their high school GPA, it's based on good faith.

During rush we ask rushees to fill out a Rush Info Card listing their GPA and any extracurricular activities and we do pay attention to their activities in high school. During rush you should talk to one of the sisters about it and determine whether or not rushing in the fall is right for you. Most NPCs rush during both semesters so at least you'll have that option.

Good luck!

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[FiReDanCeR]

Yeah, I would be attending college summer school. I've already been accepted to the school. Actually I'm going to Iowa State so if any of you are fimiliar with their greek system I'd like to know what you think. Thanks!

Congratulations on Iowa State! I'm not too familiar with the Greek system over there, but I'm sure they have informational websites.

I looked if there was an AGD chapter there, and lo and behold there is one! It turns out that the AGD-Rho chapter is one of the oldest chapters in our sorority. Their scholarship info and criteria can be found at their website: http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/agd/index2.html

Good luck!

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[IowaHawkeye]

I'm not totally familiar with Iowa State's rush.. but I go to the University of Iowa and when my house (DZ) recolonized the Iowa State girls came here and helped us out.. they've become like my chapter sisters... and I could probably find out some specific numbers or get you an e-mail address to contact