Complicated GPA Question!

[cwells13]

Hi my name is Christine and I will be going through formal recruitment at my University this Fall. I will be going through rush as a Junior (I'm on the 5-year-plan, so I will still have a full 3 years to enjoy the sorority experience). I am a transfer student, so I did not attend this school from the time I was a freshman. I have attended a community college and one other university out of state.

Greek life at my school is not huge, there are around 9 fraternities but only 4 sororities. The GPA requirement for rush at my school is a 2.5 and there is only one chapter on my campus that has an individual requirement of a 3.0 to receive a bid.

My cumulative GPA is a 2.7. Not great but I'm working on it!
I actually have a question about GPA and I know that it varies by school.

A lot of my really good friends are initiated sorority members at other schools and they have all told me that sororities look at your Cumulative. That's expected. I have looked at both the greek life page for my university and the individual chapter websites and they all say something along the lines of the GPA requirement having to be a 3.0 from high school or a 2.5 in your most recently completed college semester but they never mention anything about your cumulative. I also read somewhere online (and of course I can't find it now or I'd link it) that if you are a transfer student, they only look at your most recent semester because when you transfer schools, your GPA does not transfer, it starts over.

It isn't vital for me to know because I still meet the minimum requirement for recruitment and the minimum requirement to receive a bid from at least 3 of the 4 chapters on campus. BUT my last couple semesters have been in the 3.25 - 3.75 range, even though my cumulative is not fantastic so I was curious.

I have contacted my greek life office twice to ask them about it. The first time I called, I spoke with a fraternity member who unable to answer my question took down my phone number and e-mail address and told me that he would would have one of the sorority members contact me with more information. I never received a phone call or an e-mail, so I called the greek life office a second time, this time I spoke with a sorority member who had no idea, could not answer my question at all, didn't try to find someone who could answer my question and just told me that she was sorry. So my greek life office has been oh-so-helpful. I also talked to a sorority member who did NOT work in the greek life office who is an active member and she doesn't even know what the minimum GPA requirement is, let alone whether they look at your cumulative or your last completed semester. You would think members of greek life would know these things . . .

If anyone has any information on this subject, it would be much appreciated. Whether it is on what is looked for in general, if you have ever heard of them only looking at your most recent semester, how it works if you are a transfer, etc.

THANK YOU!

~ Christine.