PLEASE HELP!!!! Tell me about your GLO's academic policy.

[TAPike]

What's up guys?

I was just elected scholarship (academic) chair for my fraternity. Basically, we never really have enforced things to begin with.. I kind of was just given the chair because I make decent grades and I'm a bright guy..

Personally I believe that grades don't really prove who you are and all that Jazz etc etc I know, I've heard all that shit before, and usually I would be pretty chill about it.. BUT we've lost two members last semester due to grades, and many members in the past had to drop out of school and transfer to a community college for a semester or something of that sort because of grades..

That and a better academic standing will give us a better reputation on campus atleast to the adminstration and teachers..

So that's why I care.

Ok here is our policies and my issues with them.

Our usual policy (i'm a new initiate so i'm kind of ..well..new with all the details) was that you can't make below a 2.5.

That's fine..It's reasonable.

The highest GPA gets a cash scholarship (a couple hundred bucks).

My problem with this is that the guy is going to make a high GPA regardless of the cash prize. A change to this can give it to the most improved..

Nationals gave me the advice of split the chapter into 5 "teams". These teams work for a scholarship of like..200 bucks each or something of the sort. That way the teams would help eachother out to get the high GPA.

This would work.. but 1) some of our guys have this mentality of thinking they are way too fucking cool than they are, thus, probably wouldn't fly for this.. 2) We probably don't have the money to give 1st 2nd and 3rd place prizes.. and all that..


Plus, I feel weird giving a bunch of grown men fucking incentives, it's kinda bull shit lol.

So, anyway guys. Please let me know what you guys do..

Any ideas or tips that your fraternity or sorority does to keep your GPA up? And what kind of rules do you enforce? (Probabtion etc..)

Thanks in advance.