Minimum Academic Standards

[IUGirl]

Hello, I signed up for recruitment at Indiana University. I am curious about the academic requirements for recruitment. I was ill last year, and my GPA was affected by it. I will have managed to bring it back up at the conclusion of this semester, but I am worried that I am not eligible to participate in recruitment. Please Help! I really really want to join a sorority so bad!

[FSUZeta]

if panhellenic has not contacted you to say that your gpa is too low, then you are eligible to participate in recruitment.

that being said, often the gpa requirements of individual chapters are higher than the gpa by the school administration required to participate in recruitment.

check out the local websites of each sorority at iu. sometimes they post what their minimum gpa requirement is. if that doesn't help, you could see if panhellenic knows what they are. you could also ask any sorority members you know about their own sorority's requirements. as a last resort, you could ask during the parties.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I would ask during a party, because that gives you a chance to explain yourself, so that they know you weren't screwing around, but had a legitimate concern.

[KSUViolet06]

If your GPA is too low to participate, someone will contact you.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

IU wraps around the semesters, so I would agree with SquirrelGirl and take the time to explain yourself and stress that your grades will be much higher this semester, if you have improved them. That way, you may get invites back in the spring and they will not have to make a decision on you until you have new grades to show them.

[IUGirl]

Thanks for all of your help! I have not been contacted so that is a good sign. I have heard from a few girls that many houses require atleast a 2.6 GPA. I am not sure what my GPA will be after this semester, but it looks like I will have all A's. I was just wondering if the houses stick to their set GPA or is that just something to shoot for. I guess what I am asking is if someone has like a 2.45 GPA are they automatically ineligible?

[carnation]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

If your GPA is too low to participate, someone will contact you.

I wish they always did but I know someone who rushed last fall who had under a 2.0 and Panhellenic took her money and let her rush and get cut by everyone right off.

[33girl]

Panhellenic cannot prevent someone from rushing unless THEY THEMSELVES set a grade requirement - as in when you fill out the app to go through formal rush, it says on it "you must have a 2.5 overall GPA to participate in formal rush" or if the school administration dictates that you must have a certain GPA. It's not up to them as a governing body to make that decision for the sorority. For all they know, the girl who had under a 2.0 might have been a quintuple legacy to ABC and they were under orders from their HQ to take her on as a grade risk.