Rush at OU

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Originally Posted by gee_ess

I agree that school reputation can influence a chapter's opinion about gpa. If the school is known to be a competitive one, actives will take that into consideration.

I am interested in hearing more on GPA minimums at OU. Is a 3.8 really considered low for chapters there? What do the more competitive chapters consider an actual grade risk?

What about ACT or SAT scores? Are those factored in? And, someone explain the weighted score criteria. Does OU not consider weighted classes - AP,etc?

Looking forward to learning more...

OU does not consider weighted GPAs, since not all schools weigh GPAs, nor do all schools that do so use the same scale or criteria.

As to what chapters consider, again, that is membership selection.

Though I can say that my pledge class was mostly 4.00 GPAs in high school. There were a few (5) that were above a 3.75 and had excellent extra-curriculars.

As to what I would consider a grade risk (personally, not my chapter) is anything below a 3.85. If you can't get a 4.0 in a normal high school, how are you going to get one in college where more is expected of you and you have more outside activities (especially when you are pledging a house.)