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From the Ohio University Post...

Greek life students produce high GPAs
by Alyssa Mitchell
Staff Writer

When people think of “greek life,” they most likely think of parties, formals, brotherhood and sisterhood. However, Ohio University greeks can be associated with something else: good grades.

According to the OU Fraternity and Sorority Academic Performance Report for Spring Quarter 2002, the average OU student grade point average was 2.992, while the average OU greek GPA was 3.038.

The fraternity with the highest GPA was Delta Lambda Phi, and the sorority with the highest GPA was Sigma Kappa.

Delta Lambda Phi Prospective Pledge Master Matt Hoch said high GPAs might be attributed to the small amount of members in his fraternity. Delta Lambda Phi has five members. “We all support each other,” he said.

And Sigma Kappa President Andrea Wilson said they have study tables and incentive programs to encourage good grades.

“We stress time management,” she said. “A lot of people in the house have the same major also, which is conducive to studying.”

Chad Lanman, vice president of Scholastics for OU’s Interfraternity Council, said in general you have to maintain a 2.5 GPA to be involved in greek life, but it varies between chapters.

“Everyone helps each other out,” he said. “Most chapters offer tutoring to their members and some chapters give out scholarships.”

Lanman also verified that the statistics were compiled from social fraternities and sororities, and did not include chapters such as the engineering or business fraternities.

He also said there is an academic awards banquet each spring for the fraternity and sorority chapters.

Compared with some other schools in the MAC, OU fares well against Bowling Green State University. According to the BGSU Spring 2002 Greek Executive Summary, the average greek GPA is 2.85, falling just below the BGSU student average of 2.9.

But Miami University pulls a bit ahead of OU in Greek GPAs.

According to the Miami 2002 Spring Semester Fraternity and Sorority Grade Reports, the average greek GPA is 3.11.

Miami University IFC Vice President of Judicial Affairs Bryan Holmes said high GPAs could be related to the type of people who choose to be in greek life; people who want to be involved.

“Most people I see in these organizations seem to have it on the ball,” he said.