Grade risks

[Football Fan]

It would be interesting to hear from members or advisors of chapters at Dartmouth, Stanford, Cornell, Duke, Vanderbilt and a few others where every PNM who goes through has a 3.75 GPA or above with very high SATs.

[alum]

With all due respect, I think you're stereotyping all the tier 1 schools as the same where ABC is top at all Ivies and XYZ is bottom.

Truth is, "everyone" knows that the Core Four at Duke do not happen to be the same groups at Yale. I can't speak for all (or any) Tier 1 schools or GLOs but as they say, mileage may vary.

PNMs may have different arbitrary cuts other than their hs GPAs/SAT scores. Many of the schools that FootballFan mentions have deferred rush so that fall freshman grades and activities can be added to the evaluations.

[Football Fan]

Alum,
There was no mention of any "core" sororities in any of the previous posts. I knew those universities had Greek groups and thought it would be of interest to receive comments about recruitment where grades would not be such a major factor. I have no idea what GLOs are even on those campuses. I selected them by taking the page of university rankings from my old copy of U.S. News & World Report and picking colleges I knew had a Greek system. If I missed Yale it was because I was unaware Yale had any GLOs other than fraternities.

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by Football Fan

Alum,
If I missed Yale it was because I was unaware Yale had any GLOs other than fraternities.

if i'm not mistaken, one of the bush twins was a theta there? they also have pi phi and KKG

sororities play quiet role in Greek renaissance

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by alum

With all due respect, I think you're stereotyping all the tier 1 schools as the same where ABC is top at all Ivies and XYZ is bottom.

Truth is, "everyone" knows that the Core Four at Duke do not happen to be the same groups at Yale. I can't speak for all (or any) Tier 1 schools or GLOs but as they say, mileage may vary.

PNMs may have different arbitrary cuts other than their hs GPAs/SAT scores. Many of the schools that FootballFan mentions have deferred rush so that fall freshman grades and activities can be added to the evaluations.

What are you using as a classifying factor for a tier? The Princeton Review?

[FuzzieAlum]

Football Fan, Vandy has deferred rush, so they're not going off of high school grades as much as first semester grades. And I'm sure we all know that the first semester can be rough on a lot of folks!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

At UIUC, you apply to a college, not the university as a whole (e.g. engineering, liberal arts and sciences, fine and applied arts), and the requirements were different for each one. In fact, some people would apply to one, get rejected, and re-apply to another. If a PNM came through who was majoring in engineering, we usually thought "great, she must be very smart to get into a competitive college," not "oh, engineering is hard, she will bring our GPA down". I have a feeling that CotH's experience is an isolated one.

To the OP, there may be a chapter or two on your campus that make very few cuts because their numbers are down. If so, those will be the chapters most likely to take a grade risk, because a girl with a low GPA may be better than no girl at all. The question will be whether you are a good fit for one of those chapters.