GPA Requirement to get into a Sorority

[smiley21]

Originally Posted by elleyk5187

a way to start fresh is to transfer schools. i did, so i didn't have a GPA. i went through recruitment right away & couldn't imagine myself anywhere else.

good luck!

Even if you transfer, don't you still have a college GPA that the sororities will see? (The answer would be yes.) I transferred schools and still had to put my college GPA on my recruitment application.

I am not sure about your situation with 'not having a GPA after transferring', but I think this is bad advice to give to other people. No sorority is just going to believe that you don't have a GPA if you transfer after the first semester of freshman year.

Originally Posted by smiley21

Even if you transfer, don't you still have a college GPA that the sororities will see? (The answer would be yes.) I transferred schools and still had to put my college GPA on my recruitment application.

I am not sure about your situation with 'not having a GPA after transferring', but I think this is bad advice to give to other people. No sorority is just going to believe that you don't have a GPA if you transfer after the first semester of freshman year.

Not only that, but it pains me to see anyone suggest transferring schools just to be Greek.

If a girl wants to transfer schools, let it be for valid academic reasons...not because she might have a better chance at recruitment.

I agree with smiley. That's some bad advice up there.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by OTW

Not only that, but it pains me to see anyone suggest transferring schools just to be Greek.

If a girl wants to transfer schools, let it be for valid academic reasons...not because she might have a better chance at recruitment.

I agree with smiley. That's some bad advice up there.

I agree... but the poster who suggested that appears to have a small history in suggesting transferring schools in order to be greek

[sunnyhibiscus]

I don't mean to butt in (just because I'm not in a sorority), but I need to say something about your GPA, polkadotpink. I'm passing a very good advice from a very good professor on to you. My sociology professor said that your undergraduate GPA is vital once you graduate. Having a low GPA will kill you.

For example, many of the grad schools that I'm browsing at (I understand that grad school is not for everyone, but I'm using it as an example) require a 3.0 overall GPA and/or a 3.0 GPA from the last 60 semester hours (or last 2 years). Plus, the average GPA is around the 3.2-3.3 range. Sorry to sound harsh, but if you plan to go to grad school and if you have a GPA like that (even with the schools that don't have a set GPA), then expect schools to send you thin envelopes with a rejection letters.

Also, one of my business professors said that if you apply for a job, and you have that kind of GPA, and the next person has a 3.4 GPA and you both have the same amount of experience and great personalities and attitudes, then the boss will choose the person with the 3.4 GPA.
*On a side note, some internships have a required GPA. Something to think about because internships are a necessity.

In closing, you need to shape up your grades, and yes, please retake the courses. I've retook Calculus and it boost my GPA. Your GPA and education are important for important things later on in life (i.e. landing a job or post-undergraduate studies). Plus, you'll be taking upper division (or level) courses where I've heard it would be much harder and intense if you don't adapt good study skills now. I'm sorry for the long post, and please don't take anything that I have said too hard, polkadotpink.

This message should be true to not only polkadotpink, but to anyone who currently has a low GPA.