What GPA is too low for your campus?

[Zillini]

I tell folks to look at Panhellenic average as a general guideline. If grades are higher than that a PNM should be fairly safe from GPA cuts, anyone below may not be.

We also look at SAT/ACT scores in addition to GPA, especially for those HS's we know nothing about (often out of state). A good/bad score won't be enough to keep/cut a PNM with a bad/good GPA, but if someone's on the "bubble" it can help/hurt.

[littleowl33]

On the KKG national website, it states that PNMs must have "a C+ average from the previous completed term at a college or university, [and] many chapters have academic requirements that are higher than the Fraternity’s." To be honest, I don't know exactly what our chapter requires. Without giving away info on MSS, I'll just say PNMs' grades are treated as a very private matter between the Membership Chair and the advisors. Since recruitment is deferred freshmen have a full semester of college under their belt, but Hopkins has a "covered grades" policy in which your first semester grades are all considered pass/fail (though the GPA eventually factors into your cumulative). I think PNMs sign something so that their grades can be "uncovered" for recruitment. In any case, Hopkins has absolutely ZERO grade inflation and it's easy to get overwhelmed first semester, so I would guess chapters are a little more lenient than they might be elsewhere. A lot of freshmen go from getting straight As in high school to something a little... harsher.

[littleowl33]

Originally Posted by Zillini

We also look at SAT/ACT scores in addition to GPA, especially for those HS's we know nothing about (often out of state). A good/bad score won't be enough to keep/cut a PNM with a bad/good GPA, but if someone's on the "bubble" it can help/hurt.

Wow, really? Interesting. Are they required for registration? What if a PNM didn't take the SAT/ACTs?

[AlphaXi_Husky]

Originally Posted by littleowl33

Wow, really? Interesting. Are they required for registration? What if a PNM didn't take the SAT/ACTs?

My guess is they would have to take one of the two in order to get into the school. As for being required, I don't know about that, but my guess is the sorts of "stats" are included on a Recruitment resume.

[littleowl33]

Originally Posted by AlphaXi_Husky

My guess is they would have to take one of the two in order to get into the school. As for being required, I don't know about that, but my guess is the sorts of "stats" are included on a Recruitment resume.

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

You're rec writer might ask, especially if she was looking for something to offset a low GPA.

Thanks!

The reason I ask is that I do a fair amount of volunteering in Admissions, and there actually are some schools that do not require SAT/ACT... but it's more of a "recommended but not required" thing. Which everyone knows means, "you'd better do it."

Back on track - I can't imagine sifting through SAT scores for PNMs! Our university's recruitment isn't that competitive and we rarely get recs, resumes or anything like that. It would be a helpful component to add, though - particularly if you don't have deferred recruitment.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by littleowl33

Wow, really? Interesting. Are they required for registration? What if a PNM didn't take the SAT/ACTs?

You're rec writer might ask, especially if she was looking for something to offset a low GPA.