I need advice asap on a gpa situation!

[txchrissy]

Sorry to crash...

Because I don't know which school I will attend next year, I can't say for sure whether or not their Panhellenic does this. But in any case, I would like to pose a hypothetical. If my future school's panhellenic does accept letters of explanation such as the OP's does, how much information is too much?

My letter would indeed account for one bad semester, a semester off, and the an explanation of why i'm gonna be a 20 yr old sophomore. Yes of course you should have a very good, real reason. But should it be tangible? Would it be acceptable to provide an oncologist's phone number, in case a sorority wanted to "verify".

I'd like to say that i'm on top of everything else, as of right now i am halfway through one of 2 semesters that i must complete to transfer. And As i calculate it, I need to have a 3.5 for these consecutive semesters. Which is very attainable. As for my recs, most are from alumna of TT, UT-SA and UT, AzState, and UofAz. I'm confident i will have at least 2 recs for each group. But as said before, "connections" aren't everything. That is why i'm worried about the 2.8 i have now.

Any response to providing Too much information in an explanation letter would be greatly appreciated.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by txchrissy

Sorry to crash...

Because I don't know which school I will attend next year, I can't say for sure whether or not their Panhellenic does this. But in any case, I would like to pose a hypothetical. If my future school's panhellenic does accept letters of explanation such as the OP's does, how much information is too much?

My letter would indeed account for one bad semester, a semester off, and the an explanation of why i'm gonna be a 20 yr old sophomore. Yes of course you should have a very good, real reason. But should it be tangible? Would it be acceptable to provide an oncologist's phone number, in case a sorority wanted to "verify".

I'd like to say that i'm on top of everything else, as of right now i am halfway through one of 2 semesters that i must complete to transfer. And As i calculate it, I need to have a 3.5 for these consecutive semesters. Which is very attainable. As for my recs, most are from alumna of TT, UT-SA and UT, AzState, and UofAz. I'm confident i will have at least 2 recs for each group. But as said before, "connections" aren't everything. That is why i'm worried about the 2.8 i have now.

Any response to providing Too much information in an explanation letter would be greatly appreciated.

Every school defintely does not allow for the whole "letter" thing. It's not something I'd bank on.

Even if they do, submitting one doesn't guarantee that a chapter will make an exception to its GPA requirement to invite you back.

Alot of times, chapters are not permitted (by policies) to make exceptions to their GPA standards.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that it is not the norm for a chapter to make an exception for grades. It would truly have to be an exceptional situation.