University of Southern California Recruitment

[KitKat58]

ss to offend you ellebud, that was not my intent. I was just thinking of the statistics that say only twenty-five percent of scientists believe in Christ, and the rest of it. DD has friends that are Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Hindi. However most of her friends are atheist or agnostic.

fwiw, most medical professionals take minimum classes in math, physics, and chemistry. They really are not considered scientists.

Also while the sororities may have a higher average GPA, is it statistically significant?

I really bought into the whole story that sororities are different that what I knew when I was in college. But after all the 'cool party' talk and lack of interest in charity activities during convo days I am confused. Perhaps the large recruitment class forced many actives to take part in first round without the proper preparation.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by KitKat58

I really bought into the whole story that sororities are different that what I knew when I was in college. But after all the 'cool party' talk and lack of interest in charity activities during convo days I am confused. Perhaps the large recruitment class forced many actives to take part in first round without the proper preparation.

I'm going to say this in the nicest way possible.

As someone who isn't a member, you have no clue what active members are or are not interested in. It would do you good to check out our national websites and the chapter sites of those groups at your daughter's school to get a better sense of what they're "into."

I find it to be quite offensive that you deduce these women to total airheads, when Bama sororities have impressive average GPAs and have produced women who go on to do amazing things like go to med school, become Rhodes Scholars and lead mission trips to Africa.

So please, do your research before you comment on a lack of "interest in charity or academics." It's incredibly rude and sells all of orgs short.

Thank you.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by KitKat58

ss to offend you ellebud, that was not my intent. I was just thinking of the statistics that say only twenty-five percent of scientists believe in Christ, and the rest of it. DD has friends that are Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Hindi. However most of her friends are atheist or agnostic.

fwiw, most medical professionals take minimum classes in math, physics, and chemistry. They really are not considered scientists.

Also while the sororities may have a higher average GPA, is it statistically significant?

I really bought into the whole story that sororities are different that what I knew when I was in college. But after all the 'cool party' talk and lack of interest in charity activities during convo days I am confused. Perhaps the large recruitment class forced many actives to take part in first round without the proper preparation.

QFP.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by KitKat58

Also while the sororities may have a higher average GPA, is it statistically significant?

??? I'm not sure what school you are asking about (you mentioned Alabama, but on a USC thread).

Some sororities maintain GPAs significantly above the average for undergrad women (I assume .5, for instance, would represent a level of significance on a 4-point scale), and some sororities fall below the average for undergrad women. Link to a grade report sorted for comparison (Alabama Office of Greek Affairs):

http://greekaffairs.ua.edu/documents...evised_001.pdf

I think the average for sorority women is still slighty above the average for all undergrad women, however.

Other grade reports and stats at Alabama (including a link to past recruitment stats as well):

http://greekaffairs.ua.edu/resources.cfm