Scholarship 1st?

[RACooper]

Originally posted by RACooper
The school doesn't official like to talk about the average GPA or school marking systems; I only found out by sitting in on Faculty oversite sessions as a student rep... but I'll see what I can track down throught the "back channels"... I'll post what I find.

This is what I have found so far through the official channels or university hosted websites or papers... however nothing concrete discussing average GPAs... I'll keep looking.

Okay entry marks for Canadian students, this is all that I could find, and in a discussion paper:

Our average entering grade of 85.7% is the fifth highest in the country and 98.8% of our students have entering averages of 75% or better (compared to 99.95% at McGill).

http://www.utoronto.ca/plan2003/greenC.htm

Okay admissions standards for US students taken from webiste that provides info for US students:

* Applicants from High Schools in the USA: Arts and Science- St. George campus, UofT at Mississauga, UofT at Scarborough, the Faculty of Music and the Faculty of Physical Education and Health will consider applications from students who have completed or who are completing 12th Grade in an accredited high school with a high grade point average throughout their high school studies. Applicants must present high scores in SAT or ACT examinations (for admission in 2006 students should present the Writing Test if taking the ACT) and at least three SAT II or AP subjects appropriate to their proposed area of study. Scores below 500 in any part of the SAT I or II are not acceptable. Students should present scores of at least 1150 on the SAT I's and 24 on the ACT. Many programs require higher scores. Transfer credit towards Arts and Science programs is given for some Advanced Placement tests with scores of 4 or 5.
For further information on Advanced Placement transfer credit. (pdf file)

The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering will consider excellent 12th Grade students with high SAT scores who are completing at least two Advanced Placement examinations in Calculus, Physics and Chemistry. No transfer credit is awarded. As competition is extremely keen, SAT I scores should be at least 1300 for most programs in Engineering. Students seeking admission after one year of university are required to present a GPA of at least 3.5 with two semesters of Calculus, Physics and Chemistry.

http://www.adm.utoronto.ca/adm/adm_i...dm_usa_stu.htm

So far I haven't been able to find any statistics covering any of the averages for undergrads... the Rotman business school has some info, but the discussion isn't about the MBA programs.

I'll keep looking but I'm not really holding out to much hope right now... the University of Toronto is VERY protective of any information regarding marking or grade statistics... I'll browse through some governmental oversight documents, but many are protected information and not availavle to the public.

[KSUViolet06]

I know the GPA to remain in good standing with the university is a 2.0. My chapter requires a 2.5 to keep off discipline. I personally do not think that's very much to ask. 4 other chapters require the same GPA. One other chapter, requires a 2.75 to remain active.

[Glitter650]

Our GPA is 2.25 for actives 2.5 to be on E board and 2.0 gets you on probation with the school. I think as long as your GLO's GPA is a bit above the good academic standing mark,a nd you encourage people to shoot for even better than that through your scholarship program, then you're doing great !

[Betarulz!]

Beta Theta Pi was the first fraternity to require a 2.5 chapter GPA for a chapter to remain in good standing with the General Fraternity (1984).

Beta was also the first to require a 2.5 GPA for an individual to be a member in good standing (1997).

My chapter requires a 2.6 GPA to initiate and remain in good standing. That's a little bit lower than a B- average here in Nebraska, as we have a +/- grading system.

On our campus, Farmhouse requires a 2.7 to initiate.



I think that fraternities and sororities should require minimum GPA's average student. Believe me it's a great recruiting point when you can tell a kid that joining the Greek Community is going to improve their GPA...at Nebraska there is almost a .2 of a point difference between greek and non greek GPA. (with Greeks being higher of course).

[Kevin]

We have a self-imposed requirement. For a brother to be initiated, we require him to get a GPA equal to or greater than all-men's average -- we're not a fraternity for average men, so our expectations are the highest on campus. Most other fraternities at Central Oklahoma only require members to get a 2.25.

If an initiated member has a low GPA, say sub-2.25, he won't play sports and will be on probation for a semester. He's also required to study 8 hours at the house or be subjected to some fairly stiff fines.

You'd think all that would hurt our numbers. Actaully, it couldn't further from the truth. Not only do we REALLY help some guys get through school, we also have the highest fraternity GPA on campus. This semester, we had the highest GPA in 3 years at UCO.

[TheEpitome1920]

Wow, this is really interesting @ Sigma Nu and Beta Theta Pi's grade system.

[Tom Earp]

Nothing outstanding here. Most Greeks at least LXA require a higher GPA than the school.

When I talk or email with a New Associate, The first thing I say is get Your Grades.

If you do not, you will not be of help to yourself or your Fraternity.

Fraternity is secondary, Grades are first, Graduate and get into the real world first.

[TheEpitome1920]

True, most greeks require (to my knowledge) a GPA higher than the school but I have yet to come across an organization that requires a 3.0 or even a 2.7 to become a member.

[Sister Havana]

When I rushed at IU years ago, the minimum GPA to rush was 2.5. However, most of the sororities required a 2.7 or higher to bid.

[JupiterTC]

We were told by our field consultant that Elon is raising recruitment GPA requirement to 2.7. Sophomores and juniors are grandfathered in with the old GPA requirement of 2.35.

[FSUZeta]

many of the sorority chapters at florida state require a 3.0 to join.