grade question

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by _Lisa_

Although I can't say its true at every SEC school, the college GPA requirements are usually lower than the high school GPA requirements.

Not all competitive SEC schools have a separate quota for upperclassmen, though, and most chapters would much rather have a member for four years than for three... so in many (but not all) cases a PNM would need to be exceptional to be considered as an upperclassman. As we've discussed previously, the required GPA to participate differs (sometimes greatly) from the GPA that chapters actually require. The fact is that if you're up against tons of freshmen with 3.5-4.0 GPAs, you aren't going to look so hot if your college GPA is a 2.5 or anything in that area... I would think that to be considered competitive against those girls who'll be paying dues for four years who also have excellent high school GPAs, an upperclassman PNM would need really stellar grades (3.5+) or really good grades (3.0+) coupled with lots of involvement on campus.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

Not all competitive SEC schools have a separate quota for upperclassmen, though, and most chapters would much rather have a member for four years than for three... so in many (but not all) cases a PNM would need to be exceptional to be considered as an upperclassman. As we've discussed previously, the required GPA to participate differs (sometimes greatly) from the GPA that chapters actually require. The fact is that if you're up against tons of freshmen with 3.5-4.0 GPAs, you aren't going to look so hot if your college GPA is a 2.5 or anything in that area... I would think that to be considered competitive against those girls who'll be paying dues for four years who also have excellent high school GPAs, an upperclassman PNM would need really stellar grades (3.5+) or really good grades (3.0+) coupled with lots of involvement on campus.

I agree with you completely. I do think she's still better off waiting, but I think you said that too. She just needs to make sure she makes some awesome grades and gets involved.