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Originally Posted by violetpretty
Probably because when recruitment is deferred, you make REAL cuts based on GPA. High school GPAs are not necessarily indicative of how well someone will do in college, but if you wait a semester, there's your answer. It re-sorts everyone instead of splitting hairs for speculation.
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Exactly. When we look at GPAs for our girls, we know how they measure up against the campus standard. Plus, as a guidance counselor, I know that what is an honor student at high school A would barely be in the top half in high school B. So this evens out the playing field a great deal.
But on the flip side...
Every year, we have a much larger number of girls sign up for Recruitment than actually go through--because grades come out and they are no longer eligible. I've always thought of it from the standpoint that if we had Fall Recruitment, we could work with these girls to get their grades up and have them in our scholarship programs from the beginning. Plus, quota would be higher and we could raise total back to where it was a few years ago. Now I acknowledge how wonderful it is that every girl who pledges is academically eligible to be initiated. Although we stress scholarship (after all, my girls
better keep their #1 status on campus!!!), it's not a constant worry like it would be if they were in their first semester. I would hate to have to come to a new member and tell her she wasn't eligible for initiation with her class due to her first semester grades.
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