I am wondering if Ole Miss dropped the exceptions policy in order to give more leeway/room for exceptions, and conversely, stricter cutoffs, to the individual chapters.
This new policy seems to take the work out of the gpa dilemma out of Greek Life's hands and put it on each sorority - where it belongs.
Also, on a related note, I don't know what the OP implied with the "cute girls" comment. But, in my experience in the south, anyone who is young is often described (by adults) as "cute." It is not necessarily as shallow as it sounds, I promise