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Originally Posted by Dionysus
No, again I said the 2.5 minimum GPA is reasonable. But I do think many people overestimate its importance.
I mean...what would really happen if those GPA standards were removed? If you still recruited students who were active on campus, good leaders, had a high amount of service hours, etc. what serious negative consequences could there be?
My chapter (the service GLO) has gone without GPA minimum requirements for a long time. We still managed to attract students who were academically successful anyway. Being active on campus and being successful academically is highly correlated in the first place. The few who did have really low GPAs, weren't any different from members who had high grades...in terms of participation, how well they did their jobs as officers, and how well they got along with other members.
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Did you all recruit first semester freshman?
I think that when you're taking in kids new to college, it's harder to know who is going to make it or not.
Once you can be sure someone's not going to flunk out and leave, I can see what you are saying.
I suspect that's why, back when we had initiation grades, I think they were lower than what you had to have to extend the bid. And I think, in some cases what it takes to stay in good standing with the organization is probably also lower than what they look for in a pledge.
I think the difference is that there's some washout/dropout factor that you're trying to control for in first semester students.
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