Univ of Arkansas RUSH!

[queenofthehill]

That is too bad for the sophomores!

As for grades...each year they seem to be increasingly important. Most houses do not take girls with less than a 3.0/4.0 even though Panhellenic only requires a 2.5. I think that Panhellenic is aware of the different standards that each of the houses have, so it is a shame that a lot of the girls with less than a 3.0 pay all the fees and get released after the first night. If the houses require a 3.0, then Panhellenic should require a 3.0.

[Sue E. Pig]

Very well said. Couldn't agree more.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by queenofthehill

That is too bad for the sophomores!

As for grades...each year they seem to be increasingly important. Most houses do not take girls with less than a 3.0/4.0 even though Panhellenic only requires a 2.5. I think that Panhellenic is aware of the different standards that each of the houses have, so it is a shame that a lot of the girls with less than a 3.0 pay all the fees and get released after the first night. If the houses require a 3.0, then Panhellenic should require a 3.0.

Interesting you should say this because we have had MANY discussions on GC about this issue. There are ALOT of schools whose Panhellenics do the eaxct same thing (set a low GPA requirment when the chapter requirements are much higher) and many of us think it's not fair.

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Interesting you should say this because we have had MANY discussions on GC about this issue. There are ALOT of schools whose Panhellenics do the eaxct same thing (set a low GPA requirment when the chapter requirements are much higher) and many of us think it's not fair.

We ran into that situation all the time when I was an active. We had deferred rush, so women already had a semester's worth of grades in. My alma mater only required a 2.0 - that's a C average, folks - to participate in any extracurriculars, so that's what the minimum for rush was. Needless to say, we had lots of heartbroken PNMs after the first night of rush every year I was there.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat

My alma mater only required a 2.0 - that's a C average, folks - to participate in any extracurriculars, so that's what the minimum for rush was.

I was going to say, I think the reason this happens is because the school says it has to. The school has no control over national/local GPA requirements for sororities.

[AOII Angel]

You know, Panhellenics could easily fix this problem by clearly stating the chapters' minimum GPAs so women know their chances going into recruitment. AOII's chapter minimums are not a secret....are other NPC"s minimums secret?

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

You know, Panhellenics could easily fix this problem by clearly stating the chapters' minimum GPAs so women know their chances going into recruitment. AOII's chapter minimums are not a secret....are other NPC"s minimums secret?

At my school the minimum GPA to rush was 2.0. All the chapters had higher requirements, which actually WERE published in the annual recruitment booklet given to PNMs. Yet there were always women who rushed with below the chapter minimums (at my school, 4 chapters had a 2.25 minimum and one chapter had a 2.33 minimum)!

I think part of the reason our school refused to change it because there was a 2.0 minimum for guys' rush as well and having the women's move up to 2.25 (which would have been sensible) would have somehow been "unfair" or discriminatory. The fraternities, AFAIK, often pledged guys who had right at 2.0 and often "underground pledged" guys with below that and then just listed them with the school and nationals as pledges from informal recruitment the following term.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

At my school the minimum GPA to rush was 2.0. All the chapters had higher requirements, which actually WERE published in the annual recruitment booklet given to PNMs. Yet there were always women who rushed with below the chapter minimums (at my school, 4 chapters had a 2.25 minimum and one chapter had a 2.33 minimum)!

I think part of the reason our school refused to change it because there was a 2.0 minimum for guys' rush as well and having the women's move up to 2.25 (which would have been sensible) would have somehow been "unfair" or discriminatory. The fraternities, AFAIK, often pledged guys who had right at 2.0 and often "underground pledged" guys with below that and then just listed them with the school and nationals as pledges from informal recruitment the following term.

If you are stupid enough to sign up with a GPA lower than the chapter minimums, your deserve the comeuppance!

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

If you are stupid enough to sign up with a GPA lower than the chapter minimums, your deserve the comeuppance!

Pretty much. At least it was published at my school.

The one excuse I'll make for them is that they registered in the fall, before they knew what their final grades would be. Since we had rush in January, we looked at their first semester college grades, not their HS grades.

HS grades would have been fairly meaningless at my school anyway.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

You know, Panhellenics could easily fix this problem by clearly stating the chapters' minimum GPAs so women know their chances going into recruitment. AOII's chapter minimums are not a secret....are other NPC's minimums secret?

Each minimum GPA was published in the recruitment book that PNMs got, so no, they were not a secret.