Recruitment at Southern Mississippi

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

I guess I'm missing something, but I don't see a problem with this. I would be worried about "C" being able to keep up.

Then again, I don't think we had a GPA requirement for our sororities. There was no need.

Also, don't most of the recruitment booklets list the minimum GPAs that are needed for each sorority, both for hs and college? Isn't there some responsibility for the PNM to look at that and say "Hmm...I have a 2.5. Maybe I'm only going to be able to possibly pledge 2 houses?"

What seems to be being said is this. If all the individual chapters have their chapter GPA requirements, then the school should stop people from going true recruitment if they are below that. Lets say the GPA requirments for all teh chapters is a 3.o, then you can't recruit if you are below that. But what if some are at 2.5 and some are at 3.o, then you can't go through recruitment if you have less then a 2.5.

[BlueCarnation]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

What seems to be being said is this. If all the individual chapters have their chapter GPA requirements, then the school should stop people from going true recruitment if they are below that. Lets say the GPA requirments for all teh chapters is a 3.o, then you can't recruit if you are below that. But what if some are at 2.5 and some are at 3.o, then you can't go through recruitment if you have less then a 2.5.

I do get what people are saying; I'm not misunderstanding this at all. I just think that when it's laid out for you in your materials, it's not the school's responsibility, it's yours. How is Panhel to know that you aren't lying about your GPA on your application? We had a girl lie about her legacy info because she wanted to be in XYZ so badly--it happens. We didn't have time to check all 1200 girls going through to make sure all their info was accurate before they went through. At some point, you have to realize these are 18 year old adults.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by BlueCarnation

How is Panhel to know that you aren't lying about your GPA on your application? .

I think that most schools require HS transcripts for the freshmen. I am pretty sure mine does.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I was on Panhellenic in '07, and we tried to propose raising the minimum GPA for recruitment at my alma mater. Two groups would simply not hear of it. Even though they had higher standards, they wanted to opportunity to meet the women and choose at their own discretion if they would allow for grade exceptions. We all thought it was ridiculous because typically most chapter don't or only have a few and so these women were set up to fail, but we quickly dropped the issue because they had the right to take whomever they wanted. If they wanted to look at women with bad gpas, more "power" to them.

The GPA requirements remain the same today.

[OleMissGlitter]

Do you think maybe they just had a "bad" recruitment. I have seen fabulous PNMs at Ole Miss who have been released because they were just having a bad day or they didn't impress the sorority member who picked them. Believe it or not there are PNMs with awesome grades, great looks, personality, etc who just don't impress. I hate to be negative but it does happen. Also, isn't this the first Formal Recruitment since Kappa Alpha Theta left USM? I know after ZTA left Ole Miss in 1999, recruitment in fall 2000 was rather strange because of having one less sorority.

Ole Miss suggests this: "***You must have a final, cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher to register for Recruitment (This does not guarantee placement with a 2.5 GPA)"

[OleMissGlitter]

TupeloHoney a friend who is a Pi Phi advisor she said 37 New Members?!?!?!