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Originally Posted by kddani
I think all of us here on GC DO NOT want PNMs who are visiting a site to think that a poor GPA average can be overcome with some sort of letter explanation. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. Most schools likely will not accept a letter, and in most circumstances, the reasons for your poor grades will not matter. The rules are the rules and they are there for a reason. Unless you have a truly compelling reason, you are stuck with your grades and the consequences thereof.
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speaking for the many chapters I'm familiar with, and not just those of my own letters, grades are one factor that is set in stone. No bending. We recruit, very heavily, PNMs who will be positive contributors to our GPAs. There is a healthy competition among the houses to be first in ASA (all sorority average) and to have a GPA that is above the University average. It is a great selling point during recruitment, for both PNMs and their parents.
I don't know of a single sorority that wasn't founded based on academic principles, to assist women in gaining a toehold/step up in a man's world. The emphasis on academics is foremost, and continues to this day. Everything else (sisterhood, social aspects, service), IMO, flows from this common love of and pursuit of knowledge.
(steps down from academic soapbox to polite applause of peers)
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