Questions on Extenuating Circumstances?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

First of all, I am sorry for your loss.

As far as being a legacy, there is a space on the recruitment app for you to list your legacies. The sorority will check to see if grandma = legacy and will verify that grandma is an XYZ.

As far as grades go, every chapter has a specific chapter GPA that PNMs must meet in order to be extended a bid. If you do not meet that GPA, you should expect to be cut. I understand that you have extenuating circumstances, but chapters may not be permitted to make exceptions to their GPA requirements, so that's not something one should count on.

As far as the GPA it might depend on if you're below the national requirements vs being below the chapter's requirements if there is a difference. But as KSUViolet said, you shouldn't count on it.

[33girl]

You do mean your junior year in high school, right?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

As far as the GPA it might depend on if you're below the national requirements vs being below the chapter's requirements if there is a difference. But as KSUViolet said, you shouldn't count on it.

Right. I didn't go to a particularly competitive school, and very rarely did a girl get a bid to chapter when she didn't meet the chapter GPA (the chapter GPAs at my school were higher than the national reqs). She generally had to be pretty stellar in other areas (ex: very involved on campus and had friends in the Greek system) too.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Right. I didn't go to a particularly competitive school, and very rarely did a girl get a bid to chapter when she didn't meet the chapter GPA (the chapter GPAs at my school were higher than the national reqs). She generally had to be pretty stellar in other areas (ex: very involved on campus and had friends in the Greek system) too.

Yeah, it would depend on a lot of things out of the PNM's control or knowledge either way.

I do think going through recruitment now, even if your GPA prevents you from getting a bid is a good thing. Whether through COB or through the next year's recruitment, if chapters know they only cut you previously for grades (not that you'd know for sure) they'll already have met you and you can use the first semester/year of college to have better grades.