I need ideas to get chapter GPA up, any help welcome!

[33girl]

Study hours don't necessarily help GPA - everyone studies differently, and too often they turn into social hours instead. They're more of a "look, we're doing something" move. Not to mention if people have part time jobs or full schedules and can't fit them in.

Curtailing social events is a horrible, terrible, awful idea. If you want people to quit the sorority entirely, this is a really good way to do it - especially if people ARE meeting your chapter/national grade standards. You might want to rethink the not allowing academic probation people to go to mixers thing, as well - especially if it's over half of the chapter. The fraternities don't always know that this is why people aren't at the mixer (or even if they do, they don't always believe you) and can get insulted really easily. The last thing you need is to get a reputation as the girls who schedule mixers and then only half the chapter shows up. This might be why you don't have many mixers to begin with. I know it sounds somewhat counterproductive, but if your reputation with the fraternities goes downhill, that transfers over to your reputation with the rushees and you eventually will not have a chapter GPA to worry about since you won't have a chapter.

We had a jar too, but it was a little different - for every class you skipped you had to put in a quarter (I'd make it a dollar these days). At the end of the semester we donated the $$ to our philanthropy.

I guess what I want to ask is WHY you're worried so much about your GPA. Is it because you're sincerly worried about your sisters failing out of school or not achieving success in their careers because of poor grades? Or is it just for bragging rights or to check off a requirement on your campus's Greek plan or to win awards? If the latter are the reasons, I'd be apathetic too.