Questions about GPA Requirements and PNMs

[Titchou]

Bama's web site and the other one mentioned - FSU? - do it the right way. Tell them that one really needs a high GPA but doesn't go listing everyone's requirements. We all know that some folks get in that don't meet the chapter's requirement because of a lot of reasons. And recs are the way to get the information you need to make those decisions. And if your alumnae don't know how to do a rec and you aren't inclined to teach them, well, you're going to get what you are going to get.

[SororityGirlBO]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Bama's web site and the other one mentioned - FSU? - do it the right way. Tell them that one really needs a high GPA but doesn't go listing everyone's requirements. We all know that some folks get in that don't meet the chapter's requirement because of a lot of reasons. And recs are the way to get the information you need to make those decisions. And if your alumnae don't know how to do a rec and you aren't inclined to teach them, well, you're going to get what you are going to get.

I do agree, might as well be up front about it. I guess that was my thinking to begin with.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Titchou

And if your alumnae don't know how to do a rec and you aren't inclined to teach them, well, you're going to get what you are going to get.

Welcome to the Northeast. As violetpretty said one time, at her school, alumnae sending recs could almost make a rushee's chances WORSE - it's seen as undue interference. We don't like to be bossed up here. I would wager Towson would be the same way, even if all the chapters got a truckload of recs tomorrow.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I could care less if a GLO wants to set their GPA at (random number) 3.9. However, if all of them do that, and Panhellenic lets someone with a 2.7 sign up and pay the $100 fee, KNOWING she will be cut by all the sororities, I consider that irresponsible. This isn't about membership requirements and lofty things like that, it's about something a little more practical - not allowing a young woman and/or her parents to throw money down the toilet. If that's too gauche for NPC to even talk about, whatEVER.

This! And forget just the application fee.. There are house round casual clothes and preference dresses to be bought!

At many schools, there would be no harm in going through recruitment with a low GPA. At others, however, I'm sure there are girls who are spending hundreds of dollars for just a chance to be in a chapter. If you give PNMs no warning, that's a very quick way to potentially build a list of girls who resent sororities and everything they're about.

Originally Posted by 33girl

Welcome to the Northeast. As violetpretty said one time, at her school, alumnae sending recs could almost make a rushee's chances WORSE - it's seen as undue interference. We don't like to be bossed up here. I would wager Towson would be the same way, even if all the chapters got a truckload of recs tomorrow.

Exactly. I didn't know what a rec was until I came to GC a few years after I graduated. If my chapter received one, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have known what it was, or what the hell to do with it.