Alabama Rush and First Cuts: Predetermined?

[AnchorAlumna]

As of tonight, roughly 13% have UNDER a 3.0.
Many of them will be released first.
A hefty percentage - I'm not going to guess - withdraw after the second releases (for skit day) when they don't have the "select" 5 or 6 on their list.
A small percentage get fed up by the process and drop out. An even smaller percentage withdraws due to boyfriend pressure, or conflicting schedules, or decide it's not for them, or don't like the stress etc.
There is also a small percentage who don't like their bid and don't even show up at their sorority on bid day, but I don't think that's included in the figures.

[Greek_or_Geek?]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

As of tonight, roughly 13% have UNDER a 3.0.
Many of them will be released first.
A hefty percentage - I'm not going to guess - withdraw after the second releases (for skit day) when they don't have the "select" 5 or 6 on their list.
A small percentage get fed up by the process and drop out. An even smaller percentage withdraws due to boyfriend pressure, or conflicting schedules, or decide it's not for them, or don't like the stress etc.
There is also a small percentage who don't like their bid and don't even show up at their sorority on bid day, but I don't think that's included in the figures.

Perhaps it's because the majority of the recs I write are for schools that have more competitive admissions standards, but it floors me that in this age of obscene high school grade inflation that such a large percentage of incoming college freshmen would have sub-3.0 GPAs. I can't even remember the last time I saw a rec request for a PNM with a GPA under 3.5 unweighted. Don't get me started on the weighted ones!