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Originally Posted by 80sbabe
Thank you for the advice. I have done some research and have not found any exact GPA requirements for the NPC, but I'm well aware that they exist and I am certain to be under them. However, I feel like three things might help me out: a) my ACT score, which shows that I am intelligent and capable, b) my legacy status (I know it doesn't mean much but at least it's something), and c) I have already been accepted to a prestigious leadership program on campus.
Anyway, I haven't signed up for recruitment or sent any recs, but I have contacted an alumni from every sorority just in case. Should I participate in rush just so I can meet people, and keep my fingers crossed? Do you think the three above factors could work a miracle for me?
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(warning: mom lecture)
At a number of SEC schools, your ACT score, accompanied by your activities and a decent GPA -- even like a 3.5 at some schools, would have likely made you eligible for a full 4-year ride. You have a clean slate entering college now -- write a different story this time around!
As to your question about what may help you:
a) What your ACT score conveys about your capability may render what your GPA conveys about your work ethic and academic commitment, by comparison, to be negative.
b) I don't think your legacy status will help. Most PNMs are legacies.
c) Yes! Being accepted to the leadership program is a good thing -- especially for recruitment next year.
Just my opinion -- you are capable of ending your freshman year with a 4.0 and great activities. Get involved -- make friends -- dominate the academics -- and go through recruitment next fall as a top sophomore PNM.
Good luck to you beginning this new chapter of your life -- whatever you decide.
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