Recruitment Advice

[Titchou]

You try finding the sororities' GPAs from previous semesters. Those with less than a 3.0 overall are probably not going to be interested in you. You'll pull their average down even more than it is. Those way over may be able to absorb yours better. just try to be realistic about your options and go from there.

[TiareNoire]

Yes, I do understand that I may have less of a chance to join so I do plan to be as open as possible! On finding the GPAs, there is a link on the site titled "Chapter Statistics" but when I click it, the link just redirects to the home page for Greek life. The only information I was able to find in regards to Panhellenic's GPA is the overall comparison listed in the view book. The all-college women's average was 2.81 for Fall 2012 while Panhellenic's average was 2.94 for Fall 2012.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by TiareNoire

Yes, I do understand that I may have less of a chance to join so I do plan to be as open as possible! On finding the GPAs, there is a link on the site titled "Chapter Statistics" but when I click it, the link just redirects to the home page for Greek life. The only information I was able to find in regards to Panhellenic's GPA is the overall comparison listed in the view book. The all-college women's average was 2.81 for Fall 2012 while Panhellenic's average was 2.94 for Fall 2012.

Just my opinion -- I don't think that you will be able to raise your GPA so significantly in one semester that this would offset the additional opportunities that fall rush may provide over spring.

And since your GPA is a college GPA, perhaps this will be taken into consideration (I noticed recently that a large university listed different requirements for high school and college GPAs -- high school GPA was higher).

Just do it -- go with what you have, having acknowledged to yourself what the challenges may be. The only way you will never be Greek for certain is to never try.

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by Titchou

You try finding the sororities' GPAs from previous semesters. Those with less than a 3.0 overall are probably not going to be interested in you. You'll pull their average down even more than it is. Those way over may be able to absorb yours better. just try to be realistic about your options and go from there.

I can't speak for the OP's school, but this doesn't appear to be likely in large competitive recruitments like Bama. Chapters on the higher end of GPAs are often also chapters with high return rates, and they are therefore required to release more PNMs through the process. These chapters (in general) are the least likely to carry grade risks (without a very good reason).

I have known girls with less than a 3.0 who pledged chapters at Bama which have at or less than a 3.0 chapter GPA, but I haven't known a PNM with a low GPA who pledged a chapter with a high GPA (I'm sure there are exceptions, and obviously I don't know the GPA of most PNMs).

Just wanted to clarify lest a PNM misunderstand how a low GPA potentially affects consideration by chapters with high GPAs.