University of Mississippi - Ole Miss 2014 Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment

[OldOleMiss]

YIKES MP!!!!! a couple of questions-- does she know anyone currently "in house" down there? i.e. someone who can lobby for her and convince their sisters that she really may not be a grade risk?? (As you know this would be a lot more helpful if the active just happened to be in one of the girls legacy houses)...

Secondly-- what is the HS's grading scale? I know up here with all of the super competitive private schools a 2.7-2.8 isn't "that bad"- especially when the grading scale can be as high as out of 5... if she IS at one of those schools- she can always add to her rush packet "un-weighted" --- meaning if it was brought up to scale it would be more like a 3.6--- (I know times have changed but when I went through down there I put both my weighted (4.2) and unweighted (3.5) GPA's down and noted each as such--- all though come to think of it I actually think my official hs transcript also was listed like that-- based on which honors and AP classes you took-- )

Finally, NO deferred is NOT an option-- the only option that would be somewhat feasible would be for her to do a year at a community college, get the grades up and then transfer-- but even then she would be an OOS sophomore --which we both know how detrimental THAT would be....

I guess my advice would be to tell her to go on through but be prepared for MASSIVE cuts. I know every once in a while a sorority WILL make a grade exception for a truly exceptional candidate-- but she will need to realize that this is more the exception than the rule. I honestly think at Ole Miss that she would be more at a disadvantage NOT going through than going through and risking grade cuts....

(also you asked if not Ole Miss than where--- aren't grade mins set by IO and not indiv. chapters?? Meaning even if she did go somewhere else that she would face the same issues--- at least at Ole Miss houses are so large that I can see an exception being made with a pledge class of 100 versus a pledge class of 25-- if that makes sense????--)

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by OldOleMiss

(Also you asked if not Ole Miss than where--- aren't grade mins set by IO and not indiv. chapters?? Meaning even if she did go somewhere else that she would face the same issues--- at least at Ole Miss houses are so large that I can see an exception being made with a pledge class of 100 versus a pledge class of 25-- if that makes sense????--)

HQ/IO grade requirements for some of the 26 NPC GLO's can be as low a GPA as 2.5. For some GLOs local by-laws may vary somewhat with the HQ/IO number being the floor and not the ceiling.

Ole Miss Panhellenic has run the statisics, and they see that students below a 3.0 are cut outright or drop out before signing their Bid Card (a/k/a MRABA.) In fact many ONMs that are cut will give the story that they chose to withdraw. And as s I mentioned in the very first post, everyone knows/hears of that one snowflake that made the bid list of ABC instead of ending up bidless or in XYZ (you know "that" chapter,) but there were factors beyond public knowledge that led to that bid.