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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
When you're dealing with a school that typically sees high GPAs, grades are kind of a standard "foot in the door" kind of thing. Everyone has above a 4.0 or close.
That means chapters will place more importance on those INTANGIBLE aspects of recruitment, like CONVERSATION.
I find that conversation is overlooked in recruitment advice, but really, if you've got a 4.5, cured cancer, and were president of 12 clubs, but come across as a wet mop conversationally, you may have a tough recruitment ahead of you.
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THIS.
In my experience as an undergrad and advisor at UCLA, grades were never a major deciding factor for first-quarter freshman. Everyone had a stellar academic record. There were never any grade cuts for this group. And if for some reason a woman had a much lower GPA than the norm (honestly, anything under 4.0 was low), then there was likely some other major consideration on her resume - athletes being the most common exception.
Also - I've found that looking at GPAs for a group like this can be very misleading. A 4.0 for one student might be the same as a 4.9 for a girl who attended a different high school. It'll depend on the number of AP classes and the competition at each school. It's my understanding that many universities will look at class rank during admissions in order to help normalize those numbers, but we often don't do that during recruitment.
Last thing - as with almost anything, any piece of data can be used as a tie-breaker. I've said it before - many chapters need to cut a certain number of PNMs, and the differences between the PNMs invited back and those cut can be razor thin. Things like letters of rec, GPA, and anything on the recruitment application can serve as tie-breakers.
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