2.4 GPA and looking to rush at University of Alabama?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by Kenzie2016

Thank you so much! I also have over 160 community service hours, will that benefit me in any way? Also do you know if they look just at the cumulative gpa, or all of my 4 years? I have some scary growth going from a 1.6 to two semesters of 4.0+.

(Thinking about community service and your struggles when your mom and grandmom were ill)

If you were my daughter, I would advise you to direct your energy toward researching campus involvement opportunities (and making a list even), so that you might hit the ground running as a new freshman on campus. If you delay recruitment until 2017 (spring or fall), you will have time to really pursue and invest yourself into some campus orgs and activities.

For example -- apply for Freshman Forum -- you should be able to do this during the summer. On your application (and hopefully during the interview round) you might think of ways to highlight how your experience with service, struggling academically, overcoming adversity, and then recovering academically left you with a unique perspective and experience as you approach college. And how this translates into contributing as a member of Freshman Forum, of course.

You would meet and serve with a lot of freshmen -- including a lot of freshmen in sororities (ETA: not to mention that this would be a real plus -- leadership position -- on your recruitment resume)!

[AnchorAlumna]

Is 2.4 your weighted or unweighted GPA? Because UA looks at weighted, Panhellenic also looks at weighted. So that might be good news for you.
But if it's 2.4 unweighted, I would not spend the money to sign up for recruitment.
As everyone else has said, spend your first semester or year studying like heck, meeting people, getting involved.
Good luck and
Roll Tide!

[Kenzie2016]

If I am able to get it up to a 2.7, do you think I will have better luck?

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by Kenzie2016

If I am able to get it up to a 2.7, do you think I will have better luck?

OK, enough already. Now I'm thinking you are a troll. On the off chance that you aren't, here's the bottom line, no rainbows, no hand holding, no sugar coating, no "weighted vs. unweighted", no spinning of the facts. Look - you have been given stellar advice by alumnae of groups at Alabama, who are experienced. Each and every single one of us is saying NO don't do it.

Proceed at your own risk.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by Kenzie2016

If I am able to get it up to a 2.7, do you think I will have better luck?

No.
If you had a 2.9, plus fabulous activities, you might have a chance of a chance.
But not with a 2.7.
Go through with a 3.0 (but preferably higher) GPA as a second-semester freshman or a sophomore, you have a much better chance.

[Kenzie2016]

Based off of what you all have said (thank you all for the support with my mother and grandmother) do any of you know which sororities have spring recruitment?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by Kenzie2016

Based off of what you all have said (thank you all for the support with my mother and grandmother) do any of you know which sororities have spring recruitment?

Don't worry about which sororities may have recruitment in the spring -- you have a lot to do meanwhile to prepare for the possibility of a successful recruitment in 2017, and even more importantly, a positive and productive freshman year.

You might consider making some contacts now (like teachers before you graduate), and asking these alums to write recs in the future, especially if you are interested in spring recruitment (you will not know months in advance which chapters are participating).

It takes a lot of time to secure two for each chapter, and it would probably be easier to provide some mature reasons for delaying recruitment than to ask these same alums twice (assuming an unsuccessful fall 2016 recruitment due to grades). And a lot of the alums you ask to write recs will not have an optimistic view of your fall 2016 chances -- just like us.

If you involve yourself on campus, those sorority women you meet may be the ones responsible for an invite to a spring COB event, or the ones who are familiar faces and advocates in the chaos of an enormous fall recruitment when you are a sophomore.

Since my previous post suggesting you research campus involvement, I tripped across a resource I didn't realize we had -- The Office of Student Involvement.

AND there is even a link to the "Top 5 Ways to Get Involved at UA Before Arriving on Campus!" Check it out -- this will make researching campus orgs and involvement easy. (and hey, see #5 -- they point you to Freshman Forum! ):

Top 5 Ways to Get Involved at UA Before Arriving on Campus:
http://studentinvolvement.ua.edu/beforearrivingoncampus.cfm

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Kenzie2016

Based off of what you all have said (thank you all for the support with my mother and grandmother) do any of you know which sororities have spring recruitment?

There is no way to really tell, as that depends on the chapter's numbers after fall recruitment/readjustment of total/etc.


Honestly, you need to be concerned about your grades.

There is no off-setting a 2.7.

You could seriously be the most beautiful PNM in school who has previously cured cancer. No dice if you don't have the grades.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by Kenzie2016

Based off of what you all have said (thank you all for the support with my mother and grandmother) do any of you know which sororities have spring recruitment?

No one can tell you that until after Fall recruitment. The sororities have to get through Fall recruitment, total has to be set, and then they will decide whether to do COB or spring recruitment.

You also have the option of waiting for Fall and going through formal recruitment as a sophomore. I would do that, if it were me. If you go through formal, you get to see all of the groups and they get to see you. If you work hard on your grades, you can come through with a good GPA. If they ask you why you waited a year, you can say that you wanted to concentrate on your grades. I would find another activity to do, study my butt off, and go through formal recruitment as a sophomore.

[BlueCarnation]

I think that recruitment should be the least of your concerns. Frankly, you are probably very lucky to have gotten into Alabama with a 2.4, and college may come as quite a shock to you. I think you should be thinking about how you're going to handle your school work first and foremost. If you have time for other activities, then great, but it won't do you any good to have a 2.4 in college. Think about what you want to do with your major. Why are you going to college? If your sole reason is to join a sorority, maybe go to another school. I wish you good luck. I know what it's like to have your mom be sick in high school and it stinks, but you need to make sure you take care of yourself now and put yourself in a position to succeed in college.