Can you NOT rush particular sororities?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Hey, I'm tired. Sue me.

I might. Alienation of affection.

Originally Posted by MysticCat

No, it didn't have to be said. Regardless of whether the OP is a troll or not, the school-basing is unnecessary and unbecoming, as are all of the assumptions packed around it.

But if you're going to cast stones, the word you're looking for is "poorly," not "poor."

Wow, blast from the past. It's been a while since als has gotten haughty about colleges.

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by als463

^Is that really a good idea? If your grades are so poor (or in your words "average") then should you really be having up multiple windows while trying to study and do school work? No. Worry about school and not social media sites. If you are just NOW getting a 3.0 in junior year and you are apparently in your 1st semester of junior year--what makes you think you will continuously be able to maintain that 3.0? I doubt you will.

You said you were taking summer courses. Will they be at Bloomsburg or another school? That will play a major factor into your GPA.

because i have a different attitude to school now. you see, its not my academic ability that made my gpa so low...it was just the fact that i didnt put in work. now, i put in work and get good grades. and i love getting good grades. nothing makes me think i will be able to maintain the 3.0 but everything makes me think i will raise it. yes i am taking summer courses and it will play a factor in my gpa by making it go up because i always do well in summer when we only take 2 classes at a time.

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by als463

Wow. Clueless is all I can say.

if you dont go to my school, you wouldnt know.

[SWTXBelle]

I stand by my post.

If you think the school doesn't care about g.p.a. you are wrong. What random sorority members may have told you is not going to trump national requirements for NPCs - as to locals, hey, who knows? But speaking as a sorority member who has years of experience dealing with recruitment I can authoritatively say that having the liabilities of a poor g.p.a, attitude and being an upperclassman are going to make it nigh onto impossible to get a bid from a NPC sorority.

Dollars to donuts, you will go bidless.

[als463]

Originally Posted by rachiexo

because i have a different attitude to school now. you see, its not my academic ability that made my gpa so low...it was just the fact that i didnt put in work. now, i put in work and get good grades. and i love getting good grades. nothing makes me think i will be able to maintain the 3.0 but everything makes me think i will raise it. yes i am taking summer courses and it will play a factor in my gpa by making it go up because i always do well in summer when we only take 2 classes at a time.

The question wasn't whether or not you were taking classes over the summer. I was asking where you were taking them because that makes a big difference. At many schools, if you try and transfer in your classes from another school (say community college or somewhere else) then the school may only take the credits and not give you the grade. So, you could go to community college and take 5 classes over the summer and get all "A's" in those classes but, when you try to transfer them to Bloomsburg, they could say, "That's great. Here's your 15 credits but, your GPA has not changed one bit!" You need to be aware of this.

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Many times, girls receive open bids AFTER they have gone through formal rush. They may have set their sights on a sorority that didn't bid them, or dropped out before signing a bid, or dropped out for other reasons. Suffice it to say, they didn't "choose that sorority only" to begin with.

OR, a woman may receive an open bid because she knows the majority of the sisters. For example, my chapter had many sisters who were in band. They often gave open bids to girls who were also in band without the girls going to a single party, since everyone knew them already.

If you don't know the majority of the sisters well OR have not checked out all the other sororities previously, trying to COB for one sorority only is not a good idea. It makes you look 1) stalkery and obsessed or 2) like you think getting a bid from them is easy peasy/like you heard they take anyone, so surely they'll take you.

wow! thanks for actually helping unlike everyone else!

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by als463

The question wasn't whether or not you were taking classes over the summer. I was asking where you were taking them because that makes a big difference. At many schools, if you try and transfer in your classes from another school (say community college or somewhere else) then the school may only take the credits and not give you the grade. So, you could go to community college and take 5 classes over the summer and get all "A's" in those classes but, when you try to transfer them to Bloomsburg, they could say, "That's great. Here's your 15 credits but, your GPA has not changed one bit!" You need to be aware of this.

yeah i know this i talked to my adviser and he told me this so yeah i am taking them at my school

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by rachiexo

if you dont go to my school, you wouldnt know.

Actually, it is not necessary to go to a school to be able to access the all-sorority and all-women's g.p.a.s

You've received lots of helpful advice; you just don't like it.

[als463]

Originally Posted by rachiexo

if you dont go to my school, you wouldnt know.

You must not have read my previous posts. I'm very familiar with your school. Even if my sorority doesn't have a chapter there, I can tell you that many of the women in sororities (especially the national/ international ones) care about grades more than you think. Even if they thought you were "Perfect Pledge Patty" because you were so awesome and they were willing to overlook your grades, their organizations would (most likely) not.

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I stand by my post.

If you think the school doesn't care about g.p.a. you are wrong. What random sorority members may have told you is not going to trump national requirements for NPCs - as to locals, hey, who knows? But speaking as a sorority member who has years of experience dealing with recruitment I can authoritatively say that having the liabilities of a poor g.p.a, attitude and being an upperclassman are going to make it nigh onto impossible to get a bid from a NPC sorority.

Dollars to donuts, you will go bidless.

i am above the national gpa requirement. the requirement is 2.5 and for the record i do not have a poor gpa! or attitude!!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

If you think the school doesn't care about g.p.a. you are wrong.

Since the school (not just this school, but most schools) normally sets the minimum GPA required to participate in rush well below individual sorority requirements, I would agree and say yes, the school doesn't care if the sorority takes members that have a GPA below what is in the sorority's requirements.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

What random sorority members may have told you is not going to trump national requirements for NPCs - as to locals, hey, who knows?

Don't do that.

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by als463

You must not have read my previous posts. I'm very familiar with your school. Even if my sorority doesn't have a chapter there, I can tell you that many of the women in sororities (especially the national/ international ones) care about grades more than you think. Even if they thought you were "Perfect Pledge Patty" because you were so awesome and they were willing to overlook your grades, their organizations would (most likely) not.

what school do u go to? ive spoken to many sorority girls about this and they have assured me im ok gradewise..theyve actually made fun of themeselves too..theyd be like oh are u kidding me?girl my gpa sucks and this and that..and these are girls in leadership positions that told me

[als463]

Originally Posted by rachiexo

what school do u go to? ive spoken to many sorority girls about this and they have assured me im ok gradewise..

I did not go to Bloomsburg. I graduated from another school in Pennsylvania but, I am originally from that (Bloomsburg) area.

[rachiexo]

Originally Posted by als463

I did not go to Bloomsburg. I graduated from another school in Pennsylvania but, I am originally from that (Bloomsburg) area.

just because your from the area doesnt mean you know how the greek life is in my school...

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Don't do that.

Don't read too much into or put a negative spin on it - my point is I don't know (and only members of the local would) what the locals' requirements and/or membership selection criteria will be.