GPA is incorrect on recs, is this going to affect me?

[FSUGirl94]

I am a rising sophomore rushing at Florida State in the fall, and I have had a few letters of recommendation written for me. I didn't realize until just now that I had my GPA from fall semester written on my social resume and not the current one from spring semester. Should this affect me at all during rush? When I applied for rushing I had to put down my GPA and I wrote down the correct one.

[adpiucf]

Your actual transcripts will be verified by the Campus Panhellenic and provided to the sororities.

[33girl]

Is your actual one higher or lower than the one on your resume? If it's higher, you've got no problem. If it's lower, you may want to ask your rec writers to explain the mistake to the sororities so they don't think you were trying to put one over on them.

[NutBrnHair]

It probably will not, unless it's under (or boarder line) to a group's cut-off.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by FSUGirl94

I am a rising sophomore rushing at Florida State in the fall, and I have had a few letters of recommendation written for me.

Not picking on the original poster, because I have seen this multiple times on GC, but what the heck is a rising sophomore? It seems awkward. Is it a regional thing? Does it mean the same thing as incoming sophomore or I will be a sophomore in the fall? Rising means that something is higher in elevation or stature.

[adpiucf]

"Rising [year]" means that when the new school year resumes you will be [year]. This is different than an incoming student, which is a new student. I've heard it living in the northeast, deep south, and west coast, so I wouldn't call it regional either. It's a commonly used phrase when talking about students.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

"Rising [year]" means that when the new school year resumes you will be [year]. This is different than an incoming student, which is a new student. I've heard it living in the northeast, deep south, and west coast, so I wouldn't call it regional either. It's a commonly used phrase when talking about students.

It's not common here in the Midwest. I had never heard it until GC. It makes the grammarian in me bristle a little. Incoming would still be grammatically correct, you are an incoming sophomore even if you were a freshman at your school last year. Incoming student is new to the school, just as an incoming sophomore will be new to sophomore year (unless he or she does not have enough credit hours to be classified as a junior and is a repeat sophomore). In my area, we hear second year, third year more often as many programs vary from 3.5 years to 5 years. It seems to have taken the place of freshman, sophomore, etc.

[AGDee]

I hear the term a lot here for that "undefined" stage in the summer when kids are between grades. They are elevating in stature- from one grade to the next.

[pinapple]

rising-adverb: approaching a staged age.

A rising 3rd grader. A rising sophomore.

No grammar citation needed. (As in a citation written by the grammar police)

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

In my area, we hear second year, third year more often as many programs vary from 3.5 years to 5 years. It seems to have taken the place of freshman, sophomore, etc.

I like this better than "freshman," "sophomore," etc. I recall my UCLA collegians referring to one another as first, second, third years, and it makes sense for the reasons you've given, as well as the fact that people take longer or shorter to finish depending upon a variety of life factors (e.g., AP credits, illness, working full time, etc.).

[pbear19]

I personally have heard it a LOT in Missouri. Maybe it's just my circle of friends, but I think it's a very common term. Like AGDee said, it's generally only used in those in between summer months.

[BossLadyAKA]

I'm in Indiana, and I hear that term all of the time.

[irishpipes]

Guess I live under a rock - I have never heard it except on GC.

[33girl]

I've heard "rising" before even when living in BFE.

First-year etc bugs because the reason for its creation is so pretentious - i.e. "freshman" was thought to be a negative term so God forbid anyone should be called that. So if you only go to school one semester a year and start in 2011, what are you now? Should you go by calendar years or what? And of course, as with everything else, "first year" can be made to have as negative a connotation as the term it replaced.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

It's not common here in the Midwest. .

Actually, the first time I ever heard it was at DePauw. Can't get much more Midwest than that.