gpa is bull

No one says that girls with low GPAs won't get bids. They just won't have their pick of the sororities like girls with higher GPAs will.

Sororities will make exceptions for girls they like. But if you have a low gpa, expect to get cut by a lot of houses right off the bat.

my freshman year, almost no sororities (besides bottom houses) would take grade risks. this year, almost every house took grade risks. the criteria for getting into a sorority is changing because recruitment is getting more and more competitive for hot girls rather than quality/well rounded girls. not saying its a bad thing, but its just the way things are at arizona now. grades are starting to be less important.

Some houses have national rules though that force them to stop girls under a certain GPA. It just depends on the house and what their national's policies are.

GPA is NOT bull. Yes, sometimes exceptions will be made, but generally the first round of cuts are based on grades and grades alone. When we're rushing over a thousand girls, we can't go through and discuss each and every one of their personalities and what they looked like.

Also, if we have 2 girls that we liked equally, and it comes down to having to cut one of them, guess which one is getting the boot? The one with the lower GPA.

Our largest cut is made on the first day to drop all girls below a certain GPA. We motion and vote on it- nothing further. We don't pull certain girls. GPA MATTERS for quality houses! Why would you even want to go to college if you didnt get a 2.8 in high school? Expect a 2.0 in college- so you'll be on probabtion anyway?

Don't look at new member first semester grades and think "oh I'll be okay coming in with a 2.5 from HS". Many of those lower GPAs came from freshmen who had 3.5 and above in HS but couldn't manage their time when they got to college. Big shock. And if you don't make grades, the sorority will either not initiate you (think Chi O) or you'll get dropped by the sorority if your GPA is crappy for a couple of semesters because you are pulling them down. Think it won't happen? It does.

That average GPA is a first semester COLLEGE GPA, it has nothing to do with the high school GPA which is used in making recruitment cuts. A lot of people come to college with high GPAs then have a bad first and sometimes second semester. If you can't even get a 2.8 in high school, you are brain damaged and an even bigger grade risk.

Your GPA matters in recruitment. We make huge cuts for GPA right away. My house isn't going to make any exceptions. A few might (and they have a bunch of their PC not come back for a second year too.) If you have a crappy GPA, be prepared to be cut hard and be grateful for anyone who wants to invite you back.

it's just plain rude to say that anyone below a 2.8 has brain damage.

because the "top tier" sororities took so many grade risks from years past they are going to be a lot more strict when it comes to GPA cut offs next semester. My house is... and it is considered to be a "top house"

The only soroity that's not going to take grade risk is chi omega every other soroity takes grade risk!!