is it worth it?

I don’t care about being in a top chapter, I just meant my sister’s chapter at Alabama is and their reputation in similar here. I just want to meet new girls and be a part of a sisterhood and all that!

Usually there is a sorority that is willing to take a grade risk if you can present yourself well and can balance out your grades with a good resume, and of course connections will play a bigger part for some of the sororities.

Here are the current sorority GPA averages: Chi-O 3.42; KD 3.40; DDD 3.34; DG 3.30; Phi Mu 3.29; AOPi 3.25; Kappa 3.24; Pi Phi 3.20; Theta 3.12; ADPi 3.07 and Alpha Phi 2.92. Each sorority will look at each recruit and decide if they are willing to take the risk of recruiting a lower GPA candidate, some are more willing than others.

I would not let your GPA discourage you from recruitment, however you will have to go through recruitment with an open mind. You might find that sorority membership will encourage you to improve your GPA or you might find that it is a bigger distraction.

No, do not. There are girls who have ADD but no problem with their grades, even people in worse situations but have kept great grades.

If you say something, it's come off like an excuse or wanting special treatment even if that's not how you mean it. Neither will do you any favors.

How/when do you explain that you have learning disabilities to sororities?

To @OM Gotl -

My comment was not intended to be rude, but direct and based on my experience that this is a tricky conversation because it could come off as asking for preferential treatment. Obviously I don't know this person, so I was speaking in generalities. The sad part is there are people who would benefit from explaining this, but then there are others who will use anything to get an exception made, so it CAN - not always - be looked at like special treatment. And the reality is that despite someone's improved grades, some houses could be concerned how a person like this could handle going from high school to college and maintaining good grades.

Personally I'd ask my best rec writers to explain very succinctly the situation - in a matter-of-fact way, not in a "please, please make an exception" way. Something written like "Lauren has suffered from ADD which was not diagnosed until her junior year and which impacted her grades. Due to getting help and her dedication to her academics, she has significantly raised her GPA from X to X. I believe her dedication will continue into college and I hope you will give her consideration for membership."

That's not asking for special treatment, just clearly explaining the situation. I wish her luck and think she should rush, but this is a conversation that I think is best handled by the people writing her recommendations, not at a rush party - that could get awkward and come off as needy.