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gpa requirement

by: rules

why does ole miss get to neglect national panhellenic policiy on participation in recruitment?
NPC policy states there shall be no gpa requirment for participation in recruitment, yet ole miss ignores this.
WHY?

i get that low GPAs don't have many options. everyone knows that. but at the same time, do those girls not at least have the opportunity to try to meet people and engage in student life? athletes aren't held to this standard. when was the last time they told a football recuit - no dude, we can't scholarship you because you didn't have a 2.7 in high school...

what kind of crap is this?
the discrimination here is real. and nobody is doing anything.

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#1  by: Privileged   
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It's the university's rule. The NPC can only govern what campus panhellenics can and can't do, not the university itself. Schools have the ultimate authority over organizations on their campus and don't have to allow Greek orgs at all; they can kick any or all of them off if they so choose. No one is owed an open door to Greek membership but luckily there are lots of ways to meet people and engage in student life without them.

Ole Miss is not the only university to limit Greek participation by GPA. The schools that have to do this are the ones that attract too many kids who only aspire to go to college to join a frat or srat and party and just don't care about anything else. The reputation of a school suffers with so many academic dead weights and behavior problems, as well as the school's entire Greek system suffering for it. Not all students with lower GPA's wanting to go Greek are like this of course, but there's too much of a historical pattern to ignore.

Schools don't really benefit from Greek orgs, they are just a perk to make student life attractive, but if students were generating millions of dollars for the school like athletes do, just by being Greek, there wouldn't be GPA restrictions LOL.

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#2  by: Petal   
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All sororities have rules on what GPA they can take. Most care and some don't care.

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#3  by: Gpa   
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If you are under at 3.3 almost all sororities will cut you round one. I can think of 3 that take lower.

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#4  by: Current   
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This list will show you gpa rankings. The top 6-7 will not take any grade risks

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by: CurrentJun 5, 2025 2:10:17 PM

2024 Fall. New Member GPA
ChiO. 3.53.
PIPHI 3.52.
KD 3.50.
DG 3.46.
DDD 3.44.
KKG 3.36
PHIMU 3.29
ADPi 3.26
AXO 3.17
AOPI 3.05
APHI 3.02

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#5  by: gpa 2   
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too many pnm's are going through recruitment, and the houses don't have the space to accommodate everyone. there has to be a cutoff. one sorority on campus will end up with all of the grade-risk students, which is not fair to those chapters (especially since there is so much competition for who has the best grades). i suggest if you are not grade eligible, wait until after recruitment and try to pledge as a cob.

By: gpa 2
by: actuallyJun 15, 2025 7:11:40 AM

That's not why the university has a GPA requirement for rushing Greek membership, the admin doesn't care about the sororities having too many members. The requirement applies to fraternities as well. The GPA requirement to rush exists because academically borderline kids are questionable in being able to handle their college level classes. Greek life takes up a lot of time and causes a lot of distractions, so if a kid can prove they can keep up their college grades then they can try juggling the demands of Greek life. It doesn't prevent non-formal recruitment bids, but the admin has to do something. If your grades are that low you need to pledge the library.

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