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Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

My complaint is calling out specific chapters. Anyone who is at all is familiar with Ole Miss recruitment will know grades are a huge factor. However, calling out specific chapters is crap even if they have the higher GPAs. For all we know the ones with lower GPAs may be all science majors while the others have lighter class load majors/majors that don't kill you in the same way. We can guess the reason women are dropped is due to grades, but there is no way to know why SPECIFIC CHAPTERS drop women other than making assumptions.

I think speculating that any large chapter may be “all science majors” or have “lighter class loads” really is a stretch.


The reality in any competitive recruitment – as I understand it -- is that chapters with the highest return rates (these chapters may be known as strong rushing chapters, highly desired chapters, chapters-that-shall-not-be-named, or whatever) must also release the highest number of PNMs each round. After one or two 20 to 30 minutes parties, it is not likely that the chapter actives have come to know PNMs much beyond what is on paper. Therefore, an objective criterion (grades) is a way to pare down the invitations, and those chapters making the most cuts will disappear from the invite lists of more PNMs.

The Ole Miss recruitment site has information regarding grades very prominently displayed (and in bold):


There is currently no GPA requirement to participate in formal recruitment set by the University of Mississippi. This does not, however, apply to the chapters' individual requirements to extent a bid. The chapter average to extend a bid is a 3.0 GPA. Women who have below a 3.0 GPA are advised that they are at a greater risk to be released from the process. With the amount of women that go through the formal recruitment process, GPA tends to be an easy way for the chapters to begin to manage the numbers. Being released from recruitment or receiving a bid through the process is due to a wide variety of factors that are ultimately up to the chapters. GPA is only one of those factors, but there is much weight placed on GPA. To reiterate, women with below a 3.0 are at a greater risk of release. Women who have below a 3.0 GPA are advised to participate in the formal recruitment process the following year after taking a year to get acclimated to the University and achieving in the classroom.

GPA Zones: Green Zone = your options are not likely to be limited based on GPA. Yellow Zone = your options are more likely to be limited by GPA. Red Zone = your options are very likely to be limited based on GPA.


Green Zone (aka Safe Zone): 3.0+
Yellow Zone: 2.8-2.99
Red Zone: 2.79 and Below


http://dos.orgsync.com/org/umgreeks/npcrecruitment