gpa vs good sisterhood

Not hating! I know GPA is important and not trying to degrade that, but I want to understand why it's so important in a sorority membership

GPA is an easy thing to cut for. Thats why it is important. Theres thousands of PNMs. And hundreds of them are girls from in state, who are legacies, who were the captain of their sports team, are double majoring in marketing and accounting, volunteer at the homeless shelter on the weekends, and were the class secretary. How can we easily get down from thousands to hundreds of girls from round one or two to the next? GPA! If I go ahead and say we are not taking anyone below a 3.5, I still have 100s of awesome girls to choose from for my chapter.
Seriously, you all are stellar and sweet, but we HAVE to cut each round. And those cuts have to start somewhere. So we start with the easiest, most concrete things to cut on. No recs and GPA.

Since y'all are at the end of your senior year, there isn't much you can do about it. Impress them with who you are as a person and maybe someone you talk to in the house will advocate for you even if your GPA isn't great. I know it's hard but don't stress about something you can't change now

Usually, the houses that have good GPAs are the ones with good sisterhoods. In general it's because girls with good GPAs are more likely to be more similar to each other, come from similar backgrounds, have similar values, and are generally more focused on school rather than parties and social events. Sororities that recruit mainly on looks and/or social connections have worse sisterhoods because they have girls who are more drama-loving. Those houses are more split between the top girls and the filler girls, and tensions show.

I understand gpa is a easy thing to make cuts for but don't totally agree with it. At my hs lots of really involved girls, great athletes, leaders who would make great sorority sisters have below a 3.5. Standards in west coast states are much more difficult than southern schools, so a 3.5 in California is different than a 3.5 in Alabama. I know at my school more emphasis was put on being a well rounded student/person over being a 4.0 student. Sad to think really great leaders would be cut because they have a 3.4! I know girls who have volunteered hours, made huge impacts in their communities and excelled in athletics with below 3.5 gpa!