alpha phi at mizzou

This is something their chapters do nationally, APhi does not have strict grade cuts anywhere (and are top at most schools despite this) and they probably don't care to change that because good GPA does not = sisterhood and does not = a great personality. Thinking a girl isn't valuable because she has a 3.5 GPA instead of a 3.7 is just as shallow as recruiting based on looks. What other people don't understand is yes, APhi girls are pretty, but they also have magnetic personalities that got them their bids. Personality/connection SHOULD be the first criteria during recruitment. Anyone can see when they spend time around APhi that those girls are extremely likeminded and really enjoy each other's company. If APhi employed stricter grade cuts they'd end up with some girls whose personalities don't mesh and cut a lot of girls whose personalities do. Mizzou's GR community (mainly) is so obsessed with GPA but that's not the case at most schools, even schools with stronger Greek communities than ours.

As evidenced by the number of girls who drop APhi, it's not as if looks result in a good sisterhood, either. The biggest factor in a strong sisterhood is that girls WANT to be in a house -- from the first moment of rush to that moment as a junior when they decide they want to keep paying their dues even though they are less and less involved in underclassmen type activities. The best houses keep their members for four years. They don't take many sophomores, they don't lose their freshmen, they don't COB, they love living in the house and almost always live with their sisters off campus as juniors and seniors. And it's not because of their looks, but it's because of their pride. Wish the same were true for APhi, because for being on this campus as long as they have, they sure aren't a very good house. And as their standards slip, it is more and more apparent that their national is getting weaker and weaker, too. I mean, have some standards, girls.

Any house has the choice to cob, APhi doesn't act like it's embarrassing - they welcome the opportunity to gain valuable new members. You can keep telling yourself that your sorority is great because you choose not to COB and while you waste all your precious time writing long thoughtful paragraphs about them, APhi will carry on making amazing memories with their sisters and having a much better time than this girl^ who'd rather spend her time trolling on Greek rank talking about Alpha Phi than hanging out with her perfect sisters and their amazing sisterhood. Those high standards really did the trick, who is the real winner here?

Many nationals won't let their local chapters COB. It just looks bad. And when a house keeps its members instead of losing them because they flunk out, drop out or don't care to stay a member, they don't have to replace them through COB. And who are youi to judge some else's sisterhood? What could you possibly know about it? And, yes, I do think my sisters are perfect. That's why we love our house.

You ^ Take your own advice ...