is the ratio that bad at georgia tech

GPBurdell32
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:45:30 +0000

But it’s not been true that long: fraternities rarely have had higher GPAs than the rest of the men.

The sororities usually do, but not the guys–usually. Which is amazing, right, since the greeks do not initiate people with low GPAs… ;-)

Here’s one example:

http://www.greek.gatech.edu/pdf/Fall%202009%20Grade%20Report.pdf

Fall 2009 grade report: non-greeks averaged .02 higher than greeks.

Somebody with more time than me can dig through to see just how often the men and women (I’d look at them separately with more time) did or did not have higher GPAs.

This is not an argument worth much time, as there are many greeks with good GPAs, and many independents as well. If you want good grades, go for it. Some people don’t do well with distractions, and the Greeks provide/require plenty of them. If you have the discipline to deal with them, you’ll be fine. If not, your GPA might place you in the square root club. ;-)