informal gpa?

Not to bum you out, but some sororities have higher GPA requirements than the panhel minimum, so you may face cuts just based on GPA if you are hovering around a 2.5. So work hard non your studies and get that GPA up as high as you can. Good luck!

Thank you! Also I'm a sophomore transfer so does that mean my gpa from last year at a different school will count towards that "cumulative" or does it start over this semester with just OSU's grades?

Your credits from another school wont count towards your OSU GPA (what chapters will be looking at), but the theres a chance they could request it if thats something they are very concerned with.

Thanks everyone for the help! By any chance does anyone know the chapters gpa requirements? Not all the chapter websites have them posted. I'm pretty sure Pi Phi is 2.8 and KD is 2.7 but that's all I could find

Regardless of what the chapters post as their minimum GPA, if you are near the cut-off, chapters consider you a grade risk. Sure girls will get bids with under a 3.0, but most competitive chapters might cut you. Remember, there are a lot of qualified women at TOSU that are cute, have a great personality, have lots of friends in the chapter and are involved. When they rank you, all things being equal, someone with a 2.8 will be lower on the list than someone with a 3.8. And, with RFM, you might be cut early from chapters that historically have a high return rate.

is it hard to get a bid with a competitive/top house is you're a sophomore and also don't know anyone in the house?

Depends on what you have to offer. 4.0 college GPA, SGAPres, Beauty Queen and an impeccable personality? I would say probably.

You need pretty good grades to get a bid to most houses and less than a 2.5 is not good. We want girls with good personalities who are cute, uber involved and have good grades. Sometimes we take sophs and juniors but we are typically focused on first year.
Take a look at chapter GPAs for spring to see what you are up against:
1 Kappa Alpha Theta 3.47
2 Chi Omega 3.42
3 Alpha Gamma Delta 3.36
4 Pi Beta Phi 3.34
5 Alpha Chi Omega 3.32
6 Alpha Epsilon Phi 3.32
8 Delta Delta Delta 3.31
9 Kappa Delta 3.29
10 Alpha Phi 3.28
11 Alpha Xi Delta 3.25
12 Kappa Kappa Gamma 3.25
13 Delta Gamma 3.19
14 Delta Zeta 3.12
15 Alpha Omicron Pi 3.06

so does that mean that it's super hard to get a bid as a sophomore or....?
I mean i've heard it's not crazy more difficult to get a bid as a soph than a freshman, especially if a transfer. I'm sorry it's just something I'm worried about. I would do informal but I would rather get to see all the houses. But if you have a high Gpa and are involved is it a pretty good shot?

I'm sort of in the same boat as you...OSU isn't as competitive as SEC schools, so if you have high grades and are involved, interview well...we should be fine I'm thinkin :)