Academics play an important role. This is higher learning. There are many people who don t have stellar GPA s and are here. How can you tell people they can t join. We also can t tell an organization how to select members.
Organizations are extracurricular activities.
Studies come first. I don t need someone to baby-sit me. I d like to paint a picture of my microbiology club. What if they could require a GPA and chose the President s GPA that would exclude a lot of people. That is not entirely fair.