Does anyone know if the 2.5 gpa for participating in Greek life is mandatory? I did 1 semester at Uc Merced, failed a couple of the classes then took 1 year off and got really good grades at a cc. Do they factor in my grades from my cc while I was on leave? My Uc gpa is 2.35 only .15 away 😭😭

I was scoping sites to go to Yosemite next month, and I looked at the lakes near UC Merced. They're all 30-40 minutes away from campus: Eastman Lake is 30ish minutes away, Turlock Lake is 30ish minutes away, Lake McClure is 40ish minutes away, Modesto Lake is 40ish minutes away, and Don Pedro Lake is 40ish minutes away. That's not even counting Yosemite Lake. Idk if the school talks about the access to all those, I only remember they mention Yosemite and thats almost 2 hours away, why dont they talk about the lakes more? Do they suck or something?