The chapter shall elect undergraduate Student Members primarily on the basis of broad cultural interests, scholarly achievement and good character, subject to the following conditions:
a) The candidate shall be enrolled in the junior or senior year at Saint Michael’s College.
b) The candidate shall have completed at least three full semesters of work in residence at Saint Michael’s College and be fully registered at the College.
c) For election in the junior year, the candidate shall have completed at least one academic term of the junior year. The caliber of his or her work shall be of exceptional distinction, including a Grade Point Average (GPA), as computed by the Registrar, placing him or her in the 98th percentile or higher of the class.
d) For election in the senior year, the candidate shall have a GPA placing him or her in the 85th percentile or higher of the class.
e) Grades earned in applied or professional work, as determined by the chapter, shall not count in the computation of the GPA for purposes of eligibility.
f) The chapter shall give weight to the breadth of the candidate’s program of study as shown by the number and variety of courses taken outside of his or her major. The chapter shall also give weight to the balance and proportion in the candidate’s degree program as a whole.
g) Candidates shall have demonstrated knowledge of mathematics and of a foreign language at least minimally appropriate for a liberal education.
Subject to other provisions of the chapter Constitution and these Bylaws, the chapter may consider those students who complete their college course and become eligible at the end of the summer session along with the eligible group during the following academic year.
The number of undergraduates elected from any class, including those elected in their junior year, shall not exceed ten percent of the number of undergraduates expected to receive a bachelor’s degree in that class. A maximum of one-fifth of the members elected from any class may be elected in their junior year.
Election to membership in this chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is wholly within the discretion of the members of this chapter, subject only to the limitations imposed by the Constitution and Bylaws of this chapter, and no right to election shall adhere to any student solely by reason of fulfillment of the minimum GPA for election to Student Membership.