{"id":4316,"date":"2025-02-28T11:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/?page_id=4316"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:02:12","slug":"eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/phi-beta-kappa\/eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To be considered for membership in Phi Beta Kappa<\/a>, students must meet the criteria laid out below, must be known by the Johns Hopkins community to be ethical and without a disciplinary history, and must have a complete transcript without M or I grades. Students who are selected will be notified in late March or early April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selection Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Members will be elected primarily on the basis of broad cultural interests, scholarly achievement, and good character. Undergraduate juniors and seniors who are enrolled in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences or in the Applied Math and Statistics major in the Whiting School of Engineering may be considered under the following conditions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The candidate shall be majoring in liberal subjects and studies and be completing a degree program at least three-fourths of which is in liberal work. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The candidate shall have completed a minimum of 42 graded credits of work in residence at Johns Hopkins University and must be eligible to graduate in the academic year when they are being reviewed for election, unless being considered as a junior. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. For election as a junior, the candidate shall have completed at least one academic term of the junior year of college work that has been posted to their academic record and be registered during the term when they are being reviewed for election. The caliber of a candidate\u2019s work should be of exceptional distinction. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Grades earned in applied or professional work shall not be counted in computing the quality point ratio for purposes of eligibility. Applied and professional work shall be understood to include all training intended to develop skills or vocational techniques. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Weight shall be given to the breadth of the program of each candidate as shown by the number and variety of courses taken outside of the major. Weight shall also be given to balance and proportion in the candidate\u2019s degree program as a whole. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Candidates shall have demonstrated a knowledge of a second or nonnative language by either successfully completing intermediate-level college coursework in a second or nonnative language or its equivalent, or by having the placement exam results indicating a waiver beyond the level of intermediate, noted on their Johns Hopkins University transcript by the director of the foreign language program. \n