<p>Has anyone heard anything?</p>
<p>They went out shortly before spring break.</p>
<p>53 views and no responses. Is everyone wondering the same thing? Or does someone out there know? Thanks all! 
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<p>Sorry. Must have cross posted waddaw. I’m a bit confused. From all that has been posted here on CC, my son qualified. Though a sophomore, he is a senior by hours and has the GPA and is in the college of A&S. I wonder what other criteria was used?</p>
<p>Does PBK require that all hours required be earned at the university, perhaps? <a href=“http://www.pbk.org/infoview/PBK_infoview.aspx?t=&id=50”>http://www.pbk.org/infoview/PBK_infoview.aspx?t=&id=50</a></p>
<p>Perhaps. I was just going off of what M2CK had said about her son in past posts. That is the only reason I am asking this question. I’m very familiar with PBK at other universities. Membership is extended in the true senior year, not by hours at those institutions.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to be “one of those Moms”. DS has a long way to go at BAMA. I was just trying to clarify. Thanks for the feedback!</p>
<p>Perhaps this will help. Note that this is listed as the MINIMUM requirements from their website. The student still needs to be elected. Some well deserving Juniors can also be selected.</p>
<p>Stipulations Concerning Eligibility for Membership in Course</p>
<p>Eligibility for election to membership in course shall be contingent upon fulfillment of the following minimum requirements. Chapters are expected to determine the specific application of standards stated in these stipulations.</p>
<p>Stipulation 1. Eligible students shall be candidates for a bachelor’s degree. The student’s record shall include coursework in the liberal arts and sciences equivalent to at least three-quarters of the credits ordinarily required for a bachelor’s degree in these fields (e.g., not less than 90 semester hours of work if 120 hours are normally required for such a degree). The liberal arts and sciences encompass the traditional disciplines of the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and humanities. Select courses in other programs of study may be included only if they unambiguously embody the liberal arts and sciences.
Because Phi Beta Kappa honors excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, applied or pre-professional coursework shall not be considered in determining eligibility. This stipulation excludes professionally focused courses and courses devoted to the acquisition of practical skills.
Stipulation 2. Weight shall be given to the breadth and depth of study in liberal arts and sciences, taking into account the number, variety, and level of courses taken outside the requirements of the major, and the proportion of the candidate’s overall program those courses constitute. Consideration shall also be given to the number of elective courses taken above the introductory, or general education, level.
Stipulation 3. Candidates shall have demonstrated, by successful work in high school or college, or in the two together, a knowledge of a second or non-native language at least minimally appropriate for a liberal education. In no case shall this mean less than the completion of the intermediate college level in a second, or non-native, language, or its equivalent.
Stipulation 4. The candidate’s undergraduate record shall include at least one course in college-level mathematics, logic, or statistics, with content appropriate to a liberal arts and sciences curriculum. The course should introduce the student to mathematical ideas, abstract thinking, proofs, and the axiomatic method.
Stipulation 5. In keeping with the Founders’ interest in fostering not only academic excellence but also friendship and morality, invitation to Phi Beta Kappa should be extended only to persons of good moral character.
These stipulations concerning eligibility for membership in course were adopted by vote of the chapters and certified by the Executive Committee on behalf of the Senate on June 1, 2011.</p>
<p>My daughter qualifies by all counts, except she does not have two years of a foreign language. (I don’t this music counts as a foreign language, although I sort of think it should!)</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. DS meets or exceeds all of these stipulations. That, combined with M2CK’s post is why I asked the question.</p>
<p>It is my understanding that it is not just meeting the qualifications which counts but that each chapter only elects a certain percentage of students into membership each year and does so solely at their own discretion and according to their bylaws. There are more variables in play than just meeting the minimum requirements making membership highly competitive.
Google Phi Beta Kappa membership information from different universities and you will learn more about the process. </p>
<p>Thank you robotbldmom. I am very familiar with PBK, just not at Alabama. That is why the sophomore eligibility that M2CK mentioned stood out to me. It was very different from other universities. Just thought I’d see if I could get more information. Appreciate the help.</p>