<p>Is anyone familiar with this honor society and is it legitimate? Also, someone else I know who is a BBA at Ross also said they got it. Is that even possible?</p>
<p>Yeah it’s known as being pretty much the only honor society that’s actually prestigious. Yes you can get PBK in ross. </p>
<p>sauce:
[Academics</a> - Stephen M. Ross School of Business](<a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/degreestatus/RulesRegulations/BBAAcademicHonors.htm]Academics”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/degreestatus/RulesRegulations/BBAAcademicHonors.htm)</p>
<p>Congrats on being invited to join PBK. That is an achievement you should be very proud of.</p>
<p>I was granted admission to Phi Beta Kappa from LSA in 1977. It’s totally based on academic performance and is by invitation only; you don’t apply. I don’t think things have changed. It’s noted on your diploma as well and, as @hotdogseller indicated, there is a modicum of prestige associated with it. You get a gold “key” pin, and those in the know recognize it when you wear it, although I haven’t worn mine in years. Now you’ve got me wondering where I put it…</p>
<p>i see thanks for the info guys.</p>
<p>When does a student find out they’ve been invited? What time of the college year? For undergrads, is it close to graduation time?</p>
<p>Induction ceremony was in April of senior year. I don’t exactly remember when notification was, but it was earlier that semester.</p>
<p>What’s the typical GPA cutoff?</p>
<p>Above 3.8, not sure if there’s data on specifics.</p>
<p>There is data somewhere but I’ve forgotten where I saw it. It’s based on percentile, and I think the cutoffs at Umich have been extremely high - something like >3.95 junior year, >3.9 senior year. Could be higher than that even.</p>
<p>the official letter i got was dated feb 23.</p>
<p>Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest honor society; only about 10 percent of the nation’s institutions of higher learning have Phi Beta Kappa chapters. <a href=“http://pbk.org%5B/url%5D”>http://pbk.org</a> will answer all your questions about the society. I don’t know Michigan’s current criteria, but you may be able to find it by searching the site. Certainly, your college department will be able to fill you in. If you’ve received a letter of admission, I’m thinking there should be some contact info on the letter that you could query. I graduated with a 3.9 several decades ago (GPAs did not exceed 4.0 in those days).</p>