Although you will prefer to be inducted with your classmates, you do not lose eligibility by missing an induction. You may be inducted later or privately. Although some chapters have social events, we are not a social fraternity. There is a dignified induction ceremony to which your parents and friends may be invited. Most chapters have projects and activities promoting academic excellence, but your participation is optional.
Local chapters assess an additional fee, also payable once.
It pays expenses of chapter delegates to the national convention and pays for the pamphlet Hints on How to Study , provided free to campuses with a chapter of Phi Eta Sigma for distribution to all new students. Any graduating member may apply for the graduate scholarships, which are for the first year only of graduate school. Members applying for the junior and senior awards must be nominated by their chapters. Phi Eta Sigma is an outward recognition of personal accomplishment and serves as an incentive for continued high scholarship. It provides you the opportunity to meet freshmen scholars from all other academic disciplines on your campus and to join them in promoting academic excellence.