Membership is based on scholastic attainment. They must have a cumulative average of B for all of their college work and must rank in the upper thirty-five percent of their class in general scholarship at that date. As a rule, undergraduates are not elected to membership prior to their junior year, but sophomores of exceptional ability who have met the stated minimum requirements and completed at least three semesters or five quarters of their college course may also be elected. Graduate students of one or more languages may also be elected to membership after one quarter or semester of graduate residence, provided they have attained at least a B-plus average in their graduate studies.
Individual chapters are at liberty to increase the requirements for membership if they so desire.
Dr. Jacob Caflisch, Division of World Language Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620.