The decimal should be a .5 or above, and not a .49. A chapter may petition to the National Council to raise the minimum academic average required for membership in their chapter. The inclusion of grades and credits earned by examination during the student's first year of enrolment will be determined by institutional policy. Academic eligibility shall be obtained on the grades of one full curricular period, i.e., semester, trimester, quarter, or term. Thereafter, the cumulative average of the total hours earned must be considered.
Eligibility is limited to the first year of enrollment.
Initiation must occur no later than the school year following the student's initial eligibility. A summer school session equivalent to a full curricular period may be used to meet the academic requirement. Any courses taken during a summer session prior to the completion of the first year shall be part of the cumulative grade point average. Transfer students may be eligible for membership provided that they meet the requirements as stated below. Transfer students who attained eligibility for membership in an institution in which there is a chapter of this Society may be initiated during the first year of residence upon certification by their previous institutions.