Psi Chi - Membership

Membership

Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the minimum qualifications. Membership is attained through application and acceptance at the local chapter level. Psychology majors who attend two-year junior or community colleges may join Psi Beta, Psi Chi's sister society.

Undergraduates must meet the following criteria in order to become members of Psi Chi:

• Must be at least a second-semester sophomore
• Must be enrolled as a major or minor in a psychology program (or a program psychological in nature that is equivalent to a psych major)
• Must have completed 9 semester hours (or 14 quarter hours) of psychology courses
• Have an overall GPA in top 35% of their class (based on rankings within sophomore, junior, & senior classes); note: if the cutoff for the top 35% in their class is below 3.0, the applicant must have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 (on a 4-point scale). Calculations for the GPA must be based on the largest group that houses the psychology department.
• Have a psychology GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

To join Psi Chi as a graduate student, one must be enrolled in a psychology graduate program and have an overall GPA of at least 3.5 (on a 4-point scale) in all graduate courses.

Psi Chi chapters may also induct full-time faculty who have a doctorate in psychology (or a psychology-related field).

Psi Chi chapters may elect (as allowed by the international Psi Chi Constitution) to have higher academic standards for membership in their chapter and may optionally elect to add a local chapter membership fee.

The current one-time national membership fee is $45.00 (www.psichi.org). There are additional chapter fees which are determined at the local level. No further national fees are necessary as membership is for life. Past fee increases were as follows: