Scholastically eligible candidates are contacted by mail twice a year (fall and winter quarter) by the chapter. In addition to meeting the scholastic criteria, the California Sigma Chapter requires members to tutor for one quarter, 1 hr/wk. Membership fees are a one-time fee of $75 ($38 stays with the chapter and $37 goes to national headquarters). Upon initiation, new members will receive a certificate, a gold bent pendant, and will be invited to a banquet dinner.
See below for scholastic eligibility requirements.
To be eligible for membership as a undergraduate, you must be an engineering major who is either:
Engineering graduate students whose scholarship places them in the top fifth of their graduate clas or whose high-quality work is attested to by a faculty member may be elected to membership.
Engineering alumni of a chapter's institution or of another recognized institution whose scholastic record placed them in the top fifth of their class may be elected to membership. Such candidates are usually recommended to the chapter by a member who knows them. In all cases the requisite scholastic attainment makes candidates eligible for membership consideration. They are further considered on the basis of the Association's exemplary character requirement.
Persons who have achieved eminence in engineering may be elected to membership without regard to collegiate records. If they graduated from a recognized engineering college, they must have been engaged in engineering for at least 10 years; if not, they must have practiced engineering for at least 15 years. Such candidates are usually recommended by members who know them. The required degree of eminent achievement is left to the chapters' discretion; and candidates are further considered on the basis of exemplary character.
