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...recently named Phi Beta Kappas are so smart that FM had to have their secrets. Chosen on the basis of their GPAs (4.0) and professor recommendations (stellar), this bunch has words of wisdom on everything from which courses to take to how often is often enough when it comes to showering (turns out daily bathing is not always required). Want to be a Phi Beta Kappa? Read on, and maybe, just maybe, you will be. Here’s what we learned from our super-smart shaman...
...they should know from someone who held the job last year that the Undergraduate Council is not about motions or meetings. Any Harvard student could figure this out. (The number of members of the Undergraduate Council in the past several years who are also elected to Phi Beta Kappa is excruciatingly small—trust me, it isn’t rocket science to learn the ropes). But there is a risk. The real risk with electing Ty Moore and Ian W. Nichols ’06 is that they will push the envelope and force people out of their...
...electing the Senior 48, the chapter notified 96 eligible students in October based on their GPAs. Faculty and existing Phi Beta Kappa members then held three meetings where they examined the candidates’ transcripts and recommendations. “This is the only time when other students get to look at students’ transcripts,” Coakely said...
...nominated last year but got elected with the Senior 48. “Junior year is extremely tough, and it’s an honor to be even nominated to apply,” he said. “It’s a great honor to be in Phi Beta Kappa, because it means all the work you’ve put into classes is being recognized...
...Senior 48 will be formally inducted in a ceremony in December or January, said Coakely. All Phi Beta Kappa members of the Class of 2005 will then participate in the Literary Exercises, a 200-year-old tradition which occurs on Tuesday of Commencement Week when members march from Harvard Hall to Sanders Theatre, led by fife and drum...