Psi Chi’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved streamlined membership requirements that reduce barriers for undergraduate transfer students to join. Effective immediately, all credits and grades from a transfer student’s previous institution(s) may be applied to meet standard undergraduate membership requirements. In other words, chapter faculty advisors and/or prospective members could elect to include all baccalaureate-level credits and grades to meet Psi Chi eligibility.
Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychologyopens in new window, with chapters located at more than 1,000 4-year colleges and universities across the United States and other countries. Undergraduate students, graduate students, full-time and part-time faculty, and now an increased number of transfer students are eligible to join Psi Chi through their local chapter. See specific membership benefitsopens in new window and eligibility criteria to become a memberopens in new window.
If you have questions about what this change could mean for your eligibility or chapter, please reach out to us.
Share this change with your local Psi Chi leaders so that they can plan ahead to include all eligible transfer students in their recruitment drives. Also, if you don’t yet have a Psi Chi chapter at your institution, see the requirements to start a new chapteropens in new window today.
