Mortar Board is a national senior honor society dedicated to the cornerstones of Service, Scholarship and Leadership. If you exhibit these values or know someone who does then Mortar Board may be the organization for you.

In order to be considered for membership in the Archousai chapter of Mortar Board you must meet the following qualifications:

• Have junior standing, senior standing and staying at least one additional semester, or have more than 59 credits.
  
• Be in the upper 35% of your class according to your grade point average (for membership in 2012-2013, the GPA cutoff for the top 35% of both the junior and the senior classes is 3.43) *
  
• Exhibit the qualities of Scholarship, Service, and Leadership
  * If your GPA is close to the cutoff, still consider applying.

Click Here To Download The Membership Application for the 2012-2013 School Year

All applications are due online by 5:00pm on February 24, 2012. You must submit your application online. Please attach this form in an email to PSUmobo@gmail.com with the subject "Mortar Board Application". You will receive a confirmation email when we have received your application and have reviewed it for completeness.

To make electronic submissions easier for us to review, when attaching your schedule, please use the Downloadable Version of your schedule from http://elion.psu.edu/ and paste the image onto a blank page at the end of the application. When emailing your application to us, make sure the file name of your application is "MB_App_LastName.doc" where "LastName" is replaced by only your last name. Please direct any questions regarding the electronic submission of applications to PSUmobo@gmail.com.

We will be reviewing the applications over the next few weeks and will let everyone know in early March as to whether they were selected to be future members. If there is something missing from your application that you think we need to know then please feel free to contact our membership chairpersons.

Membership in Mortar Board is a nationally recognized honor. Many scholarships and companies recognize the prestige that Mortar Board carries. We hope you will choose to join this fine tradition of excellence. If you have any questions about membership, please contact our membership chairpersons.