FAQ
For Electees
Required Meetings
Q. What do I do if I can't make a meeting?
A. Attendance at meetings is required. Contact the
VPs of Electees to find out how to make up for
it. Check out the agendas on the meeting page to
find out what you missed.
Q. What if I do not/cannot make it to Initiation?
A. Initiation is mandatory for TBP membership. If you are
unable to make it to Initiation, but have fulfilled all other requirements,
you may be inducted in the following semester.
Q. What do I do if I am an electee in the Spring semester and
cannot make it to SECME?
A. SECME is our mandatory large
project for Spring electees. If you cannot make it due to a legitimate
reason, contact the VPs of Electees and work
things out with them.
Long-distance
Q. I am doing a co-op, and I am not a FEEDs student. I am eligible for
TBP this semester. How do I fulfill my requirements?
A. If you are out of town, it will be difficult to fulfill
the requirements from afar. Since the co-op credit will not affect your GPA,
you will probably still be eligible in the following semester, and we
recommend you wait until then to try to join TBP.
Q. I am a FEEDS student living outside Gainesville. How can I join?
A.
If you live within reasonable driving distance (ca. 2-3 hours), you are
required to
- attend an E-Futures session (weekend of March 24/25)<./li>
- if possible, participate in SECME, a math and science olympiad for K-12
students (Saturday, April 21).
If you live more than three hours from Gainesville
- try to participate in an E-Futures session at a college near you.
In both cases,
you must be able to attend initiation.
Eligibility
Q. I am a graduate student and I am not in an engineering major,
nor was I in engineering as an undergraduate. Am I eligible?
A. No. Graduate students who meet the GPA requirements can be
eligible one of two ways. Graduate students who are currently in engineering
fields are eligible. Non-engineering graduate students with an undergraduate
degree in an engineering field are eligible, and will be inducted as
alumni.
Miscellaneous
Q. I do not wish to join TBP this semester but I have paid my dues.
Can I get a refund?
A. The dues go toward paying
for various service projects and socials that we have during the semester.
Hence, we cannot refund the total in the middle of the semester. However, if
you let us know early enough, we can refund you the national fees and the
banquet fees, since we will not have paid them on your behalf.
