Students in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy are eligible for election to Rho Chi Honor Society, the national pharmacy honor society. After completion of no less than one-half of the required professional didactic course work, students ranked in the top twentieth percentile of their class and who have attained a minimum professional grade-point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale are eligible for election. Election is based on high standards of scholarship with the view that scholarly attainment indicates the capacity of the individual for outstanding achievement in pharmacy.