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Scholarship

We are proud to have achieved the highest overall McGill sorority GPA for the 2007-2008 school year!

Learning is among the four values listed in Gamma Phi Beta's creed. Our scholarship program provides opportunities, encouragement and incentives for exceeding in academics. We understand that academics are important to students (and their parents!) and emphasize doing well to enhance a sister's life. You're at McGill University, one of the finest universities in Canada, and you worked hard to get here! If you're at McGill, education is important to you!

Loyalty Circles
Loyalty Circles are made up of women from each pledge class. The purpose is to provide each sister with someone to study with (when you need that extra little push to get to the library...we've all needed it at some point) and someone to relax with by either watching the OC or Desperate Housewives or going for dinner (because we all need a break!). Loyalty Circles also help new members by giving them a support system; new members can get advice on everything from study skills to where to eat!

girls enjoying a hearty breakfast before studying for exams
Girls enjoying a hearty breakfast before studying for exams during the spring 2007 semester

Awards
During each semester, several small prizes are given out. Women who improve their semester GPA, or who get the highest GPA win awards. Also, loyalty circles with the most improved semester GPA get awards! At our formal, a Scholarship Award is given to the member with the Highest Overall GPA!

Study Time
Each week, at a specific time and day you can find sisters studying at the library. This is a way to ensure that you have some incentive to go to the library (b/c you'll have someone to take breaks with!) throughout the year. You may find members of your loyalty circle there, or a sister you haven't seen in a while...

Scholarships
Both Gamma Phi Beta International and the National Panhellenic Conference offer scholarships for Undergraduates and Graduates. They are meant to aid members who have financial need and are in good standing with Gamma Phi Beta.

Skippy Jar
A new tradition, started by our current PR VP, is the skippy jar. Every time we skip a class during the week, we put 25 cents in the skippy jar. If we don't skip a class that week, we put our name in the skippy jar. At the end of the year, a name is pulled out of the jar and the money from the jar goes toward a fun prize for one girl who didn't skip class (at one point) during the year! This years winner was Christina Sauro.