A candidate for graduate initiation must be a woman of high ethical and moral standards who has attained at least a baccalaureate degree with a cumulative average of at least C+ or a graduate or professional degree from an accredited senior college or university who has some definite contribution to make to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Prospective candidates will receive an OFFICIAL letter of invitation signed by the local graduate chapter president and co-signed by the membership chair. Candidacy is contingent upon approval of the required materials submitted by the prospective candidates.
Legacy Status - Graduate
A graduate candidate who is the daughter, granddaughter, adopted daughter, stepdaughter or legal ward* of an active or deceased soror is considered a Legacy Candidate. The living family-member soror must have been active for at least two (2) years immediately preceding the presentation of recommendation for the Legacy Candidate. The Legacy Candidate must meet all of the qualifications required for graduate membership.
*For Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, a legal ward is defined as one whose permanent care, control, and custody legally have been placed with a soror by an appropriate court of law.
