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Does IEEE Senior Member close the membership criterion?

Key answer

Opinions split: part of the community believes even Senior Member does not close the criterion, since officers know how it is obtained and it can act as a red flag. Others weave it into the petition's logic as a supporting signal. No experienced member bets the criterion on IEEE membership alone.

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

  • As has been discussed many times, being a Senior Member won't help meet the criterion, but it can be a red flag for the officer. You can hope for an inexperienced officer, but you might also encounter a very experienced one who knows how easy it is to obtain this membership.

  • There are rumors that IEEE is not sufficient to meet the criterion. But I have a Senior Member status, and I will include it in the overall logic of the petition as additional evidence.

  • The formal requirements for Senior Member status are: working in an IEEE-related field, at least ten years of professional practice, and significant accomplishments in at least five of those years - this should be demonstrated in the petition if you are using the membership.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

Why "Membership" gets refused

Accepted in 12% of challenged petitions (22 of 188); not an approval rate.

The entry requirements do not amount to outstanding achievement. A fee, years of experience, a degree or a member’s referral is not the threshold this criterion demands.

All refusal grounds and the sample

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