ARISTA was founded and operates on four pillars: scholarship, leadership, character, and service. As an honor society, ARISTA upholds these values by volunteering in school-wide events (such as parent-teacher conferences and open houses), partnering with external organizations, and tutoring students both inside and outside of school. ARISTA comprises around 175 junior and senior members and around 20 sophomore members through our Sophomore Program. While junior and senior members are required to fulfill both tutoring and events credit requirements, sophomore members must fulfill events credit requirements only. However, sophomore members can tutor students if desired. Applications for both general membership and the Sophomore Program become available in January for current freshman, sophomore, and junior students, and induction into ARISTA occurs in early September. Prospective applicants are required to maintain a minimum overall grade point average of 92, and ARISTA membership will be determined after a thorough review of grades, extracurricular activities, responses to three open-response questions, and a 20-minute-long interview. In addition, ARISTA has three committees: Events & Service, Web Development, and Operations. Rising sophomore, junior and senior ARISTA members can apply to these committees in June.