The Harvard and Radcliffe. Phi Beta Kappa electing committees met separately yesterday to choose 24 new members of each chapter.

The committees made their selections yesterday afternoon but would not release the results until all winters had been notified, said Elizabeth W. Swain, president of the Radcliffe Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and assistant director of the Core program.

Assistant to the Dean of Students Michelle Hewitt, mail coordinator for the Harvard chapter, said yesterday the program's "goal is to have elected 10 percent of the senior class by commencement."

All 96 applicants will be sent mailings today telling them whether they were elected.

Jean Ou '95, member of the Iota electing committee, said yesterday the two Phi Beta Kappa chapters are expected to merge next year. Ou said Harvard is one of the only institutions to maintain chapters segregated by gender.

The selection process for both the men's and women's chapters consists of three stages, Ou said.

In the first phase, 48 juniors--24 male and 24 female--who have earned the highest cumulative GPA's are nominated to join Phi Beta Kappa in their spring semester. Twelve of each gender are selected.

"Junior Phi Beta Kappa is more of an honor," Ou said.

In the fall semester of that class's senior year, 24 more males and 24 more females are chosen.

Finally, about 95 seniors, the balance of the required individuals, are elected in the spring semester from a pool of twice the number of members needed, officials said.