<p>Has anyone joined or know anything about this? Is it worth joining?</p>
<p>I paid for it freshman year and put it on my resume for a little while. It looks good for a freshman since they typically don't have much to put on there. Since then, it's been bumped off my resume to make room for more important things and I haven't thought about it in a few years. To be honest, it's kind of a waste of money :)</p>
<p>I agree with the post above. Although it is something to put on your resume (it still is on mine), but that's about it.</p>
<p>The paper states the following </p>
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The current membership fee is $70. ...This is the only fee required for your lifetime membership.
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<p>Is $70 the total cost ever?</p>
<p>Alpha Lambda Delta is a freshman academic honorary. Members must have achieved a 3.5 GPA and also be in the top 20% of their class. Members are often more involved in the organization during their sophomore year. I have no idea if this an active group now on campus.</p>
<p>In some colleges Alpha Lambda Delta members who maintain the average may become eligible for future scholarships and awards.</p>
<p>In troubled economic times it does not hurt to have academic honoraries on a resume.
When I applied for my first position after college the person who interviewed me knew the names of the academic honoraries and commented on them.</p>
<p>One of my friends did not have the funds to pay for membership in a senior academic honorary and discussed it with the dean. The dean used some money from a discretionary fund to pay for the required fee.</p>
<p>What do students in Alpha Lambda Delta actually do when they are more involved in sophomore year?</p>
<p>Nester,
After checking this on Google other colleges apparently have much more active Alpha Lambda Delta groups than at SC.</p>
<p>I have never even heard of this? What is this?</p>
<p>it's an honor society for freshmen who get GPA of 3.5 and above. You pay a fee of $70 to join and there is a induction ceremony. Once you're in, you can also apply for scholarships that are available.</p>
<p>Will having a leadership position make it significantly more “worth it” or prestigious? like in terms of value to resume.</p>
<p>What is the difference between Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Societies?</p>
<p>phi sigma the 3.0 one, ALD is 3.5plus starting for freshmen. Im not sure if employers know the difference though so I guess its safer to just join both lol</p>