<p>I am the faculty advisor for an academic honor society at a state college (definitely not a CC type school!) - and had to fight for years with my [former] boss to get it established “because it would be elitist if we recognized only students with a high GPA.” (There’s a modest requirement from the national organization.)</p>
<p>We invite students who meet the various requirements to join, but only about 60% of them decide to. That might be because we ask for them to cover the enrollment fee or because they don’t see the advantage of it on a resume, I’m not sure why. But, at least for our students, they take it quite seriously as an honor that they’ve earned.</p>