My son was invited into 2 freshman honor societies - Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma. Is one better than the other? Is either worth joining?
There are lots of threads on here about those. There is plenty of debate whether they are worth it or not, but it can’t hurt one to join.
Parent here:
In my opinion, I would say you could take or leave these “freshman honor societies”.
Will a future employer care? No, because they would care about your GPA.
Will your parents care? Maybe…if they want to pay for it, no harm done.
Would you get involved, show leadership, go to meetings, apply for scholarships? Then maybe apply if you think you would get somethign out of it.
But later on, when it is something like Tau Beta Pi for Engineering? Yes, I woudl apply because they have useful information and networking opportunities in the future.