<p>Does anyone know what the National Society of Collegeiate Scholars is? I just got an invitation and it's 75 dollars to get a membership. It looks to me more like some money making scheme. The wikipedia article was really unhelpful/made by NSCS. </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>I'm not sure specifically about the NSCS, but in general if you have to pay for it, then it's usually a scam.</p>
<p>Don't waste your money.</p>
<p>I wouldn't call it a scam, but it is a pointless waste of money.</p>
<p>It's not a scam, the one at my school does community work.</p>
<p>My daughter got one too, but when I saw that I needed to pay ...
I don't see the point.
All of her apps are out, so no benefit there.
It struck me as a $ 75.00 framed , useless piece of paper.</p>
<p>Thanks, that's pretty much what I assumed</p>
<p>The "fee = scam" is a good starting point (raise eyebrows, encourage further research...), but there are exceptions (Phi Beta Kappa springs to mind...even it has fees attached). I'd always recommend looking around as much as possible before tossin' something.</p>
<p>According to google, this has come up before on CC (mixed responses):</p>
<p>The replies that make the most sense to me (personal call):</p>
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It's not exactly a "scam," but it's like the Who's Who Among American HS Students -- there is no honor or prestige whatsoever attached. None. If these two organizations were scams they'd be shut down for not giving out the token scholarships, etc. so "scam" isn't the word. It's just a way to make money based on appealing to the ego.</p>
<p>The real honor society is Phi Beta Kappa.
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Some schools have active chapters but if your kid isn't going to do anything with the chapter you are wasting your money (in my opinion).
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While the organization has a lot of chapters across the country, it remains unclear about what value it has for its participants.
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<p>So, congrats on your nomination, but save yourself $75. Seems to be the closest thing to a consensus that I can find elsewhere on the boards :)</p>
<p>ETA: I found info by googling "National Society Collegiate Scholars Scam." Turned up plenty (<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=national+society+collegiate+scholars+scam&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a%5B/url%5D">http://www.google.com/search?q=national+society+collegiate+scholars+scam&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a</a>).</p>
<p>I would be happy to induct you into the International Society of Superior College and University Students for only $50.</p>
<p>I will match Hunt's offer by extending an invitation to the
Reddune Extraordinarily Talented And Really Dynamic Scholars for only $19.99. Join RETARDS and your name will be emblazoned in Gold and Maroon at the RETARDS Hall of Fabulousness. For an additional $10 a person, we will induct any brother, sister, son or daughter, even semi-illiterate cousin you might need to show off to the neighbor. To make yourself even more elite, you can get the complete package ($1000) where we won't invite any of your neighbors for 90 days.</p>
<p>NSCS is not a spam and whether joining would be useful or not depends on what kind of stuff they do at your campus (at some campuses, it can mean a lot of volunteer opportunities, at others, not so much). Otherwise, it's pretty useless.</p>
<p>It's not a scam, it's just not as prestigious as most (dare I say all?) honor societies.</p>
<p>Save yourself $74 and photoshop up your own certificate from them. LOL.</p>
<p>100% Guaranteed they don't keep a record of the people they issue their certificates too. They do most likely have a list of the names that were on the checks they collected...aka their bank statement.</p>
<p>If any of you are homeowners or have parents that are homeowners, I can think of a very similar scam.</p>
<p>Usually when a new home is built and someone moves in, they'll get a VERY official looking letter in the mail. The letter usually talks about how Firefighters spend X amount of seconds looking for the home's street address, and how having a "double reflective marking" on the curb will make said firefighter's job SO much easier. The cost is usually $75, and to be honest it really does sound like a great idea. So people put the check for $75 back in their mailboxes and a few days later a man at 3 or 4 am, before ANYONE is awake, comes up to the sidewalk with a can of spraypaint and a stencil, and spends about 15 seconds rattlecanning the home's address onto the curb. </p>
<p>....</p>
<p>In the neighborhood I lived in, literally EVERY house had this and there were well over 300 houses in JUST that neighborhood.</p>
<p>$22,500 CASH with materials cost of about $100 worth in materials.</p>
<p>ok so I got a little off topic, but the point is, scams are bad, mmkay?</p>
<p>i'm PBK and NSCS.</p>
<p>NSCS isn't much of an honor in my opinion and would not have joined had i received my PBK nomination earlier</p>
<p>RETARDS sounds good, but with my Society you get a certified limited edition genuine embossed artifical sheepskin scroll suitable for framing. And with us, you don't just get your name in a "Hall of Fabulousness," your name is permanently etched on the Plaque of Honour in the Tower of Superiority.</p>
<p>honor societies are a huge deal dawg. I once told this chick at a partay that i was NSCS AND PBK, she was like "holy **** dawg", and i was like "what-what". Needless to say, I got lucky that night. Honor societies have their benefits dawgz, you just has to find 'em.</p>
<p>uvajoe knows what's up.</p>
<p>This is why membership in my Society also allows you to buy, for a small additional charge, a large (8" diameter) gold-tone medallion revealing your high status for all to see.</p>
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Usually when a new home is built and someone moves in, they'll get a VERY official looking letter in the mail. The letter usually talks about how Firefighters spend X amount of seconds looking for the home's street address, and how having a "double reflective marking" on the curb will make said firefighter's job SO much easier. The cost is usually $75, and to be honest it really does sound like a great idea. So people put the check for $75 back in their mailboxes and a few days later a man at 3 or 4 am, before ANYONE is awake, comes up to the sidewalk with a can of spraypaint and a stencil, and spends about 15 seconds rattlecanning the home's address onto the curb.
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<p>wouldn't it be obvious which house was on fire? lol</p>
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Usually when a new home is built and someone moves in, they'll get a VERY official looking letter in the mail. The letter usually talks about how Firefighters spend X amount of seconds looking for the home's street address, and how having a "double reflective marking" on the curb will make said firefighter's job SO much easier. The cost is usually $75, and to be honest it really does sound like a great idea. So people put the check for $75 back in their mailboxes and a few days later a man at 3 or 4 am, before ANYONE is awake, comes up to the sidewalk with a can of spraypaint and a stencil, and spends about 15 seconds rattlecanning the home's address onto the curb.
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<p>Yeah, the local prosecutors office went after one of these companies after the scam was revealed.</p>