<p>Is it another scam?</p>
<p>LOL i got one of those in my mail too, i went to their website and it had like a whole application, then on the bottom of the application, you have a chance to buy a $75 book! hurray for nonhelpful scams!</p>
<p>I filled it out for fun and mailed it... didn't buy the book tho. All I spent was 37 cents on the stamp.</p>
<p>It's just like Who's Who. I think I threw it in the trash</p>
<p>I do believe so. I got it last year and just disregarded it.</p>
<p>i did it actually, bought the book too, it's fun. Although I did not even write it down on my applications.</p>
<p>I am/was on it as well when I was in 8th grade, I don't know if my current school has it. I ordered the yearbook with my picture and all the stuff in it. It's not a scam but I suggest you don't buy the stuff every year.</p>
<p>Hah, I got that too.....is it really a scam???</p>
<p>if it is..then i got my hopes up for nothing -___-</p>
<p>i wouldn't call it a scam... i mean, i personally wouldn't spend like, 70 bucks or whatever on a book just to see one paragraph about myself, but that's because i'm cheap, and if you want to buy it, sure, why not. it's free, otherwise, so they're not making money except maybe off the books...</p>
<p>This comes from the NACAC list-serv that is a chat room of college admission counselors:</p>
<pre><code>NATIONAL HONOR ROLL / WHO'S WHO
</code></pre>
<p>Since many of you equated this outfit with Who's Who, you might be interested in my experience:</p>
<p>A few years ago I was at a national college fair. Wanting to see how often specific colleges mail to a prospective student and how long they stay on a prospective student list, I decided to write out a hypothetical interest form to see what information was sent to my home address. I wrote my dog's name as the student on a couple of college information forms. I made her an average student with a B gpa.</p>
<p>I started receiving a few college pieces (from more than the schools I indicated interest) and then a few months later received a letter to the parents of Hershey Lynn from Who's Who in American High Schools..."Aren't you proud of your student? She has been nominated by a teacher or administrator for Who's Who in American High Schools. Only 5% of all students receive this prestigious award...."
I was shocked. I decided to carry this out and see if a "pretend" student would actually be awarded this "honor" for which a teacher had supposedly nominated her.</p>
<p>I filled out the forms and indicated a few activities in which she participates (actually, she is quite good at the long jump!) and sent in the $40.
Sure enough, my dog's name is listed in the 1995 book of Who's Who in American High Schools. A major Denver television station highlighted Hershey on the news. The Publisher of Who's Who in A. H. S. contacted me saying how could I degrade this honor for so many deserving students. I asked him to simply tell me how my dog was nominated. He would not reply.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, also, the ten years previously that I was in college admissions making decisions, we did not put any weight on this award.
Hope this information helps you counsel the many families who could put their money to better uses.
Jana Lynn
Educational Consultant
Boulder, CO </p>
<p>At 09:52 AM 12/04/2002 -0500, Brian Mount wrote:</p>
<p>Thanks for the information on this group. Responses are posted below.
Brian J. Mount
Director of College Counseling
North Cross School
4254 Colonial Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24018</p>
<h2>(540) 989-6641 fax: (540) 989-4888</h2>
<p>There are a lot of publishing ploys to make money, including Who's Who. You are right: it's a gimmick to get the kids to buy the book.
It's not a question of "making this list" really, just who is foolish enough to let personal information be published and probably sold to others.
I explain this to families and tell them that if it is important to them to have this book they will have to buy be on the coffee table, go ahead.</p>
<h2>That's the only payoff, a decorator item.</h2>
<p>How could it possibly be of any value? Have you ever heard of a college that said it was helpful? Why would they take word of some</p>
<h2>outfit that flatters kids, on no basis, with this tease, just to get them to buy a book?</h2>
<p>In 15 years of college admissions, I have never heard of anyone benefiting from this sort of thing. In fact, it could be seen as dorky</p>
<h2>and clueless. The colleges get plenty of information from their normal application materials.</h2>
<h2>All I know is that I've had quite a few students come ask me about it (only a couple of which I would classify in the top 4.5%). I imagine they operate off the PSAT rosters, and make their money by selling the book (usually $40 and up).</h2>
<h2>Oops - I meant to reply but hit send too early. I personally would warn anyone against this list (or Who's Who for that matter.) These National lists seem like scams to me, and I am much more impressed by a student being inducted to the National Honors Society at their school. It makes no difference to us in our application reading. Every thing they offer can be done by the school and the student! I hope I'm not getting jaded!</h2>
<p>I can't imagine that any of us on the college side take National Honor Roll very seriously. Having said that, though, I do like receiving the
reports from them because [1] it's an indication of interest in OIT and [2] it may be our first contact with the student, allowing us to add
him/her to our database for further communication. Also, we usually have our president send a nice little "congrats" letter to the student,
which I assume the student appreciates.</p>
<p>One thing I've found interesting about the reports we get is how far flung they are. We are largely regional in our reputation and outreach</p>
<h2>yet a number of the students who apparently asked to have info sent here are from the far corners of the USA.</h2>
<p>Since my 10 year old daughter just got an invitation to be a part of this program, my sense is that it is purely a commercial operation to sell the
books etc. At the very least, they aren't checking their facts very well!</p>
<p>lmao your dog was picked, hahaha hes going to harvard!</p>
<p>does this mean it's not good for college?</p>
<p>No, OhCrapItsAudrey, it's not good for college. In fact, there have been some instances with borderline students in the applicant pool getting rejected because the college sees that they weren't smart enough to avoid a scam.</p>
<p>Its A S C A M !!!!!!!!</p>