<p>My daughter was invited to join the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. <a href="http://www.nscs.org%5B/url%5D">www.nscs.org</a> Anyone have any experience with this organization and is it worthwhile? Or is just something to pay $75 to join and put on her resume?
Thanks for input.</p>
<p>Check this out from <a href="http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=11653&pid=844:%5B/url%5D">http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=11653&pid=844:</a></p>
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The Golden Key honor society, however, has been mired in controversy for its lack of enforcement of standards, high executive salaries, use of professional recruiters, corporate partnerships and grade inflation. It has been continually rejected from the Association of College Honor Societies for its lack of accountability at the top.</p>
<p>Golden Key University chapter president Douglas J. Myers said in an e-mail interview, "Despite allegations of wrongdoing at the top levels of the Golden Key International Headquarters, the chapter at U.Va. maintains the highest standards when selecting its members and pursues its goals with integrity." These goals include community service, career placement and scholarships. The National Society of Collegiate Scholars was formed by a former advisor for Golden Key and its national founder even admits that it is a very similar society to Golden Key.
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<p>Also read Being a College Scholar does not mean you have to be a College Sucker. <a href="http://cageyconsumer.com/students/scholars.html%5B/url%5D">http://cageyconsumer.com/students/scholars.html</a></p>
<p>Since 1994, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars has enrolled over 450,000 members. If you multiply that by $75, that's almost $34 Million. And how much has been given out in scholarships over the same period? Less than $260,000. To be fair, they also, over the same period, gave out less than $2 Million to "Chapter Activities." The question is:</p>
<p>Where did the other $31 MILLION DOLLARS GO?</p>
<p>Hmmmm....</p>