<p>Scam. Go away.</p>
<p>Garbage in. Garbage out!</p>
<p>In the spirit of giving information, FuzzyHasek, do you by any chance work for or has association with NSCS?</p>
<p>…FuzzyHasek and you felt compelled to dispel all the notions and negative characterizations on this +160 post thread by </p>
<p>1) creating an account
2) making a post where you give three links to support your theory</p>
<p>You’re so magnanimous.</p>
<p>BTW: you should ask the Houston chapter to update their events calendar. And learn how to spell “CALENDAR” as well.</p>
<p>But please, come back occasionally in whatever name you choose to plead NSCS’ case. We like seeing this thread bumped up to the top occasionally – it’s very informative.</p>
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<p>We do? I sure as heck don’t!</p>
<p>I am subscribed to the thread and I enjoy reading the fictitious posts when they show up in my inbox every few months!</p>
<p>How come none of the people who post how great they think it’s going to be never come back and tell us about all of the benefits they’ve gotten from it?</p>
<p>I would not bother with any Society that you have to pay a fee for.
There are plenty of Societies at your school of choice that will contact you
with honors that cost nothing. Have your student focus on grades, activities and INTERNSHIPS or research opportunities starting Freshman year. My son has had 3 internships thus far and is hoping that he will have a full time offer before he graduates. Good Luck</p>
<p>My son is a member if Phi Kappa Phi and had to pay a small amount for that, but I don’t think people question whether they are legit. They at least say that they limit membership to the top 10% of the senior class. What does NSCS say that their standards are? We all know from posters here that it’s not that high.</p>
<p>My son is graduating in May and has a job already (pretty good pay and sign-on bonus, too)! Actually had 2 offers from two different companies to choose from. Nice to know he won’t be sitting at home after he graduates. Hope your son gets something as well!</p>
<p>Another shot!</p>
<p>I would also note that NSCS is quite prestigious–I believe Lennay Kekua was a member before her untimely demise.</p>
<p>We paid for my son to join a couple of years ago. He applied for and won a very nice scholarship…$2000. It was certainly $75 well spent!</p>
<p>Form an earlier post:
Yes, I suppose if you want to gamble $75 for a tiny chance to win a scholarship, you can join this organization–or you can just go buy some lottery tickets. Frankly, I’d rather lose my money to the state than to this bunch of baloney peddlers.</p>
<p>Wonder how much their employees get for posting here? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I certainly hope you are not insinuating that I am a NSCS employee??</p>
<p>LOL, no not you.</p>
<p>Hello, everyone.</p>
<p>I’m Angela, and I’m an administrator in an Honors College. I advise students about, well, most everything, but I get a ton of questions of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and analog organizations this time of the year. I Googled them tonight looking for something that I could send to a student that would say that I can’t, DON’T DO IT, and found this thread.</p>
<p>I felt compelled to reply. I do not work for NCSC and will never work for them because I don’t believe in what they do.</p>
<p>I sigh sadly when I see NCSC displayed proudly on a resume. It’s not an honor, it’s a way for the organization to make money. On our campus, despite many attempts, I’ve never gotten an email back from the chapter advisor or student president. They don’t seem to do anything other than host an induction ceremony. I’ve not heard of a single student at our campus winning a scholarship. I’m sure some students do actually win scholarship, but none on my campus of ~15,000 undergrads has to the best of my knowledge. And I’ve asked!</p>
<p>There are many more prestigious and more active organizations, most of which are less pricey. It appears that the fee varies, but regardless of the actual amount, close to $100 is expensive for me, let alone a poor undergrad (and are there any other kind?). Not all campuses will have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, we don’t because we don’t offer classical languages, but we still have many, many honors societies that actually do things on campus and are, in my humble opinion, of much greater value both in the short and long term. Plus some of them are only $5 a year. That’s a Happy Meal!</p>
<p>It’s far more impressive to graduate with actual Latin honors (cum laude, etc) based on a stellar GPA or to join the college’s honors college or program, if one exists.</p>
<p>So students and parents: please verify exactly how active the chapter is on your campus. From my research, few are truly active, so it will likely not be a great investment. Caveat emptor. </p>
<p>If anyone has other questions about college, let me know! I’m an instructor, advisor, scholarship officer and administrator and there’s not too much about college life that I haven’t seen in my 10+ professional years in higher education!</p>
<p>:) Angela</p>
<p>NSCS= (Not So Collegiate…SCAM)</p>
<p>I’m not going to debate…pro or con. But this organization DOES award scholarships. Your experience may not be the same, but in OUR case it was worth it to join.</p>
<p>[Five</a> NSCS Members Receive $2,000 Microsoft Award | PRLog](<a href=“Five NSCS Members Receive $2,000 Microsoft Award -- The National Society of Collegiate Scholars | PRLog”>Five NSCS Members Receive $2,000 Microsoft Award -- The National Society of Collegiate Scholars | PRLog)</p>
<p>@DrAngela:
Your input is very useful. But it sounds as if NSCS is an approved organization at your institution. Given what you’ve said about it, why don’t you just yank its charter? Otherwise, your school is just aiding and abetting its deceptive practices.</p>
<p>@collegeparents:
625,000 members, 5 $2000 scholarships. Not impressed. And NSCS “partnered” with Microsoft to award them, which suggests it may not have been NSCS’s money. I’d love to see a list of scholarships awarded by NSCS over the course of the past year, including number of recipients and dollar amounts. </p>
<p>No one is saying NSCS doesn’t award scholarships–if it says they do in their advertising, then they have to do something, or they’d be prosecutable for fraud. The question is how much of their revenue goes to scholarships or other programs of actual value to students–as opposed filling the pockets of management.</p>
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Well, according to the “events” section of the Facebook page for the chapter at my D’s university, no events are yet planned for 2013; there were three events in 2012–some sort of rally with another organization in April, a general meeting in early October, and an induction ceremony late in October; and in 2011 there was a joint "integrity event’’ with two other organizations in February, a new member meeting and a chapter meeting on the same day in March, a general meeting in September, and an induction ceremony in October. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Thank you… I received a NSCS letter for my son and did a quick conservative calculation of freshmans at UCSD / Roosevelt. Average GPA incoming is 4.2. So I took 10% of that college 500x $95 ( it is in La Jolla CA) $47500 X 6 total uCSD colleges x 5 UC campuses = BINGO! NSCS is paying such a low percentage of scholarships! There are better arenas.</p>