<p>Is this thing for real? It's $45.00 which seems to insinuate something fishy.</p>
<p>But the guy claims he is progeny of the Nobel. Also, in the invitation letter there was a quote of some girl who apparently claimed that membership in NSHSS was "instrumental" in getting into Princeton.</p>
<p>This all seems comically bombastic, but I am wondering what your opinions on this organization are.</p>
<p>I believe there's already a huge thread posted on this, but I'll just tell you what I think. I am a member, and this has not helped me at all.
I thought the same thing as you- he's a Nobel for goodness sakes. However, I have not really done anything with my membership. They have conferences once every few months on the east coast (which I can't go to because I'm in NV), and they send me an e-mail every few weeks. You are 'automatically allowed to join the Teen World Games' or something like that, but it wasn't really worth the money to me. They give you a list of websites that you probably already know and say that they are giving you scholarships. The truth is that they only offer one scholarship for all their members (if you really want the sites, I'll post them).
They don't have that many host events, and whoever they quoted was probably a phony or the daughter of an employee.</p>
<p>yeah, do a search for NSHSS because there are already a couple of threads on it</p>
<p>I got a letter from them too. It's useless... complete waste of $45. I even asked my counselor, who phrased it cautiously but clearly enough: "colleges generally do not support programs like this." There are a ton of these useless programs out there (National Honor Roll, etc).</p>
<p>Also, the Who's Who thing. Total BS.</p>
<p>I should start my own.</p>
<p>Ai think I mailed them back. But I didn't have to pay a fee. The fee is only if you want to put in a picture and get a yearbook, but I just wanted the certificate. Or is it something differeent? My teacher nominated me for it.</p>
<p>I'm curious too, since you're nominated for it...</p>
<p>I got one too, seems really fishy. Why bother anyway when we've already submitted our college apps?</p>
<p>I got it!
And I smelt fish so I kilt it.</p>
<p>When I got their first letter, I just said 'this is probably a scam.' </p>
<p>When I got their second letter, complete with $45 price tage for membership, I was confirmed in my opinion.</p>
<p>If you are reading this post, and get one of their 'invitations,' I do not reccomend accepting the 'honor' under any circumstances.</p>
<p>The NSHSS is a scam in the same sense as the lottery... you pay a small sum of money for a small chance at a larger sum of money, except in this case, the odds are skewed in favor of <em>the</em> best students. You pay $45 for a chance at around 20 $5000 scholarships, and the other exaggerated "benefits." So if you can compete with genius aristocrats, then by all means, buy your way in, but if you're just another student that fulfills the sole "cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher" requirement, don't bother. If you need the ego boost and are one of the "outstanding students" that meets their requirement, you can even request an invitation.</p>
<p>I'd say your parents should just spend the money on lottery tickets.</p>
<p>i threw mine away since i had already applied to college...and it seemed a bit odd</p>