<p>My daughter recvd a solicitation in the mail to join - for a fee- an organization called Nat'l Society of High School Scholars?</p>
<p>We wanted to know if it a real organization.</p>
<p>scam 10 char</p>
<p>It is 'real.' However, it is worthless. You will give real money for a real certificate from a real organization, but it is completely worthless. Basically a scam.</p>
<p>and, when a college, graduate or undergraduate, sees this line in the list of honors in an application, would that college just laugh and say, 'pathetic' 'waste of money'?</p>
<p>Ya, pretty much.</p>
<p>so not every 'honor' is the same. I naively thought that virtually any honor is a good one to list - after all, the kid worked hard. However, If an honor is completely 'made up', I can see how it can be not just meaningless, but possibly damaging to the applicant's credibility.</p>
<p>Just don't pay for it.</p>
<p>If you have lots of honors/awards, don't list it. You can still say Inducted into _______ without paying the fee if you really need a honor/award to put down.</p>
<p>theoc89, I like how you think. good tip.</p>