<p>Is being a member of NSHSS very prestigious?</p>
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<p>No. In fact, if you told me that you fell for this scam and actually sent them your money, I would think less of you.</p>
<p>No, it isn’t. Most people who are nominated do not join. Beware of “honors” that you have to pay for.</p>
<p>There have been previous threads on this subject. Check them out; they’re very enlightening.</p>
<p>Never heard of it. btw- what do those initials stand for. Ditto on paying for any award.</p>
<p>The initials stand for National Society of High School Scholars. My favorite CC post about this bogus organization was as follows: “Twice in the last month, they have emailed my 16-year-old to tell her that she should act quickly to accept her invitation to join NSHSS. This particular kid had to drop out of the ninth grade for medical reasons, and has never been back to high school since.” </p>
<p>If we’re lucky, one of the shills for NSHSS will post here about how great it is. They pop up now and again, usually as a new registrant with no other posts. </p>
<p>Bottom line, no college will take membership in NSHSS seriously. But Grandma might, so if you’d like to pay the fee to get a certificate you can show her, by all means do so.</p>
<p>The National Society for High School Suckers is the greatest and most prestigious honor society available for high schoolers and is recognized by Ivy League schools such as Yail, Harverd, and Prinzeton!</p>
<p>In all seriousness, if you want a certificate to show off to your Grandma you could probably make one using Microsoft Word and a home printer for a few cents (street value of a single sheet of printer paper). Even if you have to purchase MS Office and a printer and ink, the cost of that would be more beneficial to you in the long run than an NSHSS membership.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think the only real Honor Societies are ones like the NHS (which I assume the NSHSS is designed to imitate) and maybe the Golden Key Society. Even those might not be worth joining if you are not planning on being an active member though. That’s the trick with Honor Societies and clubs in general; having it on your resume is almost meaningless if you don’t do anything useful through it. Even if you do find a genuine respected honor society it probably isn’t worth paying a fee to join if you know that it will just be a line on your resume; there are so many other kids who have the same line on their resumes. Now, if you were the VP of your chapter of NHS and you helped fundraise for X or organize a food drive or something then that might mean something.</p>
<p>Frame the letter of invitation, and save the money for a nice lunch out.</p>