So my GPA was a 3.89. At Emory, Phi Eta Sigma requires a 3.9 for first semester-freshman. The only reason I didn’t get a 3.9 is because of a stupid mandatory one-credit “It’s your health” class in which I got a B+ in. Would have gotten a 3.94 had I gotten an A on it or if Emory didn’t make such a ridiculous class based on your GPA. Is Phi Eta Sigma a big deal? Really pissed off that a FREAKING HEALTH CLASS is keeping me out of an honor society. Hopefully the Dean’s list cutoff is a 3.85 and not a 3.9…
No! It’s all about mindset. You could be, but what good does it do?
I had no idea what this was until the final sentence of your post. No one will care about college honors in the real world, pending a few exceptions that have industry connections in places like the Ivy’s. Otherwise, they won’t care. Not Honors, not Dean’s list, not any honor society. After you leave school, people won’t even care much for GPA at all!
So don’t worry and don’t sweat it 
Your tone is…weirdly aggressive and a little much. It looks like you’re already “pissed” about the grade, it’s up to you whether you want to stay like that or not. You decided that class wasn’t worth your time and got a grade that reflected that…with that said I don’t see what the big deal about it is.
I don’t know that a B+ reflects “you decided the class wasn’t worth your time”, but I agree it seems like you have already decided how you feel.
@peachstatekid the OP posted in another thread “I decided the class wasn’t worth my time”. I wasn’t basing my argument on the fact that got a B+ lol
@TheAtlantic ok, I misunderstood.
I just hate see people freaking out over getting one B 
@Twixasdf, if you decided the class “wasn’t worth your time” then you have only yourself to blame for missing the GPA cutoff. Not the school, not the teacher, just yourself. You seem angry that you were required to take the course and don’t appear to be taking responsibility for your own actions leading to the grade that disappointed you. Next time you have a course you don’t like, you will have the same choice to either blow it off or do the work to get the grade you want. Hopefully you will remember this disappointment and make a more informed choice next time. A one credit B+ in a non-major class is a tiny price to pay; be thankful you’ve had this lesson now instead of in a more significant class.
In college (engineering major) I got a C+ in a five-credit fluid flow and heat transfer class because I didn’t work hard enough or properly seek help with the class. I smartened up after that grade and when I saw the same material in later classes I couldn’t believe how much easier it was when I kept up with the assigned reading and work. Because it was a core class worth a lot of credit, I was asked about it by almost every company that interviewed me for internships and for full-time jobs. It didn’t keep me from getting good job offers but the interviewers wanted an explanation. I told them I didn’t respect the material the first time around but I sorted myself out and understood the concepts in later courses. As I said I got multiple good job offers but I would have preferred not to waste precious interview time explaining that grade. Not a single interviewer asked about my B grades in volleyball or music appreciation, and nobody will care about your B+ health grade.
Should you be? No.
But since you clearly already are, you are misdirecting your anger. You blew off a course and now you are paying the price.
You are only in the first semester. You will be very happy if you can keep 3.89 at the end of the second year.
To answer your original question…no. I had never even heard of Phi Eta Sigma until your post. Upon looking it up, it appears that it is a first-year honor society. There are few honor societies in college that really matter…at all, but first-year honor societies probably matter the absolute least. Nobody really cares that you did well enough your freshman year to join an honor society!
I was in my college’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (another first-year honor society) and National Society of Collegiate Scholars (also predicated upon performance in your first year). I’m not going to say that these societies are a scam, per se, as some students get super involved in them at the regional or national levels and they do award some small scholarships. But the majority of students who join them pay the $75 fee or whatever it is and never really think about it again. On the other hand, I did not make it into Psi Chi, which is my major’s honor society - I was just shy of its requirements (I think I had a 3.5 and they wanted a 3.6 or something like that). It hasn’t had any ill effects on my career Nobody puts any of that on their resume beyond like junior/senior year of college.
Really, the only honor society that matters is Phi Beta Kappa. And even lacking membership in that won’t make a huge difference either way in your career.