The Truth about the National Honor Roll

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Okay, I don't usually post threads, but I found this post in the archives, and I thought that I'd like to share with you all about what the National Honor Roll is really about. I want to give credit to Lkirkla because I got this from his/her post. I guess this will answer all of those "Is National Honor Roll a scam?" questions.</p>

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Greetings all: </p>

<p>Let me share with you what I know about the National Honor Roll. The National Honor Roll is a scam organization. Don't fall into their trap. They are targeting high school students all across the nation. My daughter recently received notification. Don't be fooled. Their letterhead is fancy, and they even claim to be located at a prestigious Pennsylvania Avenue address in Washington, DC. The address they use is 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue. However, that is the address for Mail Boxes Etc. If you have any doubts, go to the Mail Boxes, Etc. web site at <a href="http://www.mbe.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mbe.com/&lt;/a> and click on the icon "locate a store globally." The icon is in the upper right hand corner of their web page. I have contacted the Mail Boxes, Etc. store in Washington, DC. Here is the full address and telephone number: 2020 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20006-1811 - USA, phone 202-457-8166. I know for a fact that they rent out a mailbox to National Honor Roll. I have the advantage of working in Washington, DC, so it is easy for me to follow up on a false Washington, DC address. The Mail Boxes, Etc. store is located about 3 blocks from the Farragut West metro stop. This is one of the metro stops that is close to the White House. National Honor Roll claims to be in Suite 8000. There isn't a Suite number at 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue. The number 8000 stands for the mailbox number for National Honor Roll. A courier picks up mail from this mailbox. It could be a different courier every day. </p>

<p>The phone number for "National Honor Roll" is 202-737-0715. It re-routes callers to a New York
telephone number. The address in New York is 300
Merrick Road, Suite 206, Lynbrook, NY 11563. The phone number is 516-593-0555. This is the same address for Student Marketing Group. The state of New York filed a petition against Student Marketing Group on July 8, 2002. Please see the .pdf file at <a href="http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/smgpetition.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/smgpetition.pdf&lt;/a> Student Marketing Group collects information on students and sells lists. Unsuspecting teachers pass out information to students. The students do not know their personal information is being fed back to National Honor Roll and Student Marketing Group. You see, the teachers are also being sucked into this scam. </p>

<p>One of our local news stations did a brief segment on "National Honor Roll" recently. It wasn't pretty. Please visit the Better Business Bureau web site at <a href="http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?compid=W8000570&national=Y%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?compid=W8000570&national=Y&lt;/a> to see the Better Business Bureau Report. </p>

<p>The bottom line is that National Honor Roll is a vanity press. A vanity press means anyone can publish anything for a fee. Colleges throw away stuff sent to them from the National Honor Roll because it is considered unsolicited junk. They claim your name and profile can be published free in the book, but why would you want them to do this? You do not want to have your personal information on the streets. Call them right away and have your name taken off their list. And while you are at it, ask them why they are scamming the American people. </p>

<p>The people in Lynbrook, New York will tell you that their Headquarters is in Washington, DC. If you ask them anything about the "Headquarters" they will tell you, "well, it is really our processing center." I have talked with Jane, Wendy and Linda in the Lynbrook, NY office. They are all very evasive about the organization. They won't tell you anything about the courier who they hire to pick up the mail. When they get tired of you asking legitimate questions, they will transfer you to the voice mail of Lynn Romeo. Of course, Lynn Romeo doesn't return your calls. Does she exist? </p>

<p>Let's stop these people. </p>

<p>Every educator, librarian, parent, congressman, journalist and anybody else who cares about the safety of our nation's children should be concerned. Please forward this information to everyone you know.

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<p>thanks very useful.</p>

<p>haha i got scared because i threw it away and then my friend was like, yeah i applied, etc, etc. and then i was scared that perhaps i should have applied too!</p>

<p>but now i know the truth :)</p>

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<p>Yeahhh kchen!</p>

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<p>I bet someone will post another question about this in the next 48 hours.</p>

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<p>Hah! Good thing I did a quick search and found this thread. I had a feeling it was a scam.</p>

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<p>Thankfully, one of my AP teachers told my class that all these programs were scams in my sophmore year. I find that mail box etc address disturbing and very clever on their part. Maybe someone should sticky a list of all the dubious programs to warn CC'ers about them.</p>

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<p>there are people on this forum who didnt already know that. eww.</p>

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<p>yea, their seem to be more and more scamming programs of that type each year. i get a lot of them in the mail. i just wish i knew which ones were in fact truthful, because some even say there are scholarships in store if you respond to the letters and such</p>