<p>Who's Who Among American High School Students</p>
<p>Who else got this in the mail?</p>
<p>I don't know much about it.. is it honorable?</p>
<p>Could someone tell me about it?</p>
<p>It's not. Thousands of people get it unfortunately.</p>
<p>Thousands get what?</p>
<p>It's a scam. Toss it.</p>
<p>yeah its a scam, everyone gets it</p>
<p>Haha yeah this is total BS. They just want you to pay for the stupid certificate.</p>
<p>Of the merit scholarships that our kid won, The one that I valued the most was the Who's Who. Because:</p>
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<li><p>It was won because of his TEACHERS's RECOMMENDATION and CHARACTER not on his scores.</p></li>
<li><p>He didn't have to sweat bullets in taking the multitude of tests.</p></li>
<li><p>I didn't have to pay any testing fees (4x)</p></li>
<li><p>He didn't have to spend hours in writing essays.</p></li>
<li><p>It took 10 minutes to fill out the application. By which he knew by heart what to put down because he did it so many times for college apps, and scholarship. </p></li>
<li><p>The School Accepted the money! He goes to a school that does not accept NMSF money. ... So why did we pay for the testing fees and he worried about each time he took the tests, and each time progressed in the NM hierarchy? </p></li>
<li><p>He didn't buy anything. I didn't buy anything. We didn't buy the book. We didn't get a certificate. We did get a simple letter asking us where to send the money-We almost threw it away without reading. </p></li>
<li><p>It was half of the NMS money which he was awarded by not given. </p></li>
<li><p>National, not need based, not merit based. In fact, I'd almost would say that the odds in winning these many scholarships is greater than winning a NMS.</p></li>
<li><p>Finally, His odds increased because, "comments not based on fact," discourage other qualified candidates. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>So for those Future Winners, I say thank you for saying this is a scam. and Congratulations!</p>
<p>Some will make a small mistake. Some will make big mistakes. Others will not make any mistakes. You will make one choice whether you want to or not.</p>
<p>I think we're talking about two slightly different things.</p>
<p>The Who's Wno book isn't particularly selective-- it's a profit making venture. You ultimately pay for inclusion. And college admission officers won't be impressed.</p>
<p>The folks who publish the book also provide a modest amount of scholarships, but as far as I can tell, the scholarships don't require that you be published in their book.</p>
<p>Your lack of knowledge on this subject is based on heresay. Your search did not include my past postings and you choose to select postings that was biased to your position rather than give a fair hearing to all sides. </p>
<p>Our application to this scholarship and its award was given way past the time of college application and college acceptance. The colleges never knew of the award until the money was deposited into kid's tuition account. Colleges never knew we had applied to this. We never added his name to the book prior to this senior year, nor did we mention it to the colleges. And since we never bought the book, we don't know if he was included. </p>
<p>and " as far as you can tell" should clue everyone that your knowledge is not based on fact but on what you read from someone else who you don't know and cannot vouch for. And you are giving advice?</p>
<p>As for profit vs nonprofit: Are you saying that a nonprofit is better than a profit making enterprise? Perhaps you should do some more research and see how much financial data you can get from "nonprofits." </p>
<p>My concern is that misinformation is very dangerous, preconceive decisions are likewise dangerous. Be careful how you pass "information" along.</p>
<p>Since your suppositions on this matter has been proven false by an actual parent whose kid has received the money, your credibility is now not worth too much.</p>
<p>The two different things that we're talking about are the Who's Who book, which is what the original poster inquired about, and the ECI scholarships, which is what you're talking about.</p>
<p>As you indicated, you can apply for the scholarships without applying to be listed in the Who's Who book. Congrats to your child for winning a scholarship.</p>
<p>i got semifinalist for the eci scholarship. How many other people get semifinalist? and how do i know if my college, indiana university, will accept the money?</p>
<p>You don't get any money unless you are chosen as a finalist. I got the semifinalist application too. And I would assume that your college would accept the money as they would any other scholarship.</p>
<p>All 3 of my kids seem to receive Who's Who invitations every year and my youngest is only 13. Same thing happens with all those leadership conferences they are invited to. I think these businesses just get lists of honor students or SAT scores and send out these invitations to everyone on the list. Doesn't seem very selective to me. Sure, the kids are top kids but if everyone is selected, then how it is an honor? Some receipients even have these awards announced in the newspaper with these long descriptions of how selective Who's Who is. Maybe it was in my day, but not anymore. Reminds me of those poetry anthologies my kids were selected to be published in every year in elementary school (half the class was selected and then asked to purchase a copy of the book). To me, just another "feel good" award. Now a scholarship is a different story. That's great. Congratulations.</p>
<p>Scroll down on this site to see the list of scholarship winners from the past 3 years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ecisf.org/hs_main.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://www.ecisf.org/hs_main.aspx</a></p>