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Do you know anything about National Society of Collegiate Scholars?

My daughter recieved an invitation in the mail stating that she had been nominated to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Is this organization legitimate? It costs $75.00 for a life-time membership. Is it worth it?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    I graduated with honors and had never even heard of this before... I decided to look around a little online and found their site. It appears legit.

    HOWEVER -- it has been the source of a great deal of debate because people often do not understand why they tell you that you must pay a fee. This really is not any different than the majority of other college level honor societies. Most require members to pay a "lifetime membership fee". Not all do, but many do. The NSCS does belong to the Association of College Honor Societies, which is an offical organization. If you don't want to pay the $75 though, you could always frame the letter of invitation or put it in a scrapbook.

  • 5 years ago

    NSCS - It was created in 1994. There was no reason, no need, no point, no history. My own theory is, it exists in order to collect money and pay its employees.

    The older traditional honor societies like Phi Beta Kappa still exist. Membership in those is recognized as an achievement. This one? Nobody ever heard of it.

  • 2 decades ago

    I have gotten accepted into the "high iq society"But they wanted fifty dollars to actually get in and are ran by the government or something.Just type that in"High Iq Society "in your web browser.But I looked it up the NSCS,it appears quite genuine.I don't know?Maybe it is but then how would it be for a lifetime?But then again seventy bucks is not much to pay for a lifetime of promises.And we all know

    how promises are,.

  • Sandra
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    5 years ago

    You are being set up for being ripped off. Delete the e-mail and throw away the snail mail.

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