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03-17-2005, 04:30 AM
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#31 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: So-Cal
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what about Who's Who?? all these organizations seem pretty shady to me.
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03-17-2005, 04:31 AM
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#32 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: So-Cal
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btw, NHS is definitely prestigious. everything else is a scam.
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04-04-2005, 03:16 PM
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#33 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: N. Jersey
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yeah i think it most likely is one. i got mine today (a long 7-10 days) and it says have it in by march 30th or pay an extra $5 late fee.
they have a quote on the paper that says:
"According to member Laurel Angelica, 'I feel that NSHSS was instrumental in helping me gain admission to my first-choice college, Princeton University.' " <<<<I'm SURE thats what did it...
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04-20-2005, 06:44 PM
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#34 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
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yeah i got the same thing but i don't no...
some people say its a scam and some say it's incrediblty useful...
WHAT Is IT?????HELEELELP
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04-20-2005, 06:58 PM
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#35 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
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weird... i do fairly well on crap... yet i didn't get one... racial...profiling?
oh and national honor society is legit... but ours is free through our school... and it's linked to the national chapter... not sure what this is...
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04-20-2005, 07:35 PM
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#36 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Minnesota!
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I got one last year, didnt want to do it, my mom, howoever, signed me up. There's nothing really really important about it, if you want to, you can attend some important conferences and meet some important people. Plus there are some other benefits that I can't remember off the top of my head. I'll see if i can find them...
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01-27-2007, 02:53 PM
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#37 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The City That Never Sleeps
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I got mine today. Is it like the infamous scam of the National Honor Roll? I hope this thing is genuine.
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01-27-2007, 03:31 PM
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#38 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
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It's just another National Honor roll, who's who for high school students - buy a book for $40 moneymaking scheme. And you are not the one making the money! = not something college admins will be impressed by. However if you are worried you might miss out on something by not replying - reply but do not send money to buy book etc.
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01-27-2007, 10:09 PM
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#39 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Originally NW Washington state; currently Ecuador; then WA again; then STANFORD
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Well, when I got the card, my dad immediately wrote it off as a scam. And whether or not it's a scam, since it costs $45 to join, I'm going to stay out of it.
It says on the website that it's not like Who's Who... but then, I'm not going to pretend that I know anything about it.  | |
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01-28-2007, 12:40 AM
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#40 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I, too, got that today and I just laughed as I threw it in the trash. It's just another vanity publication.
However, I also received another letter today notifying me that I am an Illinois State Scholar. I haven't heard of this before so I'm not sure if this is legit. Could someone from IL shed some light on this via PM? I'm skeptical but reserving judgment since I haven't found anything thus far claiming it to be a joke honor like Who's Who. Thanks (:
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01-28-2007, 01:22 AM
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#41 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Minnesota
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I'm a member of the National Society of High School Scholars. It's not just a scam. Being a member of NSHSS automatically granted me admission to the World Scholar Athlete Games in Kingston, Rhode Island this past summer (other students had to submit an application for reviewal before being allowed to participate). I'm not a college admission counselor, so I don't know if being a member helped me in the admission process, but it couldn't have hurt.
Also, NHS has nothing to do with NSHSS.
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01-28-2007, 09:07 AM
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#42 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 4-space
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However, I also received another letter today notifying me that I am an Illinois State Scholar. I haven't heard of this before so I'm not sure if this is legit.
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01-28-2007, 02:35 PM
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#43 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: heard it through the grapevine
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I got one of these self-esteem raising postcards, ignore my thread, apparently I can't read! haha So for all the people who received one of these...what do your stats look like? gpa? SATs/PSATs?
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01-28-2007, 02:43 PM
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#44 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
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My daughter got one and she has a 35 ACT and a 3.9 uw gpa
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01-28-2007, 02:49 PM
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#45 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
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It's not a scam. It's just useless.
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