Honor Society Invitations

jrcsmom
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:59:42 +0000

My son got the invite too and I definitely have trouble figuring out which are worth joining and which are not.

When I saw the invite, I started searching threads on CC and Google and what I quickly learned is that it is legitimate, but not as prestigious at it was in the past, that the $80 fee is a lifetime membership and that there are small perks like discounts on test prep stuff which might come in handy for the GRE, etc later, travel, and other misc that might make up the cost over time, that the prevailing opinion seems to be that you get out of it what you put into it and if you are involved then it’s worthwhile, but if you just join for a line on your resume that it’s better to save your money and just put ‘nominated to be a member of Golden Key International Honor Society’ on there instead.

I’ll probably just let my son decide if he wants to join.