looks like its better to work as an employee for the organization than to buy a membership, per the descriptions on glassdoor.com
I have to admit, the whole “NSHSS” is pretty slick. I can totally see how someone might misread that while skimming an application or resume.
Looking through the links provided. I definitely have to agree with the majority. These societies aren’t scams, but it’s hit and miss whether or not it’s worthwhile. Not everyone gets a scholarship from them and at least some chapters are inactive and unproductive. Joining the NSCS or a similar group in hopes of winning a scholarship is like buying an expensive raffle ticket; statistically,
Does that make it a scam? I don’t think so. Does that mean that everyone should join? I don’t think so. There are plenty of things that aren’t actually frauds but that doesn’t make them worthwhile for everyone. If you got one of the $1000 - $5000 scholarships, then yeah it was worth it. But you must realize that most of the people who pay into that system don’t get anything out of it other than a vague sense of dismay and loss, kind of like how you feel when you think you just sat on your glasses and broke them.
Right-- no one here said either the national society of collegiate scholars or the National society of HS scholars were “scams”. They just aren’t the prestigious honor many hope they are. Some posters elsewhere says the membership money goes to printing a bunch of mailbox stuffing newsletters.
Both of my kids, and I have been asked to join Who’s Who also. We declined that opportunity as well.
Ah, the price of seeing one’s name in print in a coffee table book.
Wondering if the organization encourages the students who sign up to post of their experience on college websites… Just curious.
When I opened this discussion I was not talking about NSCHSS I was refering to the NSCS for college not the high school anyways to answer your question it was a first in family to college scholarship that was for $15,000 and I am going to apply for another one that is for $1,000
Prove it. When you show us a snapshot of the check, then we will take you seriously. Meanwhile, I suggest that students do not join this embarrassment of an organization, that only exists to better itself. New posters have zero credibility shilling organizations here. Good day.
Being a college scholar doesn’t mean you must become a college sucker
If you will all send me $60 (I’ll give my friends on CC a discount rate) I’ll send you a certificate that you are a CCScholar and you can frame it and use it on resumes. It will open many doors for you. Really. I certify it will. We’ll have meetings right here on Wednesdays and talk about how wonderful we are. Now you must have a good gpa (self determined) and you must have good character.
:-bd
I’ll say it - NSCS and NSHSS are scams. The primary purpose of these organizations is to line the pockets of those who created/work for them, and they do this by taking advantage of the naivete of young students.
People seem to like to work at corp hqtrs but they dont seem to pay all that well-- at least not to the underlings http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/The-National-Society-of-Collegiate-Scholars-Reviews-E268485.htm
Sounds like a good gig, if a big part of the job is posting on College Confidential and other such places to look for targets. (Imagine getting paid for that?)
Jym, you have 38,471 posts and you’ve had an account for ten years. Assuming that those posts were made roughly evenly during your time here, that means a reasonable pace for your activity is 3800 posts a year. Multiply this by a conservative estimate of $3.75 a post (assuming that the HQ compensates its paid posters about 5% of the NSCS induction fee of $75) means that you could be raking in $14,250 a year just for posting here! If you post on other college-related websites too you may be able to double that.
Is it a lot of money? No, but the effort to reward ratio is very favorable and I can see why folks there are pretty pleased with the work.
Like Cutco, they probably employ a lot of younger people (college students and recent grads) and I can see the appeal if my assumptions work out of course, which admittedly might be a long shot.
Are you kidding?? If I could get paid for wasting time on cc and posting little ditties here, I’d be rich!! I’d take that gig in a heartbeat!!
When they converted to the new forum format a year ago, and suddenly we got “credit” for all our silly, non college-related posts in the cafe, our post numbers jumped asymptotically! And think-- the $14K annual pay is about equal to what our OP claimed he got in his scholarship. I’d happily turn around and donate the “winnings” to a deserving student, especially if he/she promises not to start another thread on the wonders of this organization.
But, I draw the line as selling knives door to door… Maybe we could sell them on cc, along with the cc thongs? http://www.cafepress.com/collegeconf.176648587
The positive Glass Door reviews sound as phony as the CC posts, full of corporate babble and short on specifics. It all seems so slimy.
Here’s my take on the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. They sent an offer to me on behalf of my son who is a freshmen at UCSB. They want $95 for a piece of paper. This paper is offered to anyone with a GPA of 3.4 or above - not sure if that’s cumulative or for a single quarter or semester - but the membership is “good for life”?? Yes they offer scholarships, but lets face it, they make money and I’m guessing the people in charge are paid handsomely. It’s marketed very cleverly and, while it’s “legit”, I see very little to no value in this piece of paper. My son can merely put his GPA right on his resume to indicate if he knows how to get good grades - and he does. They are very clever to “hire” volunteers at each college and create chapters and hand out titles to those trying to build a resume. The marketing is thick, but the value is thin in my opinion.
Active is quite a liberal use of the word. If your chapter has a president and secretary, it is considered active. They don’t have to do anything to achieve this. Don’t waste your money, you’ll never get it back because their scholarships are nearly nonexistent.
As a president, you won’t get anything from NSCS but a really expensive line on your resume worth nothing because it is not elite. 3.40 GPA isn’t hard to get freshman first semester, and you’re invited.