I received a letter in the mail today inviting me to apply to the Honor Society Membership, Magna *** Laude. It's from collegehonors.org. Is this a scam? When awarded something like this, does it normally come from the university or through an organization like this? I don't have to send money or anything until I get accepted, if I want to join. I was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of this...Thanks!
2007-08-13 17:00:59 · 6 answers · asked by crimJgirl 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
There is such a thing as the National Honor Society but that is a school group--no dues.
So it sounds like a scam.
2007-08-13 17:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So what? Lots of people do things like that. I'm not impressed. In fact, going to Harvard is a minus in my book. Most people who go there think they're better than other people. It makes them snotty elitists. How come he's never released any of his grades from any of these fancy dancy schools he went to? He also never wrote any articles for the Law Review. Was he lazy, not a good writer, or didn't want to leave a paper trail???? Where's his thesis? He never published anything in all his years as a law professor. WHY NOT???? Didn't he have any ideas? Some of his students said he was a pretty bad teacher. Why hasn't the media interviewed any of them???? McCain has released EVERYTHING. Obama has released NOTHING. Of course, the media hasn't asked. They don't want to find out, do they. They are much more interested in destroying Sarah Palin. Harvard is just another school. Obama is a blank. I'm not buying a pig in a poke. He's hiding something. What???
2016-05-17 07:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magna *** laude, as other members have noted, is a designation that is awarded by each individual school. This "ogranization" sounds like a variation of the "Who's Who Among ...." type notifications that we get from time to time. Invariably, inclusion in such a "prestigious" compilation comes with a request that you purchase the book with your name in it or something like that.
May look good on paper, but no one will attribute superior performance based soley on that.
2007-08-14 02:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by Demian F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is each college that awards magna *** laude and other such designations. For confirmation, ask at your own college and I'm sure they will confirm this.
The collegehonors.org website looks convincing, but what it awards is really not the same thing as the designation you'd get from your own college.
2007-08-13 17:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by dnldslk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got a similar mail sometime back, It's a scam!
2007-08-17 09:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like how the middle word was asterisked out by the Yahoo! censor.
2007-08-13 17:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋