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You know those slick "honor society" membership enticements you get in the mail once your high achieving teenager gets about halfway through his or her sophomore year? Tempting you to provide your child membership in a "selective and prestigious" national honor roll that may boost chances of admission to top colleges just by joining? You know ... offers that seem perhaps too good to refuse? Refuse them. Writing in the Education section of the New York Times, high school guidance director Robert Bardwell exposes the fraudulent nature of these seemingly legitmate offers: I NEVER recommend that a student pay to join any organization that will supposedly have an impact in the admission process. Even free honor societies available to high school students (i.e.: National Honor Society, Pro Merito and individual subject area societies) have little or no effect, especially at highly visible institutions.  If a student wants to join such an organization for the other be...

You know those slick "honor society" membership enticements you get in the mail once your high achieving teenager gets about halfway through his or her sophomore year? Tempting you to provide your child membership in a "selective and prestigious" national honor roll that may boost chances of admission to top colleges just by joining? You know ... offers that seem perhaps too good to refuse? Refuse them. Writing in the Education section of the New York Times, high school guidance director Robert Bardwell exposes the fraudulent nature of these seemingly legitmate offers: I NEVER recommend that a student pay to join any organization that will supposedly have an impact in the admission process. Even free honor societies available to high school students (i.e.: National Honor Society, Pro Merito and individual subject area societies) have little or no effect, especially at highly visible institutions.  If a student wants to join such an organization for the other be...

You know those slick "honor society" membership enticements you get in the mail once your high achieving teenager gets about halfway through his or her sophomore year? Tempting you to provide your child membership in a "selective and prestigious" national honor roll that may boost chances of admission to top colleges just by joining? You know ... offers that seem perhaps too good to refuse? Refuse them. Writing in the Education section of the New York Times, high school guidance director Robert Bardwell exposes the fraudulent nature of these seemingly legitmate offers: I NEVER recommend that a student pay to join any organization that will supposedly have an impact in the admission process. Even free honor societies available to high school students (i.e.: National Honor Society, Pro Merito and individual subject area societies) have little or no effect, especially at highly visible institutions.  If a student wants to join such an organization for the other be...