Today, I got accepted to the North America Scholar Consortium as a Member of the Highest Honor, which I had applied for a few weeks ago. Happy to be able to add something good to my resume, I called my mom excitedly, and then Googled it to ascertain the level of prestige. Turns out it's a scam. FML
Supersonic323 tells us more.
OK, I'm the OP, let me explain why I fell for it: -I had very recently received invitations to join two legit honor societies (one I was just inducted to tonight at a formal ceremony at my school, the other has regular meetings and community service projects) -Believe it or not, I do actually have a 4.0 GPA as a junior and miscellaneous other qualifications, so being "accepted" to this honor society didn't seem to be a stretch or anything -As I'm ridiculously busy right now, I didn't Google it first or even look too deeply at their website, I just quickly completed the "application" (you go on their website, apply, and then wait to hear from them) which was free Once I actually got the "acceptance" I called my mom and told her about it. I got off the phone with her and Googled it to get more info about it (I'd never heard of it) and discovered it was a scam. I'm glad I did so because their "initiation fee" was 68 bucks, and I hadn't given them credit card info or anything yet. Obviously I felt stupid; I called my mom back a second later and told her. I'm just glad I didn't COMPLETELY fall for it... lol. I should have taken more time at the start, but #22 is right; I'm just lucky I didn't lose 68. I lost 10 minutes of time and a chunk of my pride. :P I was also pretty pissed/disappointed, but it's OK; I'm in two ACTUAL honor societies, so whatever... I don't need a fake one. ;)
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louisianagrrrrl 0
why didnt you google it BEFORE you applied?
craigahh 0
It doesn't even sound real. YDI for not researching what you were applying for.
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matthiaslaughsat 0
doesnt the fact that it says North America Scholarship Consortium instead of North American Scholarship Consortium tip you off
SeleneB 1
That's exactly what I though
ltkrich 0
AHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! Your so smart you fell for a scam...i hope you gave them your social number, if not you could just give it to and i'll print you a certificate that says your turbo-genius!
Supersonic323 0
OK, I'm the OP, let me explain why I fell for it: -I had very recently received invitations to join two legit honor societies (one I was just inducted to tonight at a formal ceremony at my school, the other has regular meetings and community service projects) -Believe it or not, I do actually have a 4.0 GPA as a junior and miscellaneous other qualifications, so being "accepted" to this honor society didn't seem to be a stretch or anything -As I'm ridiculously busy right now, I didn't Google it first or even look too deeply at their website, I just quickly completed the "application" (you go on their website, apply, and then wait to hear from them) which was free Once I actually got the "acceptance" I called my mom and told her about it. I got off the phone with her and Googled it to get more info about it (I'd never heard of it) and discovered it was a scam. I'm glad I did so because their "initiation fee" was 68 bucks, and I hadn't given them credit card info or anything yet. Obviously I felt stupid; I called my mom back a second later and told her. I'm just glad I didn't COMPLETELY fall for it... lol. I should have taken more time at the start, but #22 is right; I'm just lucky I didn't lose 68. I lost 10 minutes of time and a chunk of my pride. :P I was also pretty pissed/disappointed, but it's OK; I'm in two ACTUAL honor societies, so whatever... I don't need a fake one. ;)
Edmund_Dantes 0
You couldn't just find something meaningful to put on your resume?
Supersonic323 0
Actually, I have other stuff I can put on a potential resume for sure, but in this economy it seems it's always best to have as much stuff as you can to put you ahead of others...
jhesyckuh 0
psh. i'd still put it on a resume. i had all sorts of who's who crap on my college applications.
Supersonic323 0
PS- Both of the legitimate honor societies that I'm in also had similar initiation fees, so that didn't sound out of the ordinary either. And yes, I am actually sure that those two honor societies are legitimate. :) And no, I'm not going to put this fake one on a resume. :)
LackOfControl 0
I thought this FMl was a scam. -_-
not2shabby 0
clever user name. did you seriously just create it for this particular FML?
Supersonic323 0
I assume you mean the "AlmostScammedOutOf68Bucks" rather than "Supersonic323"... The former isn't an account, it's just the name that I typed in when they asked for a name. The latter is an account I just created to respond to comments.