By AlmostScdOtOf68Bucks - 07/04/2009 16:45 - United States

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
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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. ;)

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louisianagrrrrl 0

why didnt you google it BEFORE you applied?

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craigahh 0

It doesn't even sound real. YDI for not researching what you were applying for.

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candy_hearts 0

Don't be dumb enough to put that on your resume. You already fell for the scam...don't let everyone else know, too.

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piderman13 0

hahaha shoulda checked it out before you applied...however if someone told you about it and you did it because of someone else then your fine play dumb (;

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truslide 0

HAHAHAHAHA it shouldn't cost money to apply for something like that, especially if you were honored

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urallosers 0

http://www.naschonor.org/ it looks like such a scam it's not even funny. The website even says on the front page "You are here," because obviously the highly educated students they seek are unfamiliar with the way that web pages work. Anyone that pays $68 for this is a sucker, plain and simple. Although your handle is 'AlmostScammedOutOf68Bucks' so what is the FML here? that you were almost scammed, or that the one moment of your life so far that you thought your parents would be proud of turned out to be a scam, thus crushing your first feeling of accomplishment?

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michelle4srs 0

Hey, at least you didn't pay the 68 bucks to become a member of this scam. Think on the bright side. c: The let-down still sucks though. :c

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may_cause_fail 0

That doesn't even SOUND legit. YDI for applying for something like that before checking out how valid it is: how do you even know what good it'll do for you?

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AWESOM_E 0

"Today, I got accepted to the North America Scholar Consortium as a Member of the Highest Honor..." All I needed to read to click YDI

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wholeon 0

At least you hadn't sent 'em money yet! I fell for poetry.com's bullshit when I was like 14, but the moment I got something in the mail that was all "Congrats! We're going to publish you! Except YOU have to pay US for it!" I knew what was up. (Also, my poetry sucks, which was the first hint it wasn't real.)

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