To decide the legitimacy of an organization, Fredrick Lawrence, secretary and chief executive officer of Phi Beta Kappa Society, said students should look at a honor society’s lineage. Loflin said some organizations that are more similar to leadership clubs call themselves honor societies, which can be very misleading. Some colleges and universities don’t vet honor societies as well as they should.
“That is very misleading.”Ī society having a chapter on campus is not always a sign they are prestigious or selective, Booth said. org then you must be nonprofit,” Loflin told USA TODAY College. “In the public domain, most people feel like if your website is. This is a major problem across many campuses about potential ways to scam somebody.”
“Being able to determine whether something is legitimate or a scam is not always clear cut as it could be. “I feel like with many things, there is a fine line between something being legitimate and illegitimate,” Hullett said. His inbox is flooded with similar emails, Hullett said, and sorting through them can be difficult. Every year, mixed among offers from prestigious honor societies are potential scams.įor college students like Hullett, it can be difficult to tell legitimate honor societies from organizations masquerading as them to make money. It’s a scam,” Hullett told his mother.Ĭonsidering honor society invitations can be confusing. Do you want to go ahead and send it in and be a part of it?” “You’ve been invited to be in this prestigious honor society,” she said, telling him how much it cost to join. University of Alabama student Kasey Hullett was on his way to class when his mother called him about a letter that came in the mail.
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