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I am in a couple, but I heard that Golden Key was one of the most prestigious. Is there any truth to this? And also, what is Phi Beta Kappa?
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from what I have heard, it does not really matter how many honor societies you are in, the most important is how much are involved. instead of being a member of 5 societies, just become the president of one and a member for another one you should be good to go.
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Phi Beta Kappa is the most prestigious and oldest honor society. If you get invited definitely join.
Golden Key is a popular honors society, but I would not say prestigious.
There are many other honor societies and I agree with the previous poster join them, but make sure you get involved. One of the greatest things about honor socieities is all of the connections you can have. It can open up many avenues if you allow them to.
However also be aware of honor societies that just ask for your money and do not provide any incentives or ways to get involved. Save your money if you encounter those.
If you get invited into Phi Beta Kappa join!
Golden Key is a popular honors society, but I would not say prestigious.
There are many other honor societies and I agree with the previous poster join them, but make sure you get involved. One of the greatest things about honor socieities is all of the connections you can have. It can open up many avenues if you allow them to.
However also be aware of honor societies that just ask for your money and do not provide any incentives or ways to get involved. Save your money if you encounter those.
If you get invited into Phi Beta Kappa join!
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Sigma Xi is different in that it requires one to have two publications in peer reviewed journals to be a member. As an undergrad that would be outstanding. One may become an associate member if they have done independent research and created the paper, even without publication. Also to join one has to be nominated by a Sigma Xi member.
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I have heard that adcoms are most impressed with people who know how to spell HONOR..... 🙂
I have heard that adcoms are most impressed with people who know how to spell HONOR..... 🙂
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emedpa, I have also heard that adcoms are impressed with people who know that the spelling of "honour" is a British and even Canadian usage, and is equally valid. Additionally, "I had the honour of telling him that his trousers were the most gorgeous colour".
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Golden Key uses the spelling honour to sound more important. Really it isn't. Tons of people don't sign up since it is so expensive and tons of people applying to med school are going to meet the qualifications of Golden Key (over a certain GPA is the only factor). In general, these societies can been a plus, but get involved like others said. Phi Beta Kappa, however, is the truth. Just being in that is more important that all the others combined.
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I am actually a member of golden key and phi beta kappa. I wouldnt join golden key unless you are active. I am the treasurer in golden key and thus very active. I dont think medical schools will care if you are in golden key unless you actually do something with them. As for phi beta kappa, it is important and I would join that. My parents even knew what it was when I didnt and urged me to pay the money and join which says something.
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Why do ya'll say being a member of Phi Beta Kappa is more distinctive than Golden Key? Does PBK have more rigorous standards for getting in? Don't know about PBK, but at my school you have to be in the top 10~15% to be in Golden Key.
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AFAIK, PBK is the better honor society... It is much more selective than Golden Key.... It selects only the top 1% I believe... so it is better...
here's a thread with stuff you might want to know about PBK
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You said your school accepted 10-15% for Golden Key? Not that impressive if you consider the number of people in your school you could get into med school (assuming they had the requirements done) isn't much higher. Phi Beta Kappa is a much, much lower percentage, often limited to 100 students (or fewer) per school per class. And they use a variety of academic and leadership facors to determine who is admitted, not just GPA. Also, Phi Beta Kappa is indicated as an official school honor and you are distinguished as such during graduation, much like summa cum laude.
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Golden Key is junk, they let anybody in. They keep sending me and my dog emails trying to collect money to join. Letters to my parents, grandparents - they are ruthless bastards. I feel sorry for anybody who got scammed into paying for that "honour society".
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Maybe I could make up my own Honor Society and scam poor college students into joining so they can put it on their applications - oh wait, I inadvertently did (I helped start National Society of Collegiate Scholars over here 🙁 )
PBK and very few others are genuine.
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Maybe I could make up my own Honor Society and scam poor college students into joining so they can put it on their applications - oh wait, I inadvertently did (I helped start National Society of Collegiate Scholars over here 🙁 )
PBK and very few others are genuine.
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how about phi kappa phi?
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Is Phi Kappa Phi a waste of money to renew through medical school. It seems like it didn't carry much weight (I am sure adcoms could care less) in medical school applications.
Just curious...
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This is really strange to hear. Sigma Xi is a frat at my ugrad, and a pretty disgusting one at that. I wonder if there is some sort of trademark infringement between the two organizations.
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I joined Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society) because they seemed to stand for something and accomplish something other than just taking money from people with good GPAs.
At my school PBK membership was only offered to people who had distinguished themselves in two separate courses of study, thus furthering the liberal arts ideal. I think there were about 30 inductees my year, in a school with ~4000 undergrads.
For Tau Beta Pi, you got on the list based on GPA, but leadership and character were taken into account. One individual, for example, was denied membership because he'd backed out on an obligation, causing another student (who wasn't a TBP member) some serious difficulty.
I got invitations from Golden Key and a few others, but I figure my GPA stands on its own; I don't need to pay money to be in a good-GPA honor society.
At my school PBK membership was only offered to people who had distinguished themselves in two separate courses of study, thus furthering the liberal arts ideal. I think there were about 30 inductees my year, in a school with ~4000 undergrads.
For Tau Beta Pi, you got on the list based on GPA, but leadership and character were taken into account. One individual, for example, was denied membership because he'd backed out on an obligation, causing another student (who wasn't a TBP member) some serious difficulty.
I got invitations from Golden Key and a few others, but I figure my GPA stands on its own; I don't need to pay money to be in a good-GPA honor society.
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I think I've asked this once before, but is Alpha Omega Alpha from medical school considered more prestigious than Phi Beta Kappa as an undergrad? Or, if you could choose just one, which would it be? Just wonderin' . . .
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If you were to choose any honor society to join as an undergrad, apparently Phi Beta Kappa's the one to go for. I also got the PBK invitation recently and it says only 1% of student from a school's invited to join. So 30 inductees in a class of 4000 sounds about right.
Alpha Omega Alpha is for med school, so you can't really compare it to PBK. People outside the medical community may not know what AOA is.
In retrospect, I won't even bother joining Golden Key...maybe a decade later I may find it useful in networking, but now I just felt that my membership fee's down the drain.
Alpha Omega Alpha is for med school, so you can't really compare it to PBK. People outside the medical community may not know what AOA is.
In retrospect, I won't even bother joining Golden Key...maybe a decade later I may find it useful in networking, but now I just felt that my membership fee's down the drain.
