Is National Dean's List an honor?

[Premed2003]

I've been in the National Dean's List since freshman year, but I have a feeling it's not really an honor. Or, is it an honor? Should I waste space on my post-secondary experiences and list this? I have plenty of others to choose as my 15, so I wasn't planning to list the National Dean's List..but then I started thinking maybe it is actually prestigious? Does anyone know? 😛

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[Papa Smurf]

It's only presitigious if you have less than 15 other activities to put down. :wink:

 

[brickmanli]

The National Dean's List, as well as any other COMPANIES that let you buy overpriced books with your names on it, is a SHAM. NEVER put this on your resume!

 

[Premed2003]

Thanks.
On the letter they send me every year, they say that my school nominated me b/c I'm in the top 10%. is this true that schools nominate you for it? 🙄

 

[ussdfiant]

brickmanli,

E.E. Cummings is written e.e. cummings.

 

[brickmanli]

Premed, don't believe what the letters say. If junk mail delivers on its promises, then I'll be rich, not to mention well-hung.

Manbitch, My Book Of Selected Poems Says Otherwise. Or Maybe I'm A Masochist.

 

[Tweetie_bird]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Premed2003:
•Thanks.
On the letter they send me every year, they say that my school nominated me b/c I'm in the top 10%. is this true that schools nominate you for it? 🙄 •••••Yes, it's true. Except I was listed as top one percent. I bet my GPA is much MUCH lower than yours, yet I somehow got on it. I think they figure more into it than just the GPA. Somebody at my school (perhaps school registrar??) nominated me??? i have a ****ty first year and a half, and I have had to work my a$$ off to get a better GPA. You bet it's going on my "15 things I did to toot my horn" list. It makes up for the first year and a half, in my eyes.

And as per the comment about private companies making you buy their expensive books--it may be a joke, but I don't think it's true. I don't have the book, I only found out AFTER I made it on there. Just my 2 cents.....

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[Premed2003]

Oh maybe it was top 1%, I don't remember. Is this the same one that I applied for? ie they send you a letter, you fill out a form with your activities etc, and then you're in the book?
You can either be in the book for free, or buy the book for $.

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[Tweetie_bird]

yeap, that's it. make sure that they didn't have a top ten AND a top one percent. They may have different categories. I just checked it out right now (I bought the book finally, since i wanted a copy for myself), and it says the students don't have to pay anything to be in it. You can CHOOSE to buy the book if you want, at a price. But no financial requirements. 🙂 Students are nominated by Deans, Registrars, Frat Societies, and Honor Societies.
🙂 yayyyyy!!
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[Premed2003]

Great thanks Tweetie

So with this detailed info about the book, do people still agree that it's not good to include? 😀

 

[matthew0126]

imo, all these things are resume-inflating scams -- phi beta kappa and its ilk being the only possible exception. pay the money only if you don't have anything better to put on it 🙂