My son just got a "presentation" during class at his university where the local Alpha Chi honor society chapter came in and invited him to join their group. (He is extremely shy, so this was very embarrassing for him) and after they left his professor basically said " you WILL be expected to accept!"
He is a penny pincher and hates putting out the $45 dues to be a member of this society.
Since I'm a redneck and don't know anything about fraternities, sororities or honor societies, can someone tell us what the benefits of joining Alpha Chi are besides it looking good on a resume'? I mean, does it really mean anything beyond college?
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I was in alpha chi, though at my school, it meant nothing more than a line on your resume and a sticker on your diploma. I'm pretty sure our dues were $5 (which I assume must have gone to fund the really cheap refreshments they had every year at induction. And the diploma stickers.). I believe the definition of alpha chi is "honor society for smaller universities," at least that's what they told us. Our selection criteria was simply being in the top x% of our class, GPA wise. If my memory serves me, they have a national convention every spring where you have the opportunity to make a presentation or present research, which always sounded neat, but our chapter wasn't very active, so we didn't have a large group make the trip. His school might have other fun, mind stretching activities (since it sounds like they're really into it!). If he doesn't know other people who are in it and enjoy it, I feel confident that no job or professional school would notice the omission of alpha chi on his resume!
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I was hoping it might have some "networking" benefits once beyond college, but it is looking more like it is just a "prestige" type thing, which we aren't much into.
Well, I'll go with whatever he decides about joining, then, and not push him one way or the other.
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