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Hello All!
I received an e-mail through the UMPI system with an invitation to join The Society for Collegiate Leadership & Achievement SCLA. I've never heard of them before now and wanted to ask around before joining. There is a one time cost of $ 95.00 to become a lifetime member. It grants some kind of certificate and access to their "platform", but I have no idea what that means. I imagine a few of you may have had similar e-mails at some point and know more about the society? Are there any benefits to becoming a part of this organization?
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I haven't joined. I've been getting the emails since 2020.
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I think there is a thread about this in the WGU section? If it's the same thing, it sounded kind of scammy.
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(This post was last modified: 04-01-2022, 04:05 PM by lidel.)
(04-01-2022, 03:26 PM)rachel83az Wrote: I think there is a thread about this in the WGU section? If it's the same thing, it sounded kind of scammy.
Thanks. I had done an initial search and turned up nothing but I'll go have a look there. I'm sure it's a legitimate organization, but I am just questioning if it will have any use for me to be a part of.
(04-01-2022, 03:43 PM)lidel Wrote: (04-01-2022, 03:26 PM)rachel83az Wrote: I think there is a thread about this in the WGU section? If it's the same thing, it sounded kind of scammy.
Thanks. I had done an initial search and turned up nothing but I'll go have a look there. I'm sure it's a legitimate organization, but I am just questioning if it will have any use for me to be a part of.
Found the thread. It was a very similar institution with the same sort of offerings and it was not very well regarded by most of the folks on here. I'm going to take a hard pass. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.
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I don’t have first hand knowledge of them, but it does remind me of the old Who’s Who Among American High School Students that went around when I was in school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_Who_...l_Students
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(04-01-2022, 05:39 PM)Vle045 Wrote: I don’t have first hand knowledge of them, but it does remind me of the old Who’s Who Among American High School Students that went around when I was in school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_Who_...l_Students
Yikes. Bullet dodged
. I am a little surprised that they are able to piggyback through the university email like that.
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