Who's Who...Question

[aolsuxs]

I was wondering how do they select winners of these especially among the High School Students? I heard it was just to make money by selling crap to the students. Any info?

 

[shiner]

They mail out something to every high school and college kid in the country. Whoever pays them gets into Who's Who.

 

[rgwalt]

Thats about right.

Ryan

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: aolsuxs
it was just to make money by selling crap to the students.

yes

 

[sheselectric]

not true, there's a reason certain high school students are selected. i was in it 4 years ago (my senior year of HS) for being a National Merit Scholar.

 

[GermyBoy]

Who's Who? Who is that?

 

[aolsuxs]

lol I know they have some sort of selection process I am just not sure how they do it, and i know every high school student doesn't get it. Also you don't have to pay to join. Still wondering how they select the students though

 

[Spoooon]

Whoever pays them gets into Who's Who.

I don't think you actually have to pay to get listed. But it's still bs. My mom ordered the book the first time. Oh man, what a waste it was. 500 pages for all the high school students in one state. And 4 or 5 lines devoted to me. And to tell you how selective they are, one year I was listed twice. Once for each variation of my first name.

edit: I imagine they select people based on scores from one of your standardized tests. Easy to sort through millions of students that way. Maybe PSAT? I don't remember. I think the earliest I took a PSAT was in 7th or 8th grade.

 

[SerraYX]

They select randomly, as I know people who are barely passing high school who were selected for that book.

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's equally pointless at the college level, you're just paying for a listing in the Big Book of Guillible People, they count on parents wanting to be able to tell their friends that "my son/daughter made it into Who's Who this year!" Tell your parents to use the $40-50 to take the family out to dinner or something else fun.

When i was an undergrad I'd get the offers every year just for being on the dean's list, which is based only on GPA.

 

[Evadman]

I was selected :0

I added every imaginable thing into the sheet they sent to be listed. I was a straight c student ( homework sucked ) but now, according to who's who, I was on the honor roll for all 4 years, and stayed after school 8 hours a day for clubs

 

[Deleted member 4644]

My grampa was in Who's Who of America for years, but after not buying their book for 5 years I think you get taken out.

 

[DaiShan]

Yeah I got one of those things, I filled out the form, but they won't see a cent from me.

 

[Siddhartha]

I was in it but I do not remember exactly why. I think I did well on a test or something. My family went apesh!t and bought three or four copies of the book.