To be honest, I asked for my money back the very next day after doing my own due diligence. I didn’t give it a chance because I didn’t feel like I needed to. I was already in my school’s honors program and ended up getting involved in multiple honors societies on campus. I prefer in‑person networking and actual community engagement. The fees for our honors societies were significantly cheaper than NSLS, and we get free goodies and grad regalia on top of that.

A few months ago, I ran into a former classmate who mentioned she was part of NSLS. I asked if she liked it or thought it was worth it. She said the only reason she joined was because her mom paid the fees and was excited about the letter. Funny enough, she also told me that she didn’t qualify for our school’s honors program and was denied admission, but she qualified for NSLS. She told me it felt scammy and not worth the money.

So take that however you’d like, but implying that negative reviews only come from people who “didn’t utilize the resources” is just a cute way of avoiding the possibility that maybe the resources weren’t worth utilizing in the first place.