honors society
Scholarly achievement group
An honors society is an organization that recognizes students who have achieved academic excellence, typically requiring a minimum grade point average for membership.
Most are associated with specific academic levels or disciplines: She was inducted into the National Honor Society her junior year.
Members often gain access to scholarships, networking, and résumé credentials.
Also spelled honour society in British English.
- academicRelating to education or theory
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- GPACumulative academic score
- grade point averageCumulative academic score
- inductionFormal admission process
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- college traditionsgraduation, commencement, homecoming, alumni weekend, freshman orientation
- group learningstudy group, collaborative learning, peer learning, cooperative learning, learning pod
- intellectual gatheringssalon, symposium, colloquium, seminar, forum
- Prep Schoolprep school, boarding school, private school, headmaster, blazer
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