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I received a letter today from Sigma Alpha Lambda, “a National Leadership and Honors Organization.” Apparently, my “academic achievements throughout [my] course of undergraduate studies demonstrate exemplary performance that has placed [me] among a select group of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”
All of this “based on [my] nomination by the local Chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”
To accept this nomination and become a member, all I need to do is complete the “enclosed membership profile.” Oh, and also send a check for $58.00 – to cover my lifetime membership fee.
Hee.
I received a letter today from Sigma Alpha Lambda, “a National Leadership and Honors Organization.” Apparently, my “academic achievements throughout [my] course of undergraduate studies demonstrate exemplary performance that has placed [me] among a select group of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”
All of this “based on [my] nomination by the local Chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”
To accept this nomination and become a member, all I need to do is complete the “enclosed membership profile.” Oh, and also send a check for $58.00 – to cover my lifetime membership fee.
Hee.
posted by OleNelson at 1:09 AM
5 Comments:
I got that same letter just last week! I especially laughed at the "academic achievements throughout your undergraduate studies...at UW-Madison." You would think they would at least have asked for a list of UNDERGRADS at UW-Madison, but then again as long as you pay your $58, they don't really care who you are, do they?
I got letter like that from some so-called "Phi Beta Kappa" once. Sheesh.
I got the same letter! OleNelson, Elf and I can be frat/sorority buddies - we'll throw a ragin' kegger on the lawn and then steal UW-Whitewater's pig!
Hmmm... I have not yet received this prestigious offer. Perhaps I'm too old and they realized that I probably wasn't a UW undergrad. Perhaps my academic achievements were not high-falutin' enough. Or perhaps they're going in alphabetical order and haven't gotten to 'P.'
Heh, did the membership profile include your social security number, your bank account, and your credit card numbers?
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