Benefits of membership include:

1.  You get a really cool certificate that you have to frame.

2.  For the small fee, it's a lifetime membership.

3.  It'll look good on the resume (especially if you get involved!).

 4.  It'll help you further your professional career.

5.  It gives you the opportunity to work side-by-side with those who share common interests, and make new friends.

 6.  As a member, you have the opportunity to compete in undergraduate student paper competitions.

7.  You also have the opportunity to compete for a scholarship for the first and second year of graduate school.