Have you already joined another scholar society, say in Castleview?
You can check this by hitting the EQ2 button, looking under society and see if you are already in 2. Can only be in one wholesaler society and one specialty society at a time. If you leave one and move to another, you lose any status you had built up, it doesn't transfer with you.
Anyhow, that is assuming you could get in to check your society list LOL.