Well, the bar is pretty low for those four things for our NHS. Lots of kids in NHS here are pretty average students and there’s no leadership required to be invited.
It sounds like you already decided against it, but I just wanted to add a little food for thought.
My soccer player joined NHS last year when Covid had postponed or canceled sports. As it turned out, it provided opportunities for lots more community service to round out applications (including projects envisioned and spearheaded by my student, which reflected leadership even without serving as an officer). The supervising teacher/advisor also wrote a letter of recommendation that could be more detailed because she knew my child both inside and outside the classroom.
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It’s always interesting to read about activities at other high schools.
Our NHS is fairly selective and comprised of ~25% of the student body across all classes (sophomore through senior). Prospective members must have a cumulative 4.0W gpa and are expected to maintain that gpa for the duration of membership. Previous volunteer or leadership experience is expected and must be documented on the application. Faculty recommendations are also a significant part of the process. Character recommendations are solicited from current and past teachers as well as coaches and club sponsors. Deficiencies in any area can doom an application.
NHS is/was a rewarding experience for my children. They volunteered a lot more than they would’ve on their own and gained valuable leadership experience as mentors and project leaders.
I think this is why NHS isn’t something that colleges think that highly of. Because each school has different requirements and they can’t really keep track of all of that. Plus, it’s not very interesting. An AO can see leadership, GPA, volunteering on the app without it being all rolled up into a NHS membership. Our kids had all three of those things so just didn’t need to join NHS.
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25% of your high school has a perfect 4.0 unweighted gpa? Our school is about the top 5-6%. (Top 5% reported as 4.0, top 10% as 3.96)
Our NHS chapter requires a 3.75 weighted GPA which, from the school profile, is about 45% of the class.
D22 is 1st in her class and I honestly don’t know if she’s in NHS or not.
Interesting how it differs by school.
Oops, that should be weighted. Fixed it.
The HS student posting in HS Life has not been seen in the year since posting. Presumably they have the answers they need, do no reason to have been necrobumped today. Closing.