<p>I'm currently working on college applications (slowly and not-so-surely, unfortunately), and I have a couple of questions about my resume.</p>
<p>After rummaging through my closet, I found a couple of these "nominations" I received. One was for The National Society of High School Scholars, and the other was a National Scholar Nomination for the 2007 National Young Leaders Conference. I already found a question on Yahoo Answers about the former, as some thought it was a scam. </p>
<p>But my question is: without actually BECOMING a member of the Society/ attending the National Young Leaders Conference, is it ok to put them down on my resume as being a nominee?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Also, if anyone who answers this knows about the NSHSS, could you let me know what grade of students it applies to? Like, what grade (10th? 11th?) I was most likely in when I received the nomination.</p>
<p>Honestly, I wouldn't put any of those on your application... they really don't mean anything to colleges. They're just like Who's Who.
Now, if you were to attend NYLC (which I think is a waste of money, persoanally), I think it would be worth it to put it on your app, but otherwise, don't bother.</p>
<p>Hmm, yeah, someone else I asked gave a similar response, particularly noting that including those for Ivy, or Ivy-calibur, schools would not be helpful. I don't know if I'm applying to any Ivies, but I'm applying to some good schools, like Carnegie Mellon and Wesleyan.</p>
<p>So would putting those on my resume HURT me in any way?</p>
<p>They would not hurt you. I believe the officers will probably just scoff at them. I mean, if you got boxes to fill and lines to use, might as well insert them in though.</p>
<p>they'll hurt you in the sense that you could've written something else.
i go to an int'l school in china and everyone in my class who took the psat junior year received the NSHSS thing.</p>
<p>Don't put them down, particularly since you didn't join. If you didn't think they were important, why should a college? </p>
<p>Yes, it can hurt you - it's resume padding. Colleges want to know about what is important to you, not everything you've ever done or been nominated for in your life.</p>
<p>hmm, I'm getting conflicting opinions, but it seems like I shouldn't do it. I think I'll ask my guidance counselor for the final decision. Thanks, everyone!</p>