Hey guys
How big a deal is it when applying to colleges to not be in NHS? All you need to apply at my school are a 3.5 gpa (I have a 4.4) and 20 volunteer hours but when I applied, my app was rejected and advisor won’t tell me why. Probably around a third or a half of the junior class gets accepted.
Thanks
Not a big deal. Keep your grades up, do ECs that interest you and all will be fine.
Agreed, NHS is not a big deal for college admissions.
At my kids school you need a lot more than 20 volunteer hours to get into NHS. That could be why your application was turned down.
Each NHS chapter sets it’s own acceptance criteria, so NHS is not really a standard in which to measure students by and AC’s know this. My son was admitted with 80 kids and he says it’s the most useless club he has ever been involved with. Some schools have very rigorous standards for admittance and some (like our school) have very lax standards. My guess is that along the way some kid at our school got denied and a huge fit was thrown by a parent so now they just let anyone who has very minimal qualifications in. So what I’m saying in no admissions counselor is going to throw out your application based on not being in NHS. Focus on depth and leadership within an EC that is much more important than NHS.
Not a big deal- my nephew didn’t get in (lack of leadership his counselor told him) and he got into plenty of colleges.
Completely meaningless. Don’t give it another thought. Really.
Half of the kids in our high school who are invited to NHS don’t even apply. The GPA needed is fairly low and would include the top 35 percent of the class. The club has super high expectations for community service hours and tutoring. Anyone with a full plate of ECs wouldn’t have the time. Even our guidance counselor at school told our son he doesn’t need it.
Damn, our school only selects 20 out of like 200 that apply. Its super hard, my friend is probably the valedictorian with other amazing stuff and got rejected.
My son was rejected from NHS and not one single college cared. He didn’t put it on apps and no one even blinked an eye. Don’t worry about it.
I wouldn’t worry about it at all. One of my daughters didn’t bother applying. She got into her top choice universities – I don’t think that any of them cared.