Do these things really help you get into better colleges?

Applying to College
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I was just wondering if stuff like who’s who among high school students in america (or something like that) or nshss or anything similar (where you get nominated) would help someone get into a better college. I mean, it is kind of like throwing money out of the window if it doesn’t help.

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<p>not only does it not help but it actually hurts you</p>

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<p>why does it hurt you?</p>

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<p>because anyone can do it if they pay the money for it</p>

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<p>Adcoms do not have higher opinions of people who put "Who's Who" and "National Honor Roll" on their applications. I would hope that it is not a really big deal, but it doesn't help for them to roll their eyes as they skip over top of it.</p>

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<p>oh...i see
thanks
but about the "anyone can do it if they pay..."
don't you have to be nominated?</p>

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<p>I'm not sure where they get the names. National Honor Roll doesn't have a direct charge, but they make their money by selling mailing lists of the names and information of people that they have collected.</p>

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<p>National Honor Roll and Who's Who are still honors worthy of being mentioned. No one has to pay for the honors...only if they want a book to remember the honor. It's definitely worth it to mention it. It beats just having Highschool Honor Roll.</p>

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<p>how do you know this?</p>

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<p>"National Honor Roll and Who's Who are still honors worthy of being mentioned. No one has to pay for the honors...only if they want a book to remember the honor. It's definitely worth it to mention it. It beats just having Highschool Honor Roll."</p>

<p>If all you have besides Who's Who & Nat'l Honor Roll is High school Honor Roll, I think you can pretty much forget about applying to top-tier colleges...</p>

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<p>Minor awards are not really important in admissions. The only awards that are really going to be noticed are national ones, or regional/state awards at best. The typical high school awards are just noise. After they look at your curriculum, gpa, rank, SAT, SAT II's, AP scores (optional), EC's, essays, and recommendations; they aren't going to care that much about you winning the high school science fair in 11th grade. Needless to say, not that many applicants have national awards and so I wouldn't think of them as required.</p>