<p>Does this give me an edge in College applications to Non-prestigious schools?</p>
<p>To “non-pretigious” schools, it is an addition to your resume, but extremely insignificant, if you allow me to say. NHS is gargantuan in scale, and thanks to a by-school system of “acceptance” (enrollment in my opinion), there are literally hundreds of thousands of students who are part of the organization. But yes, it is another part on a resume, however minor.</p>
<p>Well I’m planning to apply to Rutgers, NJIT, TCNJ etc. mostly school in NJ. Would those be considered Prestigious schools?</p>
<p>I’m thinking everyone who applied did, unless they’re considered ‘dishonorable’. Even many of those kids at my school got in. It’s not really a prestigious society, but it’s helpful in the sense that it’s better to have it than not.</p>
<p>But on a top college application, if a student has great EC’s, but no NHS, couldn’t the colleges suspect that person of lying? A person with great EC’s would’ve been accepted easily into the NHS.</p>
<p>^In my school you have to apply for NHS, and its a huge pain in the butt. Even though I have good EC’s, I never bothered applying. Most ivy league kids from my school actually arent even in nhs. </p>
<p>I honestly dont think it makes a difference. Its as meaningful as AP scholar (aka they see your stuff anyways so another judge wont help all that much)</p>
<p>Really? And yes it was a pain to apply for NHS. I hated having to run around getting signatures for everything I did.
Either way I don’t plan on applying to any Ivy-Leagues. I want to get a full-ride from a State University so I can save money for Med. School.</p>
<p>^Yeah thats a good plan. Consider BS/MD programs too (im going to one); those are usually cheaper too (20k/year+room and board for me with a scholarship and im OOS, compared to 30-35k for a UC for room and board). Might as well take advantage if your stats are good.</p>
<p>Apply to ivies btw, even if its just for pride! My biggest regret. I knew i didnt want to pay for an ivy so I didnt apply, but now i get butthurt because nobody knows about bs/md programs and everyone thinks they’re going to better colleges than me</p>
<p>Most NHS chapters are jokes, because they are not selective and entail very minimal service requirements. Unless someone went above and beyond (e.g. organizing events or other initiatives), any college that considers ECs won’t care about NHS membership.</p>
<p>at my dtr’s school NHS is not much of anything. It’s more of a popularity contest than a true “honor society”. not much importance is placed on it there</p>
<p>Everyone who applied…</p>
<p>Lol at the naive OP who thinks that clubs make a difference in college admissions</p>