<p>So my friend and I got caught cheating on a calculus test back in first semester. It was a stupid decision and we decided to check our answer to a tricky question.. He and I both got detentions for the cheating incident. I'm a sophomore and he's a junior. He was already in NHS when we got caught cheating, and I still hadn't had a chance to apply. So I applied several weeks ago and while everyone around me received acceptance letters, mine never came. I was clearly rejected. Yet, my friend is still in NHS despite what has happened. I find this situation to be unsettling and unfair. </p>
<p>How can the administration waive his detentions and keep him in NHS while rejecting me for only that reason? I don't know what to do. I don't t want to go and complain yet I find it really unfair. NHS has been a dream of mine to be in ever since elementary school and to have it stripped away due to a momentary, stupid decision is really cruel. At the least, I thought he would get kicked out too, and while that sounds horrible to say, it's what is FAIR. </p>
<p>I know I would've been accepted to NHS if not for the cheating incident. There's no question about that. I just need some guidance on what I should do and how to handle this situation. Thank you!</p>
<p>You were caught cheating, something that many students are suspended for. Be glad that the only repercussions were a detention and a “rejection” to NHS, and that it will not show up on your permanent record.</p>
<p>“NHS has been a dream of mine”. Why? It doesn’t really have any perks to it, and it only has prestige if you devote a large amount of your personal time to it (as would any other extracurricular).</p>
<p>“At the least, he would get kicked out too… it’s what is FAIR.” If you have this mindset in life, you’ll never be able to succeed, so forgive and forget.</p>
<p>As to what you should do, move on. Find something that you’re passionate about, and channel your interests through that. Saying that you were accepted to NHS is like saying that you were accepted to Public School, it’s not a big deal… move on.</p>
<p>Do you think you deserve to be in National HONOR Society after the incident? I understand that you may think it unfair that your friend was not kicked out - probably because no one really checked. However, what good does it do you to get him kicked out? You both did the same thing, so you’re really in the same boat right now. If you were the one already in NHS and he was rejected, how would you feel? </p>
<p>If you want to do anything, apologize for what you did and appeal to the club. But don’t do anything rash that you wouldn’t want reciprocated.</p>
<p>There is no way to know for sure that you would have been accepted other wise. My sophomore year I was rejected while my friends who where less qualified got in, I later found out that there was a gym teacher who did not like me on the faculty council that year. Also it is easier to reject somebody for cheating then to kick somebody out (I know my NHS chapter will only kick you out if your GPA becomes a mess).</p>
<p>Just apply again next year, NHS is overrated anyway (I got in junior year and it was sort of a disappointment realizing how overrated the club is).</p>
<p>Let’s be honest here. Everybody cheats–it’s all a matter of who gets caught. You would (or not) be surprised about how many people in NHS cheat. That being said, NHS isn’t even cool. NHS at my school is pretty stupid–all they do is…canned food drives. How honorable. </p>
<p>NHS is stupid, every school has it, and please do not be upset about this worthless “society.” If you really want to be honored, you should start something at your school. </p>
<p>And I agree with the previous poster. NHS is most definitely overrated…</p>
<p>Hey jess…how do you feel about NHS? I couldn’t get a good read through your post. </p>
<p>Too many place the important on NHS itself. It’s what a student does through NHS which is where the real importance lies. </p>
<p>@OP The only option I see is for you to continue out your year. Find something to do in the meantime. Reapply when you can. If you don’t get in again, it won’t matter.</p>