Honor Court?

Applying to College
1

<p>I have no idea if honor court is just a my school thing or if it is nation-wide, but basically it is...I really have no idea but I do know that the top 10% of students in my school is in it. That really is it. The only thing is, they want the students to do a bunch of work for them at graduation and Baccalaureate. </p>

<p>My question to you guys is: Does this "Honor Court" hold any value to colleges? Is it even something that is known throughout the nation? Or is it just a fancy name for my school's top ten percent. I feel like they are just giving us a cookie and then telling us now we have to do a bunch of work to be able to put this title on our application. Being the rebellious team that I am, I don't like that and I am strongly against it. It holds no value besides volunteer hours, of which I have enough, to me. Well, that's what I'm asking you. Does it hold any more value? If it doesn't I could just put I'm in the top 1% (no, that's not a typo, I am in the top 1%) of my class and it would have the same effect. In other words, I don't want to waste my time with this cheap labor crap. If that's all it really is.</p>

<p>TL;DR: What value does Honor Court hold to colleges and does it really mean anything?</p>

2

<p>I have never heard this name used this way before. Maybe it is a regional thing? The colleges will care much more about your class rank than they will about the name of any special society you belong to.</p>

3

<p>It won’t mean much to colleges. If it’s something that doesn’t require a ton of work, you might as well do it just to have the name on your resume. If you’re volunteering for other purposes, surely the hours can count here as well. But, if it requires an unnecessary amount of work, I’d skip it. Unlikely any college will have any idea what it means anyway.</p>

4

<p>Not only does it require an unnecessary amount of work but also a $200 tux rental that I don’t want to pay for. Thanks for giving me a straight answer guys, I’m not going to do it.</p>