<p>Does it matter to colleges the duration of the time you were in a honor society? Are they going to look down upon you if you were in the honor society for your junior year but not your senior year?</p>
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<p>Ugh, I completely missed the deadline and forgot about it totally until someone mentioned it the following week. BUT I was in the honor society junior year- does it make a difference that I wasn't Senior year? Do they have any way of knowing who exactly is in NHS or not? It's such a stupid society anyways- NOT directed to the people whose schools actually DO something. Our NHS is just an excuse to attach a label to kids who take the time to apply, as you only need mediocre grades and EC's to be admitted.</p>
<p>I don't think you have to re-apply do you? For us, if you make it Junior year, you are in it for senior year.</p>
<p>You have to get enough points though to be in it for senior year...</p>
<p>For us, you have to re-apply regardless of your Junior year status.</p>
<p>OMG, can someone please reply with an answer to the question?? ;_;</p>
<p>Scared4College, I agree with you. I used to be in NHS (supposedly), and I talked to the treasurer of NHS at our school, who said that he's basically doing it just to show leadership in college applications. A lot of officers in the past have been like that; it's really a joke. I never officially paid dues, but I was nominally in NHS--I did a few volunteer projects. Later I came to the conclusion that I didn't like the fact that you had to have a certain GPA to get into NHS--shouldn't volunteer groups (NHS is a volunteer group at my school, at least) be open to anyone? Why should you need a certain grade to volunteer for a group? </p>
<p>I was in NHS junior year, and then I basically stopped senior year. Even though I did participate in some of the projects, I didn't even put it in my college applications. </p>
<p>Of course being in NHS or any group for an extended period of time is best, because it shows commitment over time. But if you don't like NHS and decide to quit, then by all means do it. I'd say that if you didn't spend much time at all on NHS, don't put it in college applications. So many people do NHS that it doesn't really matter anymore.</p>
<p>So, what effect is "lack of commitment over time to a honor society" going to have on college admissions? Can it mean the difference between rejection/acceptance?
And thank you for replying.</p>
<p>"So, what effect is "lack of commitment over time to a honor society" going to have on college admissions? Can it mean the difference between rejection/acceptance?"</p>
<p>Relax. It's optional completely. Many school's honor societies are complete jokes and some are very good orgs. Colleges know there's tremendous variation in them. Having it or not having it on your activities list is about as impressive as being on the honor roll. Really.</p>
<p>Well, you don't want to join a club one year, and then quit the next, and do that for everything, for example, take one language one year, and then stop and do another. </p>
<p>For example, I was in the math team for all four years of high school. That shows dedication and commitment, and I was committed to it. The same goes for the chess team. That will be more favorable than being 'choppy,' if you will. </p>
<p>If I were a college admissions dean, and I saw that you joined National Honor Society in Junior year but not in senior year, I would probably guess that you didn't find out about NHS until junior year, then you did it but you didn't like it, so you quit. That's perfectly fine. What would be somewhat alarming is if you were in NHS freshman, sophomore, and junior years, but not in senior year. If I were an admissions dean, I would wonder, 'Hm... I wonder why this person stopped." Wouldn't you do the same? I might speculate that you just didn't have enough time during senior year, which is okay. It would be somewhat weird if you were in it freshman and sophomore years, but then stopped junior and senior years. That would puzzle me, and I would guess that you either didn't have the time or you just weren't that committed to NHS in the first place. </p>
<p>It's okay to sample some clubs at first, and then if you don't like it, then you stop. That's perfectly understandable. It would be weird, though, if you joined for a while and then for some reason stopped. Is it because you're not committed? If you were an admission dean, you'd want people to be committed in their pursuits in college--for example, let's say you were a dean and saw that an applicant played for the band since he was in sixth grade (the applicant says so on the application). The impression you'd get is that this person is committed to playing music and would be an excellent addition to the school's orchestra. That's stronger than playing for a few years and then stopping, because that shows that you aren't very committed. What would happen if you accepted students who weren't committed to their extracurricular activities or their classes?</p>
<p>T26E4, it's not necessarily true that having it or not having it on your activities list basically doesn't matter. That's true in my case--I wasn't very committed to it (I quit, after all!), so I didn't put it in my application because it simply wasn't worth putting down. But if you do spend a significant amount of time on NHS (who does, anyway?), that would matter.</p>
<p>A society like NHS is so run-of-the-mill that if you're not in it it's not a big deal. I know someone who got into UPenn and he left NHS after one semester because he thought it was a joke.</p>
<p>(It is at our school, I was the treasurer. lol)</p>
<p>dchow08: I'm not trying to imply that it can't be a BOOST to one's chances if the club is active and the participant uses it as a real vehicle for leadership or developing a sense of service. I'm just trying to calm down the OP who feels it's a make or break issue. I was admitted to all schools applied (eventually matriculating at one of the HYPs) and never joined my school's NHS either -- was never invited -- dunno why, it didn't bother me either. Frankly, I was too busy w/school and other ECs.</p>
<p>wait...at some schools NHS starts from freshman year? At my school, you don't get to apply until you're a junior and in order to apply you have to get nominated (everyone with a 3.7 unweighted is nominated) </p>
<p>yeah but to the OP, so many people have NHS that it doesn't really matter. The valedictorian at our school refused to join it out of protest. Now that I'm in it, I can see why. Its somewhat selective (only 87 out of a class of 520) but the club itself is a joke and our club advisor is a complete retard.
No club needs over 20 officers with stupid positions like historian, parliamentarian or assistant secretary. And no one gives a **** about Robert's rules of order.</p>
<p>Sorry, that was my rant about NHS.</p>
<p>dchow08: In our school, you can only join honor societies from junior year and beyond, so the dean would only see that I was in it during junior year and not senior year. </p>
<p>Btw, I wasn't actually talking about the NHS (I'm not in it). I was talking about other honor societies such as history, science, etc.</p>
<p>If you're looking into the ultra selectives, membership in a honor society is ONLY a by-line in the bigger picture. Don't fret it whatsoever.</p>
<p>I'm not looking into the ultra selectives. My biggest reach school is probably University of Texas-Austin.</p>
<p>In that case, stop worrying. It really doesn't matter. Do it if you think it's worth your time; don't do it if it's not. So simple.</p>