<p>Our HS has a new NHS advisor, and there are going to be major changes in how students are selected for induction, I won't elaborate, but I don't think all the changes will go over well. So I am gathering some input - how does your school do it? How are faculty, community members, parents, etc. involved, if at all? Do the students apply, or is the process totally blind to them? I'd appreciate any and all input - THANKS!</p>
<p>This is a sore point for me so I'd be very interested in hearing what other CC'ers post. Our HS requires students to have a 3.7 GPA and have taken a majority of honor and/or AP classes in their schedule, along with the community service, leadership and ec's. Anyone with a 3.7 GPA is invited to apply spring of junior year. then applications are reviewed by faculty (apparently blind to who the student is - by I think that is hard in a small hs such as ours) and then selected/admitted in National Honor Society. I think our GPA requirement is a bit too high and a lot higher then NHS requires. I think they should lower the GPA to be more in line with National GPA so more HS qualify - since NHS membership can translate into scholarship $'s or increase chances for college acceptance. I don't see why having a higher standard help.</p>
<p>Round 1 - Scholarship - Students must have a minimum GPA. All students with the min GPA are given a form to fill out listing their involvement in school related activities.</p>
<p>Round 2 - Service/Leadership - The activities are assigned points (usually based on the amount of time they take up) and students who hold leadership positions (officer or captain) recieve an additional point. Again, there is a cutoff number which entitles the student/candidate to proceed to the next round.</p>
<p>Round 3 - Character - the names of the qualifying candiates are circulated to the faculty for assessment. Make it past that and you're in.</p>
<p>all we need is have a 3.5 GPA and either a) do a lot of volunteering, jobs, leadership, etc. or b) have the NHS sponser as your chem teacher , which I do :). She always accepts her kids into NHS.</p>
<p>Just turned in my application this morning.</p>
<p>Our requirements: Minimum 3.3 GPA, a sheet detailing all activities/community service stuff with total hours, a sheet on honors/awards, two essay "responses", and two teacher/non-related adult recommendation forms. These are reviewed by a mysterious faculty committee.</p>
<p>From what I hear, if you make it past this round they send you a pass in homeroom to be interviewed by the sponsor and the senior executive board (president, VP, etc.). </p>
<p>Then you're in. They take about a third of applicants at my school.</p>
<p>Top ten in class.. or .. gpa over 3.5</p>
<p>If we have a 92 average or above we get a packet to fill out, which includes EC's, Leadership, Community Service, Work Experience/Awards and Honors, Essay, and a Letter of Recommendation. There is a 5 person selection committee (which is anonymous and changes every year) who goes through and selects however many they want, and then the list is presented to the faculty at large so they can approve or disapprove.</p>
<p>The packets are due tomorrow at 4pm... I'm freaking out.</p>
<p>92 average, at least 4 clubs w/ certain stipulations, i think 100+ service hours, and a leadership position. other stuff is arbitrary</p>
<p>You need to have....</p>
<p>-at 3.5 WEIGHTED GPA or higher.
-3 teacher recommendations
-signatures from activity sponsors.</p>
<p>We have to have a 3.75 GPA and be enrolled in honors or AP courses, but we really don't do anything in NHS, except for a few volunteer things here and there...I don't even know who the sponsor is this year...I guess I need to pester the guidance office to find out because we haven't had elections for club officers yet...</p>
<p>It's 3.3 GPA, but my school's ghetto and grade inflation is up to the extreme. That means nearly everyone gets in. Besides, our NHS does absolutely nothing. It is just something for people to brag about.</p>
<p>88 average, essay, recommendation from an adult who knows you well but its not a parent or teacher, sheet with all our extracurriculars and community service hours on it. It all gets reviewed by the faculty council.</p>
<p>3.5 GPA.
Community service.
Character recommendation from somebody other than a teacher.
And a paper describing yourself in a leadership role, formal or informal.</p>
<p>Oh and all that stuff goes to the faculty and they decide who's in. I'm turning mine in tomorrow... wish me luck!</p>
<p>3.2 unweighted GPA and fill out some forms about community service...the committee assigns arbitrary point values to your activities and if you get above like 20 points then you're in.</p>
<p>Interesting - no one here so far has said that their school reviews Myspace and/or Facebook sites of potential NHS applicants, and that is what will be potentially contested here. I have heard that some college admissions offices do it, so it is a sign of the times I guess.....</p>
<p>^^^That seems strange to me. For one thing, obviously not every applicant has a MySpace and/or Facebook. For another, in theory, at least, no one other than students at your high school can view your Facebook. You can also set MySpace so that only friends can see it...and I don't really understand why you wouldn't.</p>
<p>Also, if the school makes it known that they will be reviewing applicants' websites, the students (or smart ones, at least--but then again, I can't see truly intelligent people posting pictures of themselves with a beer in each hand, or whatever they're looking for) will just "clean them up" before applying.</p>
<p>No I've heard of it before too. Many employers do it too... There was a big case here in Michigan where a judge busted a girl for underage drinking, and then she posted her drinking with a picture of the judge in her hand after she was put on probation.</p>
<p>i think for ours it's top 25, GPA wise</p>
<p>We have a few requirements at my school:
1) GPA 3.7+
2) taken at least 6 honors/AP classes
3) a list of ECs, leadership positions, community service, etc.
4) an essay
5) an interview with a faculty member (not a person you choose; he/she is assigned to you)</p>
<p>It may seem like a lot, but only 1 and 2 really matter. If you meet those requirements you're basically in. About 30 kids applied last year and no one got rejected.</p>
<p>In my school, there is a minimum grade point average of 3.5 to apply. After that has been met, students must complete an application outlining their extra-curricular activites and charactor. Faculty members and NHS officers review the applications and accept students. They have full access to disciplinary folders, outlining any and all suspensions.</p>