<ul>
<li>minimum 4.0 weighted GPA</li>
<li>application - leadership, ECs, volunteering, etc.</li>
<li>personal statement</li>
<li>signatures from two teachers</li>
</ul>
<p>Our applications our then reviewed by some "secret committee." None of the students know who is on it (the advisor denies being on it himself though).</p>
<p>For us it's mininum 3.75 GPA, not sure if it's weighted or not, leadership, EC's, volunteering, essay writes (2 this year), 1 recommendation from a teacher.</p>
<p>People get rejected at my school a LOT.</p>
<p>In my school, everyone with over a 3.3 GPA (B+ average) gets a letter asking to apply in the fall of junior/senior year. After that, you have to fill out their sheet asking about your activities and awards and such (or you can turn in a resume) and you need recommendations from two teachers plus a short answer question asking why they should induct you. The application is reviewed by a 6-teacher board...and I guess they choose. I think there might be more to it than just that board who chooses, but I don't remember.</p>
<p>We have an application where they ask you to fill out some stuff about activities and community service. It's pretty pointless though, they take pretty much everyone.</p>
<p>At my school, we have to get over a 3.75 gpa, submit some essays, and get 2 teacher recommendations. This is all reviewed by a panel of teachers.</p>
<p>90 + average, 400 service credits. 15 per term (2 a year) per club.</p>
<p>4.25 Weighted GPA
40 hours of community service
1 Rec
1 essay
Reviewed by a 5 person board. </p>
<p>I think only 1-5 got rejected out of the 30+ who applied last year.</p>
<p>Minimum 90 average, attend all of the meetings (unless you have an excuse), bring at least one thing into the bake sale, 5 hours school community service, 10 hours tutoring, 15 hours wherever too for a total of 25 hours minimum.</p>
<p>It's really a joke- everyone talks through all of the meetings, and even though they allege that they "verify" all of the hours, almost everyone I know doubles them without getting caught (I don't- I need the hours for Boy Scouts anyways, and even if I didn't, I have some sense of ethics). Pretty much anyone that wants to be a part is in it, not exclusive or anything.</p>
<p>My school's NHS is so lame, haha. The requirements are a 90 average, 40 hours of community service (at least half in-school), character reference from teachers (basically just a checkmark from five teachers saying that you don't cheat, etc.), and a leadership project that takes at least 5 hours to complete. I think I know one person other than me who actually did a leadership project. Sigh.</p>
<p>it's amazing that some of the schools required gpa's are 3.3's. At our school you need a 3.95.</p>
<p>wow haha over here you just need a 3.33 cumulative gpa and $6.</p>
<p>-3.5 unweighted GPA minimum
-points system of classes, basically you have to be in enough challenging classes (worth more points)</p>
<p>They pick out of a hat.</p>
<p>I think it's something like a 3.5 GPA, then they give all those students an application form with places for ECs, leadership positions, community service, and jobs. They don't reject very many people. Usually the ones that don't get in are the ones that hardly have any ECs at all and/or have a borderline GPA. They also take the GPA of the first quarter of junior year, since they don't want anyone's grades to be slipping. It's really not competitive, but they try to portray it that way.</p>
<p>3.75 WGPA, 10 letters of recommendation from 10 teachers/coaches/bosses. The ten recs have an end rating of 1-4 for 3 categories. (the average of those three categories + your GPA) / 4 must be over 3.75. </p>
<p>But that's just for consideration. The real decision is made by a secret cabal of 5 teachers (I'm not joking; no one is allowed to know who they are). You have to be approved by a majority vote. So even after you go through all of that, you can be rejected for no real reason. </p>
<p>There was this big outcry last year because about 90% of people got rejected. Normally, you can write a letter to the principal appealing the decision. In previous years the principal would read the letters and then check with guidance counselors and would most probably let you in (long as you were smart and didn't get in trouble). We had a new principal this year who literally dumped every letter without reading them (she left after only that year thank god). Also, some really questionable kids got into NHS while other much more qualified kids were rejected for 'lack of character' (this label was given when there was no reason to reject, but the committee decided no anyway. about half of the kids in the top 5% were rejected this way, as well as my friend who plays 7 sports and spends her summer and weekends helping disadvantaged inner-city children. Meanwhile, my other two friends who cheated their way through every history, math, english, and science class each got into NHS (National HONOR Society) no problem.) It really seemed like pick-of-the-hat when good people with honest 4.7 GPAs and the desire to volunteer were turned down over less-honest people with 3.8 GPAs who used it only for resume purposes. A lot of people are still ****ed about it.</p>
<p>No, I didn't get in. And no, the hell if I'm applying again this year. Even if there is a new principal. The whole process was just a total clusterfuxor. My school is like that.</p>
<p>Our NHS admissions system is ridiculously arbitrary. I had well over the 3.6 GPA and 30 hours of community service requirement and I was rejected last year (some of the people who got in aren't people you'd usually consider "bright" either). The year before that, our 3rd ranked student in the class of 2007 (who ended up going to Princeton) was rejected.</p>
<p>Rachacha...that's a little bigbrothery to me.</p>
<p>If you have a 3.5 UW GPA and you turn in all your materials (a form, an essay, and two recommendations) then you're in. And then you do nothing ever. NHS is a joke at my school.</p>
<p>For those who are not in NHS...don't worry about it because it means absolutely nothing to colleges. Yeah, if you can be in it, do it, but if you're not in it, it won't matter.</p>
<p>At my school, you need to have a minimum 90 average. If you meet that requirement, they give you a packet, and you basically list your extra curriculars, community service, leadership positions, and any special recognitions, awards, or honors. </p>
<p>It's not hard to get in, really. I got into my school's NHS with few ECs and pretty much nothing that could be construed as community service. I have a better than 4.0 GPA though, and I'm in the top 5 of my class, so that may have helped.</p>
<p>I'm not sure that anybody who applied got rejected. I think out of a class of 201 that 45 or so are in NHS.</p>
<p>3.3 is the minimum GPA to apply. As far as getting in...almost everyone has well over a 3.8 or so.</p>