Well, my school currently doesn’t have a National Honors Society Chapter, and I’m thinking of creating one. I’ll do it whether it helps or not, but how much would being the founder of the club help on the app?
Oh yea, I’m a junior, and the chapter would start up at the beginning of the next semester. I’d have 1.5 years of it before I graduate.
<p>I'm sure it would help, I don't think one specific EC will make or break your acceptance, but why not</p>
<p>Hah, I spelled "will" wrong in the title...wow.</p>
<p>u fool, why would you start an "honors society" for the purpose of making ur admissions chances better. </p>
<p>are u that stupid </p>
<p>ur a junior, get a life</p>
<p>WTF are you talking about. I would start up a chapter for our school, seeing as it doesn't yet have one. You have heard of National Honors Society right? I already said I'm doing it regardless, I'm just wondering whether or not it would help college admissions at all.</p>
<p>I don't think it means too much, except that you started a club. NHS is for ppl with a certain GPA and above right? So you already have that GPA, why do you need a NHS, what value does that add? And you have to pay to join, right? And if the club does any good deeds, why omit others who may want to participate?</p>
<p>@Bettina: You do not need to pay to join the NHS. You are selected. Selection details vary by school. You may be thinking of National Honor Roll or Who's Who of [enter school level here]. They include you only to sell copies of the book with your name in it. The whole system is a lot like school yearbooks, just a few shades darker.</p>
<p>@NJPitcher: I can only assume it would help your chances. BUT, it could appear strange to colleges that you started the club without knowing of your own acceptance. Acceptance is determined by some subjective criteria as as well as GPA and is usually reavealed senior year.</p>
<p>You can't really begin the club without being an NHS inductee but, correct me if I am wrong, you can't be an inductee without the club.</p>
<p>Why do you want to start the club? To me, it seems a strange type of club for a student to want to start because one could assume that the student simply was looking for a way to get recognized for their academic achievements.</p>
<p>Colleges could suspect that the student's interest in the club was to have an additional honor to put on the students' resume.</p>
<p>The best NHS chapters do lots of community service, but a student wishing to do community service wouldn't have to start NHS to do so.</p>
<p>To play devil's advocate, I guess someone has to start the chapter (its a chapter, not a club)- usually a faculty advisor would do most of the legwork, but it might be appropriate for a student to bring it up to the administration. Is there any reason your schoool doesn't have a chapter? In the reverse, my HS class, in the early 70's, decided to abolish the NHS chapter in our school. They promptly reinstated it after we graduated. So what did that do to us other than not having it on our apps? Hard to tell, but in retrospect, it was probably a dumb thing to protest. But in the early 70's we'd probably have protested a tomato plant...
Anyway, I am reading my s's certificate-.. ... "...was selected as a member of the XX Chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools.... Membership based on Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Character". Kinda nice. Warm fuzzies. To me, its an acknowledgement if his work (academic and volunteer) and his character. I kinda like it. In his school, I think the faculty advisors are responsible for reviewing the candidates-- not sure what role the chapter officers play.. but most students are inducted at the end of their Junior year. Some are added in their sr yr-- and since that'd be too late for college apps, its probably just an acknowledgement of their work. The tough thing, NJPitcher, is to figure out if (1) you'd be nominated and (2) if you'd hold an office. That could be a lose-lose situation, as it could look self-serving if you indicated that you started the chapter, and it could look worse if you started it but didn't hold an office. So, if you do make the effort to start it, I probably wouldn't mention that on your apps.</p>