<p>Apparently my school's NHS chapter is pretty selective. I had a decent gpa, community serivice and overall good character. But I think it was my leadership that was bad and there might have possibly been a teacher on the faculty that disliked me immensely to not recommend me .There were a lot of people that made it that I don't think necessarily deserved it I honestly think that I have better things to do and I don't have any incentive to apply again b/c I wouldn't be able to run for a leadership position...boo. I don't think NHS even helps with college apps...</p>
<p>It’s up to you, but it’s not that big of a deal. I promise that it doesn’t help much. Everyone’s in NHS and it’s nothing special. All NHS is is glorified community service, nothing more.</p>
<p>Last year, our NHS spent their entire budget buying themselves T-Shirts…Ah how selfless they are!</p>
<p>I got rejected too! I have no idea why though…</p>
<p>High Five!</p>
<p>…And I’m not gonna bother next year. It’s just a dumb title.</p>
<p>NHS is definitely nice to be a member of, but it wouldn’t make or break you on college apps. I’d recommend trying it again, but it’s up to you. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Hah, I was just thinking about this.
I was rejected beginning of my sophomore year, and know for a fact, that I will be re-invited again for next school year.</p>
<p>I probably won’t accept. It’d hurt my pride because I wasn’t accepted the first time around; and I feel that more than half of the people in there got in because they had connections. Whatever.</p>
<p>NHS is just a way to stroke your ego. </p>
<p>Also, NHS, Beta Club, and the like are just ways to make money. You don’t need a club to validate your commitment to the community.</p>
<p>It looks good on a resume when you apply to schools. Don’t let others make you regret not applying again. It never hurts to apply and get in.</p>
<p>NHS does (probably) look good on your apps, but then again I don’t think it will be THE difference between acceptance and rejection. If you think it’s too big of a hassle to write up another essay/too exasperated with how NHS is overrated, then don’t. It depends on the school though; our NHS is pretty active!
I personally would just apply; it can’t hurt to try!</p>
<p>I think some schools will think that if you’ve got the grades for NHS and you didn’t get in, there may be something “wrong” with you. If I were you, I would re-apply.</p>
<p>I hate how people say that the only reason people join NHS is to look good on apps. I honestly joined NHS because I wanted to have something to motivate to do community service and feel like I was contributing to the world. Lol. Which just means I suck and have no initiative, but still. </p>
<p>Anyways, it really doesn’t make a significant difference on your apps, at least at most schools. The valedictorian (at the time) at my school was rejected from NHS for no reason just 'cause my administration is arbitrary like that, and he got into Penn ED, so…</p>
<p>There is an NHS at my school and I quit halfway through my junior year. I did not put it on my application at all, yet I still got into all the schools I applied to (including 4 iviez! + some other top 25s). My friend did the same thing as I and still got into Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>NHS does not matter and furthermore I think it’s ridiculous (at least at my school, anyway).</p>
<p>I joined my NHS because</p>
<p>a. everyone is in it
b. wanted to vote for my friends for officers</p>
<p>I have no idea how people get selected at my school. Apparently the sponsors go through all 800 kids in my class. There’s no application to fill out.</p>
<p>But at the same time I applied b/c I genuinely wanted to help out the community.</p>
<p>Heh, I didn’t bother even applying for NHS this year. The teacher wanted people to write three essays and then she kicks people out who think their AP classes are more important, so I figured why bother. I’ll probably get in next year just because graduating seniors get to wear white robes at my school during graduation and it would look weird for someone graduating in the top 5 not to have one.</p>
<p>The NHS chapter at my school is ridiculously easy to get into, which takes away the merit. This is most likely the case for a lot of other schools; colleges know this and it’s just not as important as it used to be in a college application. :</p>
<p>OMG! i feel your pain jazrie481 i missed NHS by .02 on my gpa cuz we need a 3.4 and i had a 3.38… grrr… i was sooo mad! but you definitely should try again next year it looks good on a job application… :)</p>
<p>I was rejected due to my consecutive school tardies.</p>
<p>I, therefore, lacked responsibility.</p>
<p>F the Honor Society. I don’t need glorification that instant.</p>
<p>Don’t expect to be prestigious-seeming if that’s what you’re thinking.</p>
<p>it would probably look better on apps for you to be in both nhs AND do a lot of extra community service on your own. i’m not in nhs simply because i can’t make it to all the meetings (and our coordinators kick you out if you miss more than 2 meetings during the school year. it’s their way of making it seem prestigious even though it’s not…there are 4 co-presidents in the club at our school) but i have way more community service hours than most people in it. </p>
<p>if you want to show that you truly care and want to help others, you should honestly dedicated yourself to an organization that you are interested in and help there on a consistent schedule.</p>