<p>I saw a board a while back about NHS being a big thing and all, but I've also heard that it's pointless. </p>
<p>As far as my school goes, it's pointless. A 2.0 GPA? A joke. And as far as I know, that's all you need so long as you pay your dues ($4). </p>
<p>Does anyone's school take this seriously?</p>
<p>Ya, it’s actually a pretty serious club at my school. I think you need much higher though than a 2.0 here. We have to put in an application and I know someone who was 3rd in her class (of around 750) and she didn’t get in. So ya, my school takes it a little more seriously.</p>
<p>well the school does consider it “prestigious” but the kids could barely care. out of a class of 800 barely 100 of us are in it. && the rest 700 i doubt would know what NHS is.</p>
<p>^^haha, that is true at my school too. We are all in it, but it’s not like we care all that much.</p>
<p>NHS: National Honor Society. In our school, you must have achieved a 3.5 gpa each semester, you need 2 teacher recs (one about your character), a list of volunteer activities showing +30 hours each year (signed only by adult in charge), an essay about an ‘achievement’, and a page of leadership positions (also signed by supervisors).</p>
<p>Is it a big deal? Not really. It’s one more award, and it’s nationally recognized. It’s not a club, so no positions like secretary/treasurer. About 10% of our class joins.</p>
<p>We need a 3.8 + gpa, a couple letters of rec and a questionairre…its a big thing</p>
<p>We need a 3.8 GPA (W), a list of leadership roles, two clubs, and at least 30 hours of community service. People who are in it don’t really care, and a good amount of people get in. At least 50-100 or so out of 350/400.</p>
<p>I think it depends on what school you go to. If the requirements are only a 2.0 it probably is pointless, but I would still join anyway. At my school I think you have to have a 3.5 and do some volunteer service.</p>
<p>90% average (yea you can convert that 4.0, idk how) at least two weighted classes (honors/ap/dual) and two teacher recs. and an extra ten hours of community service. its really not that big of a deal, i think.</p>
<p>No one at my school cared.</p>
<p>I think you have to have like a 3.75 W GPA and write an essay. It’s not that big of a deal, but it’s taken pretty seriously here.</p>
<p>It doesn’t exist at my school, soooo yeah. :)</p>
<p>You need an A- GPA to qualify at my school, and you then fill an application where you list your ECs and shizzle. We have 48 kids, and a few kids were rejected o_O</p>
<p>37 girls, 11 boys HAHA! Hilarious.</p>
<p>It’s fairly reputable at our school.</p>
<p>At my school its semi serious… You need like a 3.5 weighted GPA to get invited, then you have to fill out a form listing your EC’s, volunteer work, Achievements, etc…</p>
<p>I’m second in my class and I got denied… I don’t know what its like at your school, but at ours its basically a volunteer club. You need to be in the upper half of the bell curve they make out of applicants’ # of volunteer hours… Then you have mandatory tutorials for other students at the school for 1 hour, twice a week.</p>
<p>I didn’t get in because I applied the beginning of my sophomore year, and only had volunteered once my freshman year. Other than that, EC’s and GPA don’t matter, as long as your GPA is at least 3.5, lol.</p>
<p>I think that it is fairly hard to get into at my school, but I doubt that the club is quite active. Actually, it seems quite passive. The kids who are accepted always are bright and have good stats, so I’m guessing it’s serious. I was the new kid last year if you couldn’t tell lol ;)</p>
<p>Our NHS needs about a 90 average, plenty of EC’s (with description, apparently), teacher recommendations, and a personal statement. I got rejected and haven’t heard much about them since I applied (or, for that matter, before I applied), but the one thing I do know is that kids in the NHS at my school have to tutor a few times a week during studies. But with the new scheduling system this year they might not have to do that anymore…</p>
<p>NHS at my school was a really big deal. You had to have above a 3.75, be recommended by teachers, etc. I was vice president and can say about 80% of my scholarships that were awarded by anything school-affiliated, I got because of my office in NHS. I went to a very small public school (about 200 students in grades 9-12) and there were only 8 of us in it.</p>
<p>i dont think our school has one >< haha</p>
<p>you need a 3.5+ gpa to be in ours. briby how did you get those scholarships? i’m in the nhs office this year.</p>