<p>Especially if my school requires 100 hours of community service by junior year, 50 of them leadership, with forms to prove that you volunteered, at least a 92 average, and then a commitee of teachers evaluate candidates on their merit.</p>
<p>I see people list them on their ECs but it seems so insignifigant, and I'm wondering if college admissions even give a crap about NHS. I see other schools just need people to have 2-6 hours of community service (jealous!) and I'm wondering if I should even try to get into NHS.</p>
<p>actually, if it means that much at your school, it IS worth it...just make sure to point out on your app that it involved 100 hours of community service (on the common app there is a space for hours/a line for significant accomplishments in an activity). just showing that it involved hundreds of hours of service is enough.</p>
<p>that being said, just saying you were a "member of NHS" is worthless.</p>
<p>ah, I see, so I could list the requirements on the application? </p>
<p>NHS is big here. There's even a designated troupe of "NHS-haters".</p>
<p>At my school, we have NHS committees for the different service activities. Kids are dropped from the club if they don't do at least 2 hours per month. So instead of saying that I was an NHS member for 3 years, I'll say that I'm a member of one committee and the committee leader of the another.
Almost all schools have NHS, so the more specific you can be to show that it wasn't just some stupid meeting during lunch once every two months, the more legitimate it becomes as an EC.</p>
<p>Just an FYI: some colleges have scholarships directed specifically at NHS members, so it absolutely can be worth it.</p>