<p>I was invited to join, but I don't know if it's even worth it. It's a big deal at my school, unlike most others. I'm really busy with two sports and a leadership role in another club. Should I try to fit it all in, or just skip out on this?</p>
<p>Depends on how big of a deal it really is. If it’s just like a meeting every few weeks or a month, then join it so it’ll look good on your resume. But if it’s hardcore, every week plus required volunteer hours, then you’ll probably be fine without it.</p>
<p>It doesn’t make a difference, it doesn’t really enhance your resume (especially since the Common App limits how many things you can write down), and colleges aren’t going to think it’s bad if you don’t have it.</p>
<p>It’s important if you make it important.</p>
<p>It might marginally hurt you to have what’s often considered a “filler” or unsubstantive activity.</p>
<p>@TeamRocketGrunt YES!</p>
<p>You get out what you put in. In my school it’s a big deal and as an officer I have to set an example and get involved in the community. I really enjoy NHS and we do tons of cool things and it’s all done by the students.</p>
<p>Unless you will be an officer I say don’t waste your time, I didn’t join mine, because quite frankly I had other activities that were more important and that I am an officer in. I really don’t think it matters at top schools because it’s sooo common. I may be in denial though…</p>
<p>I wouldn’t bother if I were you.</p>
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<p>yep, i agree</p>
<p>I think some of the really smart kids at my school don’t even bother, the only requirements are that you have a 3.0 or above. Not joking. I also know my mom’s friend’s son who was a year ahead of me apparently busted his *** trying to get community service hours to get in, and in the end he went somewhere fine but it’s not like Harvard.</p>
<p>I could have been in for my grades, but two years in a row I was caught hanging with a friend (two different friends) while they were smoking on campus. I don’t even smoke myself but it counts in the student handbook so no NHS for me.</p>
<p>Not really going to matter, the discipline isn’t on my record and I’m doing fine with some very good colleges. I think if you’re a super student admissions committees just assume you’re NHS and used the application space for other things.</p>
<p>i thought you needed a 3.5</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Mine requires a 3.2 UW, but that doesn’t guarantee they’ll let you in.</p>
<p>Our school’s NHS is really EC centered so while it only requires a 3.4, most kids get rejected if they don’t have super strong EC’s. Our Valedictorian applied three times, she got rejected every single time with her UW 4.0 - but kids who were in sports/multiple clubs who only had barely a 3.4 and sometimes slightly lower got in on their first try.</p>
<p>Yeah, NHS requires a lot of service hours per year. It’s kind of a lot to take on because my two sports especially take so much time out of my day. And it would be insignificant for me because I wouldn’t plan on becoming an officer.</p>
<p>I know our school requires a 3.25, but that might be the weighted GPA. Only 15 service hours per year are required also. So it’s seemingly not that hard to get membership but it still is somehow pretty selective.
I’d say join it if you can.</p>
<p>I’m in college now, and looking back, NHS didn’t really mean much for me. I was VP for a year, we did a few small service projects but almost all of my volunteer/work was outside of NHS. I listed it towards the bottom on my college apps, and not on my resume since I have better things to fill it with.</p>
<p>Basically, if your school has an active chapter that does a lot of community service projects, sure go ahead and join, but otherwise it’s a waste of time.</p>