Is NHS really that important?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So I'm currently a member of my school's National Honor Society and every year, the membership fee is around $40 or higher. Then for fundraisers, whatever we don't sell, we're expected to pay out of our own pockets. To me, this doesn't seem fair. We also expected to go to certain NHS sponsored events that we also have to buy tickets for. Overall, a member could easily be paying around $80 per year. Basically, I'll be a senior next year and, if NHS isn't that important on a college app, then I'd like to drop out. I find it ridiculous that the price is that high and also, I don't exactly have enough money to throw away $80 without caring. </p>

<p>TL;DR - is being an NHS member really worth it? Would it be weird when college see that I'm not an NHS member during senior year? Or should I just suck it up for just one more year? </p>

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<p>Coming from an NHS member, it’s not worth it. It’s one of the most stereotypical extracurriculars that colleges see when reviewing applications, so trust me, it’s not going to change much of anything.</p>

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<p>No. Not in the least.</p>

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<p>Do what you enjoy doing and enjoy high school. Tailoring everything to colleges is a waste of life. One extracurricular won’t make or break you.</p>

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<p>No. (And it doesn’t look bad if you don’t have it, in case anyone’s going to say that. Colleges can decide for themselves whether you’re “honorable” or not.)</p>

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<p>NHS is hardly even a thing, let alone a thing that can benefit you in live, let alone a thing that can benefit you in college applications.</p>

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<p>No, pretty much anyone can join. Unfortunately, it isn’t a prestigious honor. </p>

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<p>Joining NHS can neither help you, nor hurt you. NHS at my school is a joke; no one ever does anything. I do all my required volunteer work independently. What’s most important is that you do what you’re passionate about rather than joining something as trivial as NHS. </p>

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<p>Lol I hope not. My school doesn’t have it :stuck_out_tongue:
And anyway, it seems like a stereotypical EC… a more unique activity is probably better.</p>

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<p>The only thing NHS will do for you is take away your time. </p>

<p>Just do whatever you can do to make yourself ‘interesting’. Being an NHS member will not do that.</p>

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<p>What about CSF in California (California Scholarship Federation)? It’s pretty much the same thing as NHS I think. Is that not important too?</p>

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<p>I think so, too. Almost everyone in my class is a member of CSF.</p>