<p>The adviser for the National Honor Society at my school got extremely mad at the fact that there were only 5-6 active members out of the 50 students that were admitted.
As a result, she threatened to quit being the adviser and disband the club.
Even after that threat, the # of people that showed up did not change at all.
She then sent letters to the colleges that the inactive members applied to, informing them of what incompetent students we were.
I was accepted early-decision to Cornell.
Will this cause my admission to be denied?</p>
<p>NHS is a national organization, and it has national standards, so as long as you haven’t violated any terms, she has no right to do that. The exception is if your school’s chapter of NHS has its own set of regulations (mine does). In this case, I would probably talk to a school administrator and get it sorted out. Anyways, academic competence and volunteer hours really have no relation as long as you maintain the national// your school’s GPA limit</p>
<p>How does she have access to which colleges you applied to… I’m pretty sure that access to that information requires your permission, and if she accessed that information without your consent, she could be in a lot of trouble.</p>
<p>She gave the letters to the guidance counselors, who have the information to send them.</p>
<p>That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. Why would someone go through all the trouble?! If in fact your admission does get pulled (verrrrrrrry unlikely) your school should fire the adviser, high schools and students pride themselves on Ivy admissions and to take that from someone who worked hard their whole lives for it is unacceptable.</p>
<p>I’m wondering the school just appeased her by telling her that they’d mail the letters but never did. They should not even have done that but rather told her she was overstepping her boundaries.</p>
<p>Trust me. They sent it for sure.
Even my parents received a letter informing them of the situation.</p>
<p>I think you’re probably ok. Cornell really doesn’t want to revoke acceptances, and to be honest, I don’t know whether they care much about NHS to begin with. (but I don’t know this for sure).</p>
<p>… ummmmmm … after the advisor warned you that you should be more active, why did you continue to blow this off. In a sense, she isn’t wrong. You signed up for an activity, which presumably involved some commitment of your future time (i.e., it wasn’t purely an ‘award’ for past accomplishments). Presumably you signed up for this because you thought it would look good on your application. Fair enough – but if you didn’t follow through with your commitment, why should you get the benefit.</p>
<p>… Just sayin’.</p>
<p>Unless you put yourself off as anything more than a member, it shouldn’t affect you that much because it would not have helped you significantly in the first place.
NHS is a joke to begin with.</p>
<p>You will NOT get rescinded. And if you did I would personally lead a media campaign to get your admission back because that is absolutely ridiculous on the part of the adviser and your school to allow that to be sent.</p>
<p>Man, I can only imagine how I might have reacted to this crap. What a load of garbage. How is she still the NHS sponsor? What a spiteful witch. If this gets your admission rescinded (which would be absolutely shocking, by the way), I’d say it’s time to write the school board, talk to the principal and guidance office (I’m mildly surprised that they had the gall to send these letters, though I suppose they work like a letter of recommendation; still, unsolicited anti-recs! Who would have thought?) and get some TV cameras on the front steps of your school. Heck, it might be retaliation time anyway.</p>
<p>I have come to the firm conculsion that the people that run most of the NHS’s in the HS’s are very narsicistic and power trippy people. Very few NHS’s live up to what they are suposed to be. And yes, this is from my own person experience with an organization and research on the various programs in my state. </p>
<p>There are certian rules/reg that the advisors are suposed to follow too. Read the national regulations, and file a formal complaint using the proper form if it is appropriate. If you do not file a complaint, on the proper form, it will not fix these problems. </p>
<p>If your NHS met weekly/monthly and sat around for an hour doing nothing, I don’t blame you for not going. You all have better things to do then sit around! You will be in enough useless meetings as adults, don’t waste your time as HS students! </p>
<p>**Before anyone blasts me about NHS’s that ARE good, please note I said “most” in my post. There are a few good NHS’s out there, but they are the minority, not the majority. Most are nothing more than a joke. Do a search on CC, or even google about all of the NHS complaints/concerns if you do not believe me.</p>
<p>Oh, and I am with hkobb7- this is not likely to get you recinded, as most colleges think very little of NHS, and will see this for what it is. Depending on what the letter said, of course! But if her letter does get you recinded, and Cornell tell you that, hkobb7 has the right idea on how to handle it. Make a stink, and let the world know what happened.</p>
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It actually baffles me how far this adviser went.
Nowhere in the contract does it state that the adviser can or will send a negative letter to the colleges and parents of the members who fail to comply with the rules & regulations.
It simply states that one will be dismissed from NHS.
I’m honestly getting sick of this school.</p>
<p>You havea right to be annoyed. She over stepped her boundaries.</p>
<p>How old are you Gracetone? Any chance you are 18 yet?</p>
<p>7 weeks before my senior year ends, I will be 18.</p>
<p>If you wre 18, then the teacher/school could really get dinged if they sent a paper to your parents.</p>
<p>Any whosoever. You need to remember that the ED agreement is binding both ways. Just as you have made a commitment to enter that college, they have made the commitment to admit you. Unless you get arrested, or don’t graduate you should be fine.</p>
<p>This was an utter fail on so many peoples’ part. 1) the advisor who did not set up an effective NHS leadership. 2) the advisor, once seeing that the club leadership couldn’t turn the tide, who overreacts. She should have just disbanded the club. Finit. 3) the advisor, in a hissy fit who goes to harm the non-participating NHS members. 4) the guidance counselors and principals for allowing her to cross this obvious boundary. </p>
<p>The reality is that some clubs are just moribund. If the “integrity” of its mission was so marred, she should have just closed it down.</p>
<p>Just shaking my head over this one. If I were a parent, I’d be sorely tempted to do something with the school board over this.</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, if things take a turn for the worse and Cornell decides to rescind my acceptance to their college, would it be likely that I win the lawsuit if I decided to take legal action?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that I was never in a class taught by this teacher, nor did she write any of my recommendation letters. In my opinion, she isn’t at any position to be telling my colleges what she thinks of me, considering the fact that she doesn’t even know me.</p>
<p>(And yes, it’s been officially confirmed that the letters have been sent to my colleges.)</p>