<p>NHS in my kids HS is well respected and hard to both get into and stay in. Can't say for sure , but I think it had an impact on their college acceptances.
So far, no rejection letters for two kids applying to some selective schools.</p>
<p>But then again , I had a girl work for us one summer that was from Nebraska who was dumber than a box of rocks...and she was in NHS in her HS.</p>
<p>I find that they're extremely arrogant. I got a letter to apply to be considered for nomination (...) and ended up filling out half of it. I would say it's as selective here as any other school. They do invites in the winter and the spring so I'll just wait till the spring. It just seems like a waste of time for me especially since a lot of my community service will have to go towards the club.</p>
<p>^yeah, that's the feeling i got.</p>
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LOL. nice...description?</p>
<p>NHS is a good (though nothing extraordinary) organization if its members actually do some community service. Otherwise, it's really just another elitist, BS "society." Our NHS members were supposed to do at least 20 hours of NHS-related service, yet last year, none of the officers coordinated any projects; the best part was that the advisor didn't care and lied in his annual report to NHS about what kind of projects and hours we did -__-
(he actually admitted this to us) </p>
<p>This year, it's a lot better. We've set up a tutoring program for underprivileged kids in the neighborhood, which is a lot of fun!
To the OP: if you do decide to join, take some initiative and start some meaningful service projects. That way, it won't be just another "dumb club." :)</p>
<p>i'm secretary / future president of NHS and i really do think it depends on your school. We require 10 hrs of community service and there's a strict requirement for numbers of leadership points that you have to have in order to get in, apart from GPA.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about it. NHS in my school is basically for those kids who don't have anything else in their activities list and need something to "pad" their college resume</p>
<p>At my school... if we start an NHS chapter next year... we'll have to set the weighted GPA requirement at about 4.5 to keep the entire school from joining.</p>
<p>If you really want to do community service, join Key Club :D</p>
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Lol really? Our val has a 4.6, haha...</p>
<p>btw, what do you think about this: my school pretty much says on your transcript "PART OF NHS" or "NOT PART OF NHS." Perhaps I should join just for it to not say "NOT PART OF NHS."</p>
<p>is that stupid or what?</p>
<p>At our school, NHS isn't that big of a deal. You need over a 3.75 to be able to apply, and the application focuses in on community service and leadership. But once you are in the club, they do ONE community service activity a year as a club. </p>
<p>I passed the GPA req junior year, applied, and didn't get in. Senior year, I still had over the GPA req, but didn't bother to apply. As they only meet once a month, having an EC on my application that saying that I was involved .5 hours/week wouldn't say anything. And it didn't seem to hurt me in my application process. </p>
<p>Though, everyone in NHS gets cords to wear during graduation, and I'll be one of the few people in our top 10% without one. Oh well.</p>
<p>Oh My God. Yes! I have a 8 page long application to fill out...and I need a signature from anyone who I've ever worked for. done community service for, or has been in activity with. I also have an essay to do...gah. It's such a waste of time, but you can't get an honors designation (ie, math honor society) if you don't do it.</p>
<p>I tried to join my school's chapter this year, but apparently you have to be at the school for over 1 year (kind of odd, considering its a "national" honor society). i was kind of p-o'd, since nhs is the only club where kids actually show up (my school is uber ghetto). after reading this, and joining other clubs, i've seen that it doesnt really matter anyway.</p>
<p>btw-i totally agree on the elitist bs. my schools chapter just got t-shirts this year, and they say "if at first you dont succeed....you arent us". <strong><em>? seriously? get off your high horse and *</em></strong>. i realize that some chapters of it do stress comm'y involvement, but really, theres no need to be a snob about it (especially at my school).</p>
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<p>Lol, I'm surprised their not getting beat up.</p>
<p>I think NHS is so elitist because it's the most prestigious club you can get into at school. Funny, cause many varsity sports are tougher to get into than NHS.</p>
<p>wow..that is horrible. Can't say our high school indulges in that type of activity. They are truly a community service based organization. Not a bunch of snobs or eliteists.
No wonder so many students here think it is a joke.</p>
<p>Well, our NHS has A LOT of members, but it's good for college because it's a peer-tutoring program.</p>
<p>I think they thought those t-shirts were funny. I hope so, anyway. Our local high school newspaper staff made shirts one year that said something to the effect that only the kids who worked on the newspaper are cool. It was definitely supposed to be ironic. I will ask the MidwestMom2Kids_daughter what those shirts said...</p>
<p>Our H.S. has 10 million clubs and organizations but doesn't have NHS. On one scholarship interview, someone asked my daughter if she was in NHS and she said she thought our HS did not have it. At the time, I was thinking, I hope they don't think we had an NHS club and it didn't want her - at my own HS it was pretty darn easy to be in NHS.</p>
<p>anything that helps us get into college is worth a shot</p>
<p>I don't know anything about NHS but from what I heard in my school and seeing some of the stuff at my school: Nothing important happens.</p>
<p>personally i think u should be better if you join a club or something. w/e.</p>
<p>if your nhs doesn't do anything, and you're invited to join it, just join and forget about it. there isn't really much upkeep to staying in the club and theres lol collegeapps stuffing. then you can even try out for officer and become LOL COLLEGEAPPS STUFFING, because officer of nhs = something noteworthy even if its the phoniest club ever. but also join all the other clubs you were planning on. basically, don't join a crappy nhs over a much more active other club. join em all.</p>
<p>see, the fact that some of you have really strict, productive NHS's, makes up for schools like mine, where we don't do much of anything. If all the schools were like mine, then NHS wouldn't even retain the slight (very slight) merit that it does now.</p>