<p>i think it actually helped me...at my hs honor society publishes a tutor list so it helped me get real involved in math/science tutoring...as for the club itself...huge waste of time...corruption in the leadership...falsifying hours all over...total bs</p>
<p>NHS at my highschool was full with a bunch of psuedo intellectuals. They were all a bunch of ****ing tools. I got nominated but didnt see the point. Half the senior class in NHS admitted that the only reason they were in it was that it looked good on college applications. No one cared. It was so stupid.</p>
<p>I'm VP of our NHS and the GPA is 3.5. It looks fairly impressive on the college application because it is supposed to be "elite" but at our high school practically everone that applies gets accepted.</p>
<p>unless you have a leadership position in NHS it doesn't really help your college app at all.</p>
<p>This is hilarious: in my graduating class, the top 49% made it in. That's because you need to attain 8 out of 10 honor rolls to get in. Obviously, they're going to trim it down to around 20 kid, but still... In order to get honor roll, you need a 3.0 GPA. Honors and AP classes are given an extra point, so you could hypothetically attain a straight C average in honors classes and be a member of the national honor society. Almost makes me not want to apply for it.</p>
<p>Yeah, we need a 3.75 and 50 hours of volunteer work. I think its lame because many people volunteered just to get in enough hours. NHS is the stupidest club I've ever been in. Still, I have a good shot at being pres (good thing I'm annoymous lol) so I shouldn't say much about that. I love how my psychotic advisor prides herself on being organzied when the members have no clue what is going on. We meet once a month for 20 minutes and we also do volunteer work too.</p>
<p>Still, the only thing lamer is our student council. Would being pres of NHS be the same as school president? NHS pres is harder to become, considering that our school election is just a popularity contest while NHS requires some actual work. I never joined student council because I thought it was lame, but I regret it now because I had a good shot at becoming pres if i had joined.</p>
<p>(wow that was long)</p>
<p>Here you need a 93 to get in. I'm president, and I'm trying to make sure we actually do something of value other than tutoring. We're raising money for 2 small scholarships for nonmembers because I don't think it's right that there are so many great kids in challenging classes who can't get in because GPAs aren't weighted.</p>
<p>I missed the NHS meeting my junior year because I was at a national competition and so I talked to them when I got back and the teacher wouldn't let me write a letter explaining why I was late applying to get in and so I didn't get into NHS... I was a valedictorian too... NHS is strange... I'm not sure how important it is to colleges...</p>
<p>People can apply to NHS at my school at the end of their junior year (so basically you're in it for a week before summer, heh). You have to have a 3.5 and fill out an application that a "committee" reviews...it has community service, leadership, other clubs, work experience, etc. It also has several short answer questions about why community service is important and why you want to join the club, yada yada. Most people who apply get in, but I do know of someone who didn't...purely based on the fact that she didn't put something in one of the categories (leadership I think). We do 2 or 3 service projects a year...nothing huge, but we still put forth some effort at least. We did a project around Christmas time where we wrote letters from Santa for elementary school kids, and we dressed up a member as Santa (and the rest of us were elves) and we went and delivered the letters. Also, we visited the pre-k class at that school and they got to sit on Santa's lap, get presents, etc.</p>
<p>I can't stand NHS, at least at my school... partly because we literally do NOTHING, and partly because the induction ceremony was so incredibly elitist. All these certificates and a badge and a card, and several hours worth of teachers/staff talking, which can be summed up with, "All these students being inducted to NHS are superior to everyone else, leaders of the community and the future," blah blah. Maybe if we actually did stuff, or if the school put forth some effort to get us advisors for the group, it might not be so bad.</p>
<p>in my school, only seniors can be a member of NHS...
but i know that in some schools, juniors or even sophs are in NHS
so i dun think the colleges really value NHS..</p>
<p>NHS is more like a link between a student and the school.
i heard that counselors take much more care on NHS members' apps
since those are the "elites" of the school</p>
<p>Our minimum was a 3.2 and as president I just upped it to 3.4...pitiful. Pretty much half of each class (granted, it is a private school with 25/grade)</p>
<p>We have Arista: National Honor Society and it takes a 90.0 or more average to apply. We also have this crazy credit system where you need 350 credits total when applying (middle of Junior year) and with 50 of those credit being "helping" credits for the school. Club = 15/term JV Team = 55/term. Varsity = 65/term. I think they have some tutoring/community service projects requirements to stay in it and it's hard to get accepted, so it is a big deal at my school. Not sure how collegs view it...</p>
<p>Our school treats National Honor Society like an elitist club, basically. There's only about 15 - 20 people in it (out of 600 students). All but one are seniors. Minimum GPA is 3.5. There's the typical induction ceremony and dinner, of course.</p>
<p>our NHS requirement is a 3.2 average, which is equivilant to a B I believe.
You also need to demonstrate good character and leadership, and show you have performed adequate community service in addition to the academic requirement. Those are shown through you're achievements, recommendations (2 from teachers), and personal essay. It's sort of like a toned down and much easier college application process.
However, not being in it won't hurt you if you are spectacular in other fields. THere's a guy at my school who wasn't accepted into NHS (he didn't bother to repeal) and he still got into Princeton. Mind you, he's also the genius of the school with about at least 5.3 weighted GPA, and 5s on all his APs.</p>
<p>I don't know. I was never invited at my school and I've had a 3.7/3.8 throughout high school.</p>