National Honor society

Applying to College
1

<p>Is national honor society considered an award/honor or a club?</p>

2

<p>I'd say club. That's how I put it on all my applications.</p>

3

<p>I think of clubs as things you spent time on. Do you go to National Honor Society meetings on a regular basis? If so, then it's a club.</p>

4

<p>It depends on how many people are accepted to NHS or not. My school accepts only 30 people from 2400 students so I'm putting it as an honor...</p>

<p>But really I guess it's a club so it just depends on where you have more space on your application (under extracurriculars or under awards/honors.)</p>

5

<p>Clubs are open to everyone. NHS is an honor because only some students get in.</p>

<p>Not that it matters anyway. Almost everyone applying to top schools are in NHS, so the application readers won't be that impressed.</p>

6

<p>I put it as a club, but I don't think it really matters. So long as you put it somewhere on your application, you'll be okay. I don't think NHS will affect your chances much anyway though.</p>

7

<p>But what about if you are extremely involved in it as a club? That is, if you have basically taken care of blood drives, tutoring programs, etc?</p>

8

<p>yeah, same question as catacat: as an officer in NHS, i've had to supervise several charity-related endeavors and sales drives.
How do i point that out to colleges who generally consider NHS to be a do-nothing club/honor?</p>

9

<p>i agree with panic. actually, our ap english teacher told us last year when we applied for NHS that it wasn't so much an honor as it was an expectation. He said not having it really counted against us. that really spooked me. but i got in, whatever</p>

10

<p>I listed it twice. One under Honors for being inducted, and then as a club for the things I did. But I'm also an officer, so I do more than most.</p>

11

<p>If you are really involved in it, then the spot where you list hours per week on the common app will reflect that.</p>

12

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i agree with panic. actually, our ap english teacher told us last year when we applied for NHS that it wasn't so much an honor as it was an expectation. He said not having it really counted against us. that really spooked me. but i got in, whatever

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Is this really true? I just don't see why I should bother with a club that really does nothing when I could be doing more productive things with my spare time, like I spend a lot of time volunteering and tutoring on my own.</p>

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Is this really true? I just don't see why I should bother with a club that really does nothing when I could be doing more productive things with my spare time, like I spend a lot of time volunteering and tutoring on my own.

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Volunteering and tutoring on your own outside NHS would probably benefit you more than doing it for NHS. As I said before, colleges don't care that much about NHS since everyone has it. Also, NHS can be very restrictive on the things that you can do. You don't have total freedom when it comes to doing work for it. On your own, you can pick and choose what you do.</p>