<p>Screw NHS, I'm not joining and I never will.</p>
<p>Sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 are sent a letter of invitation at the beginning of the year. Then, prospective members fill out an application, including scholarship, extracurricular activities, leadership positions, community (out-of-school) service, 2 teacher recommendations, transcript, and a personal essay. Acceptance and rejection letters are sent out during the second quarter. This year, only 1 person was accepted out of the many who applied. There were only 5 members, providing each with a leadership position. Since 4 of them were seniors, there will only be 1 member next year, the same person who was accepted this year. I'll let you judge.</p>
<p>Only a few know of the members of the selection committee. My AP Biology teacher informed me that the criteria is set at a high standard, to the point that it does not matter if there will only be 1 member next year, as long as the standard remains at the same level. </p>
<p>As for respectability, however, I am not too sure. Our NHS does not do much in or out of the school. Even our Key and Leo Clubs conduct far more community service than does the NHS. In fact, it is more of an elite club that is known more for its highly exclusive selection process than its service. But even then, its limited members would never qualify for HYPS.</p>
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Good choice.</p>
<p>NHS may have had good original intentions, but nowadays it stands for all the wrong things. "Required" volunteer hours? If it's required it's no longer considered volunteering, imo. I have to be -forced- to be a good citizen? If I choose not to be in NHS I'm a disgrace? Cry me a river. NHS is overrated, the end.</p>
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NHS may have had good original intentions, but nowadays it stands for all the wrong things. "Required" volunteer hours? If it's required it's no longer considered volunteering, imo. I have to be -forced- to be a good citizen?
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<p>I guess your state doesn't require community service in order to receive a diploma? Lucky you. </p>
<p>I completely agree that "mandatory volunteerism" is an oxymoron. Don't even get me started on that.</p>
<p>NHS = NTWS (National Transcript Whore Society)</p>
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Texas; nope =)</p>
<p>My state requires 75 hours if you want 100% Bright Futures tuition. One also needs a 3.5 weighted GPA and a 1270 M + CR SAT score or 28 ACT with writing portion (which I meet). </p>
<p>The 75% scholarship is a joke. No Community service hours, 3.0 weighted GPA and 970 SAT or 20 SAT.</p>
<p>My school trumps every one of yours in how easy it is to get into NHS.
You need:
- 3.25(i think) GPA or above
-10 hours of community service between august and march
- A job or other activity, like a sport.
- documentation of hours and signatures for the job or sport.</p>
<p>After you get in, you dont have to do anything at all. At least in the past we haven't. Hopefully this changes so that there is more value to the title of "member of National Honor Society"...</p>
<p>Just like I expected. There are different experiences with NHS in almost every state and every high school. I agree, NHS has good intentions, but giving each high school the ability to determine the requirements for admittance and what the students do after acceptance gives NHS less credibility. </p>
<p>If NHS is trying to recognize students of scholar, service blah blah then it should really buckle down and try to attract those kinds of students. Just universal requirements, i think, would give the NHS more credibility with top students and colleges as well.</p>
<p>4 people in NHS if our school doesn't induct anymore next year. prolly I'll just slap that on my transcript</p>
<p>My school just told me that they will do nothing that "Tracks students" which includes NHS Mu Alpha Theta etc. We don't rank either...</p>
<p>the only reason i did NHS is so I could run for a exec position and I got it. Thats the only reason, in my case, NHS is worth something.</p>
<p>NHS is retarded at my school. Everyone does it, so I decided not to. :p</p>
<p>The requirements are like, a 3.0 GPA and 60 hrs. of community service.</p>
<p>The people in it take it seriously, but NHS doesn't actually DO anything. They elect a president and vice president and hold meetings every now and then to talk about how awesome they are.</p>
<p>But seriously, it's a joke. I know people in NHS who got 20's on the ACT. I have better ways to spend my time.</p>
<p>At my school, the only requirement was that you had to have a 3.5 GPA and 3 letters of recommendation. I got inducted at the end of last year so I've never been to a meeting, but I heard we do nothing.</p>