<p>How important really is National Honors Society in College Admissions? My mom tries to make it sound like some big thing but since all top-school applicants qualify for it anyway, I personally don't see it as having any worth and as only eating up room on the common applications list for 7 EC's. Any thoughts? Thanks</p>
<p>Depends on how active you personally were or how active your school's chapter is. If not, don't worry about it. You're correct. All the top applicants qualify anyways. I never joined nor even bothered, yet was accepted at all the Ivies I applied.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say all top applicants qualify. In my school it's very difficult to get in. I am ranked near the top of the class and have a 3.92 unweighted GPA, around 90 hours of community service, a job, and 2360 SATs, but I didn't make NHS in my school. All the kids who didn't student government were to ones to get in, even those with low GPAs.</p>
<p>Even if everyone gets in, some colleges or outside organizations give scholarships to NHS members. My daughter got $1000 per year for her membership. Not a lot of money, but with the other things she got, it helped make her expensive private school possible.</p>
<p>At my school its realllly easy to join, its the biggest club in the school under Ski Club since all you need is a 90+ GPA and 20 or more service hours. I guess each chapter's difficulty to join varies</p>
<p>For us, you have to have a GPA above 3.5, 2 Teacher Recommendations, Pursue at least 3 ECs and write an essay and stuff.</p>
<p>My school requires 10 recommendations from ten teachers and a 3.75 GPA. I would say that NHS isn't consistent enough to be meritorious nationwide.</p>
<p>NHS at my school= At least a 3.5 WEIGHTED GPA, 3 teacher recommendations, and a list of all of your clubs and activities.</p>
<p>Pretty easy to get into at my school.</p>
<p>Damn we don't have NHS at my school, but I would most likely be on it if we did.
I was on the NJHS too.</p>
<p>"minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA after 1st and 2nd semesters of junior year, involvement of at least 2 school activities per year, staff recommendations, and athletic coach/activity sponsor’s recommendations."</p>
<p>according to my high school</p>
<p>we usually have about 60-70 people inducted every year. That's pretty much the who top 10% at our school.</p>
<p>This has been asked a million times. Just search it. (And when you do, make sure to put "National Honor Society" -- it's "honor," not "honors.")</p>