<p>In my Junior year of high school, I, like so many others in any honors classes, applied for acceptance into the National Honors Society (NHS). Unfortunately, I was not accepted due to a detention or two I had received earlier in my high school career (or so I've been told).</p>
<p>Now, the same time of year has come around again, and I am faced with the option of applying for NHS admission. Keep in mind that ALL of my college applications are already submitted, and I've already received decisions from my safety schools. Should I apply for NHS again, or is it not worth the trouble? Even if we assume that I DO get accepted, will it make that much of a difference in the decisions of the other colleges I'm waiting to hear from? The best case scenario I can think of is that I get wait-listed somewhere and then they find that I got accepted into NHS and that may change their decision a bit. But I can hardly see something as trivial as NHS membership (Since I'm a senior, I wouldn't be able to run for any kind of leadership position) carrying that kind of weight in the decision.</p>
<p>What is your opinion on this? Is it worth it? Thanks for the help and advice!</p>
<p>It's too late. I don't think your pending schools will even know that you joined NHS.</p>
<p>Don't even try... just flip off the people that rejected you and laugh at their pretentious faces. NHS is not a big deal.</p>
<p>your right. a waitlist wont change to an accepted because of an NHS membership. most colleges will be done with committee meetings by the time this information would reach them anyways</p>
<p>I got rejected because this one teacher hated me and said I shared answers which I do not and is a complete joke because with a 4.8 gpa and the highest out of everybody I know, it's obvious I don't share answers whilst others who cheat like it's their job got in. So I'm pretty ticked and discouraged from applying again, but I suppose I will just to wear the NHS thing at graduation because it may look odd being in the top 10 kids and not having it and my mom would be pretty mad. So yeah, I don't want to but I am for the sole reason of wearing the cord at graduation and wouldn't otherwise. But it definitely won't affect a college's decision. I've read of countless cases on CC where kids got into Ivies and whatnot with either 1. not being in NHS period or 2. they thought it was so worthless they didn't even put it on their applications.</p>
<p>Good. That's what I've been thinking too. Thanks all for your advice, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't being stupid by not applying again. Screw it :D</p>