how much does this help for college?
<p>a little. if you do something in there.</p>
<p>i'm president :-D</p>
<p>At the very and extremely selective schools, nearly everyone who applies is in NHS. As such, it doesn't help very much. However, being an officer can help more.</p>
<p>If this thread goes the way of other threads about NHS, it will now discuss the widely differing criteria used for admission to NHS at different high schools, how a single teacher at some schools can veto somebody based on personal reasons, how it can be just a popularity contest to get in, how NHS doesn't really have a purpose, but how some chapters are really really good.</p>
<p>everyone at my school gets into NHS</p>
<p>at my school the criteria for getting in is harsh, but bs'ing is rampant, so 1/5 of the students get in</p>
<p>yeah, the criteria at my school is pretty harsh too.. hardly anyone at all gets in</p>
<p>At my Son's school, about 5% get into NHS, however, although he did put on his college app (he applied ED to 1 school-got in), under "Awards and Honors", there was no real way to address the selectivity w/o being obnoxious. When I spoke with an ad rep at Parents' Dinner in April, he said they were much more impressed with: "Photographs exhibited at the International Center of Photography", which happened at the end of his freshman year! So, go figure.</p>
<p>i doubt itll distinguish that much in competitive schools.</p>
<p>NHS is tough to get in to at my school as well. I received a position, but I don't know if parliamentarian has much a an influence. Would it be helpful to put it on my app, or is it better to leave it out?</p>
<p>Of course it would be helpful. Just being an officer itself implies leadership, respect, and skill.</p>
<p>my NHS doesn't even have officers. it's just a list of people</p>