<p>A lot of people say NHS is really easy to get into, but I can't help feeling the process has certain political aspects to it after seeing the people who were accepted and who was declined. Our valedictorian was declined acceptance and she kills herself to get straight As and is very involved in her activities. On the other hand a person with 3 Ds last semester alone got accepted. I got declined and I honestly don't know what they want from me. Everything I do takes up all my time and managing good grades is hard too. I don't know, anyone else have similar experience?</p>
<p>Your school is messed up.</p>
<p>Varies by school. My school has a convoluted, drawn-out application process that has a hard cap of admitees per year, and has fairly stringent standards once admitted. Yet, at some schools NHS is a joke.</p>
<p>I have never heard about anyone from my school being denied. Ever. If you have a 3.5+ and have taken one honors class, you’re in.</p>
<p>At my school, all you need is a pulse to get in. You have to do trash pick up during sophomore year after school but most people bring trash from home and just turn that in.</p>
<p>It varies school by school. At my school people do get denied (all the time actually, including half the kids who got into Ivies this year). However, nearly everyone who appeals gets in. </p>
<p>I got rejected first time for “lack of leadership qualities.” They just wanted a new essay on my appeal, so I sent in the same essay and exact same application and got accepted. Didn’t make a single change but apparently it didn’t matter. I also had the leadership experiences area maxed out with all the things I do, so I was fairly annoyed when I got rejected the first time. If you want to get in try appealing. </p>
<p>A 3.5 and a certain number of community service hours is all that’s required to apply at my school. At my school NHS is known as somewhat of a joke.</p>
<p>definitely depends on your school. ours has a ridiculously high admit rate because it isn’t capped, but there are definitely multiple surprises. it’s not that big a thing, don’t worry!</p>
<p>You can go to the NHS home page (based in DC, I think) and see that there are no universal standards. Some hs require teacher nominations or LoRs, a good service record and/or the grades, whatever. Some clubs do nothing, some knock themselves out. That’s why it’s not necessarily a big deal to adcoms. If you are in it and do service or special projects, make the most of that on the CA- describe your efforts and results. Don’t just list NHS. Or don’t just say “service projects” or x hours. k?</p>
<p>it’s a joke at my school: maintain a decent GPA and don’t punch any teachers and you’re gold</p>
<p>At my school everyone above a certain GPA gets in, no application required. But then again, NHS doesn’t mean anything at my school besides one little “induction” ceremony.</p>
<p>this is so sad to hear! and I thought my school was bad.</p>
<p>At my school- out of two hundred children who were accepted, about 1 or two were denied admission.</p>
<p>at my school, if you have a certain GPA then you’re given an application. the application is a lot of work, but if you hand it in it’s pretty much guaranteed that you’re in. I didn’t bother doing mine.</p>
<p>the only obligation of NHS’ers at my school is very occasionally helping to tutor the lower classmen</p>
<p>I was rejected from NJHS in seventh grade with straight As and a high school varsity sport and have been afraid to apply for NHS since.</p>
<p>all NHS requires at my schools is to have a 3.8+ UW GPA lol</p>
<p>NHS varies from school to school. I know at some it’s just a joke where anyone can come in during anytime of the year, but others will boot you out if you don’t have straight A’s.</p>
<p>Ah my school there technically is an application but I doubt they even read that. If you have a weighted 4.0 GPA you are in. The 4.0 is on a 5 point scale with a maximum of a 6.0 if you make a 100 in all AP/Pre-AP classes so if your average is above a 90 (including electives and classes like P.E.) or an 80 in AP classes you end up being accepted.</p>
<p>40% of my class is in NHS. That’s how easy our thresholds are. 40%. 120 people of a 300-person class. Woop-dee-doo. A wonderful honor.</p>