<p>After searching this forum, it seems that the general consensus is that putting NHS on your application doesn't really add anything to it.</p>
<p>But what if I'm applying to a top school? Obviously many of the applicants would be in NHS. Would, then, the absence of NHS detract from my application -- because it'd be "expected" of most applicants? Or is it really that insignificant and wouldn't really matter?</p>
<p>I don’t think it’d matter.</p>
<p>NHS doesn’t matter for top schools unless an applicant is a national officer. Lack of being in NHS isn’t going to matter to those schools.</p>
<p>It matters as much as any club would. AKA its what you DO in the club and how you step up that matters</p>
<p>kala: if you read carefully in the many threads about NHS, the posters ARE asking if they are essential for top school admissions. the answer still is NO.</p>
<p>I wasn’t ever invited (or I missed the recruiting posters), I dunno – LOL. Didn’t hurt my multiple Ivy acceptances. I matriculated at an HYP college.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. Colleges are aware that even though NHS is a nationally-based organization, the type of its chosen members are dependent on each high school, which makes the members’ profile more varied, so they won’t reject someone just for a lack of NHS in the application.</p>
<p>I only joined NHS my senior year, and I didn’t put it on my CommonApp. Still got into Duke.</p>