Should I quit the NHS?

Applying to College
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Being an NHS member certainly looks good on resumes, but I’ve heard it’s not all that important when it comes to college admissions. I’m part of other honors societies (English and German) plus I have strong test scores and a rather high GPA. I enjoy volunteer work as well, I just don’t particularly like the NHS community and I’m thinking about resigning. I would still ask to receive info on volunteer activities, if possible.

I’m guessing it’s not a big deal to most colleges, but I am applying to some Ivies and my main concern is their perspective. I’m worried that, on college admissions, it may look like I was banned or that I’m slacking off unless I explain my reasons somewhere. Should I even draw attention to it?

My main question is, does being a part of NHS for junior year but not senior year look bad? Should I simply force myself to stay until graduation, to get the cord and all?

Side note: I’m new to CC, let me know if I’m doing anything wrong.

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If you really hate NHS don’t do it. Honestly I don’t think NHS is a big admission draw, especially if you are applying to a top school and like 3/4 of applicants are in/eligible for NHS. If you have good grades/keep them up I don’t think it matters. How important is the chord? I wouldn’t torture yourself for 6 more months just to get a wear a chord for one day in front of people you will never see again :slight_smile:

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NHS doesn’t matter because pretty much everyone who applies to decent schools have above 3.5.

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The common app lets you list 10 activities. If you have 10 solid activities, then ditch NHS. If you don’t have enough activities to fill in the 10 activity slots, then stay in.

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^ Even if you do fill in less than ten, don’t put in NHS. Like others said, they already know you’re eligible.

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You’re being paranoid. NHS or no NHS is irrelevant to colleges. You’ll be fine either way.

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Just because the CA allows 10 activities does not mean one needs to have 10. 5 solid activities is better than 10 meaningless ones.

As others have said, it’s not that impressive. tay if you want or quit if you want. It really won’t matter.

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If you drop NHS you can leave out that you were in it for 11th grade if you like. But if you want to continue volunteering with the organization you may want to keep it. Agree with others that it won’t matter much either way.