<p>Hey, I think this might be too much of a 'common sense' for some of you but
what is national honors society?</p>
<p>is it a community service club like key club?</p>
<p>if so, and if your school doesn't have one, what should i do?</p>
<p>and could you tell me what other clubs/activities are there?(sorry bros, i just moved in.)</p>
<p>Thanks, best of lucks. :)</p>
<p>Hi! My school does have one, prospective members are in their junior or senior year and they have to have a certain number of community service hours, club and community involvement and a leadership position or two. My school’s chapter requires that everyone participate in volunteer work every month or so, I’m not quite sure yet. So yes, they do community service.
I’m not quite sure what the overall purpose is, I think it’s something that looks good on college applications. If you don’t have one, you could probably just do volunteer work on your own. Or at least, that’s my two cents.</p>
<p>Mine has one. Every sophomore that had a 3.5 GPA freshman year gets invited. They just sit around the Red Cross across the street from the school and move boxes around. It’s supposed to be some big honor and they get to wear cords at graduation, but that’s about it. I wasn’t invited, but I’m my school’s only National Merit Finalist, had the highest SAT score, and got into one of the most selective schools (only the athletic recruit at Yale got into a more selective school).</p>
<p>However, not all are as inactive as at my school. I know at another school they are quite active and do a lot of work for charity. So I suppose it just depends on each school.</p>
<p>ah, i see. So you can’t really sign up for it individually… aww that’s sad.
well but it really sounds fun! Thanks! :D</p>
<p>at my school you can sign up for it . your average gpa for the first 3 quarters has to be a 90% and for sophomores you need 20 hrs of community service and leadership. juniors need 30 and seniors need 40. and that is all . we dont do anything as a group. just submit your hours by april and youre in.</p>
<p>At my school, you apply as juniors to be in NHS your senior year. The application is a form wherein you list your extracurriculars, volunteer activities, awards, work experiences, etc. and collect signatures for those you list. You must have at least 3 of each of the above and at least 3 leadership positions. GPA minimum is around 3.5. A panel of teachers decides who gets in. Senior year, there are brief meetings every month and required community service projects every so often. Essentially, it just looks good for college.</p>
<p>^What this person wrote, but for my school you don’t need previous leadership positions. </p>
<p>The truth: NHS at my school is a complete tool order. I was excited to join NHS, and I was psyched when I learned that I was accepted. I looked forward to all of the community service that I could participate in. Eventually I learned that about 95% of the ‘service’ was doing things like working at the concession stand, making preparations for a concert by putting out chairs, collecting papers in an exam for a school event, etc, rather than helping out at retirement homes, hospitals, food kitchens, etc. It’s dull, brainless work that results in absolutely no satisfaction of having HELPED anyone. </p>
<p>Hopefully NHS is different for your school.</p>