<p>For NHS we just had elections. Okay, so I realized that people were voting not for people who were supposed to be their “good friends” but for people who they thought were less competitive in terms of college and stuff. (And by “good friends” i do mean really good friends, at least on the outside…I guess smart/competitive/grade-conscious people tend to stick together in cliques?) So ppl were voting for officers who were probably NOT going to apply to ivies, the schools that they were applying to, even if they barely know each other. That way the people who WOULD apply to ivies and other top schools would not have more leadership positions and so would not be as competitive. Yeah idk but that sounds really…EVIL!!!..</p>
<p>Are you sure? Or do YOU think they’re not as competitive?</p>
<p>Why would anyone be so petty as to say, “NO, if you’re not NHS president, then you won’t get into an Ivy!”, more importantly?</p>
<p>Lemme clear up
Our NHS sets its GPA standard at like, 3.6 W or something incredibly low. Meaning, there are people in there with 4.8 GPAs and 3.6 GPAs…also meaning we have about 100 members out of a class of 300 something.
We also had a lot of people running, and we’re allowed to vote for like 10 people or something because there are that many officer positions. And so there are people with very high GPAs running–the ones who would probably be elligible for Ivies and stuff…and there are people with lower GPAs running, who probably wouldn’t apply to Ivies (or if they do they probably would not get in based on GPA and SATs). So you’d have people who have really high GPAs and great scores, etc, running, and they’d be friends with someone who’s NOT running who has equally high stats…but since apparently being NHS officer is <em>at least somewhat</em> good for college, many people did not vote for people who are as competitive as they are so as to prevent each other from getting ahead in # of leadership positions.</p>
<p>And honestly, many people get into Ivies from my school with zero or one leadership position, which is usually like the “Anime club” or something…just by being in the top 10 alone. So yeah, being Prez of NHS can probably tip you into college. And since many people are under the impression that they’re competing with EACH OTHER instead of the rest of the world, every little piece of advantage counts…(which may be true b/c of geographic diversity or something)</p>
<p>That’s so… strange. Our NHS is rather small. Or at least, the active body in it is.</p>
<p>my NHS is evil</p>
<p>That’s how I voted at my high school. I was hoping that this highly competitive kid in my grade wouldn’t become vice president of the school, and so I voted for a nicer, yet not quite as competitive, kid.</p>
<p>To be honest, I was more motivated to vote in that year than in any other…</p>
<p>I can’t believe it matters whether you are in NHS as an officer or not. Sounds like a throw-away type of credential.</p>
<p>that is pretty evil though.</p>
<p>Agreed. IDK, I guess almost everyone in our NHS seems qualified to go to top schools, but not necessarily Ivies. </p>
<p>At least… anyone who’d run for an office.</p>
<p>I hate NHS (even though ours is very well respected).</p>
<p>Seems so… elitist. On one side are the pseudo intelligent, who carry their NHS pride proudly on their sleeves; on the other are the over achieving HYPS guys who are simply on NHS because every other generic Ivy Leaguer is an officer of the club. </p>
<p>Do something different. Create a spelunking club.</p>
<p>High school is a popularity contest, Narcissa. I got over it pretty early. Either way, people are out for themselves…not others. Consider your own thinking. You’re upset because you’re applying to Ivies and you’re not an officer. I’m sure the people who got officer positions were thinking about their own applications too…regardless where they’re applying. It’s not just one sided.</p>
<p>I agree with AeroEngineer on this one…</p>
<p>lol, NHS is the most useless club…I didn’t go to a single meeting and even made sure not to mention it on my apps.</p>
<p>heh, I didn’t run. I was against NHS in the first place. I didn’t even want to join until they blackmailed me saying something like if I’m not in NHS, they would tell the colleges that I’m applying to that I suck or something. Lol not too dramatic but yeah. And i didn’t go to the first 3 meetings either until they blackmailed me into going PLUS coming up with a written letter excusing myself the first 3 meetings–or I lose the $ that i deposited. </p>
<p>I’m just noticing a trend; i’m not mad, just kinda disturbed at the cutthroat competitiveness…</p>
<p>blackmail? thats…drastic</p>
<p>it was honestly blackmail. Letter sealed in envelope sent to homeroom. The message was quite threatening. Like, Please explain why you were not present at the 3/12 meeting at 3:20 in the Auditorium. blahblahblah you will be expelled from NHS blahblahblah we will notify this on your future transcripts blahblahblah</p>
<p>IMO, NHS would be as useless as joining Mensa. I considered joining Mensa, because I’m in the top 2% and all, but I just realized that they just want $52 a year and talk about stuff that would make my brain hurt.</p>
<p>don’t you go to meetings after you send in your application and are accepted? your school is weird.</p>
<p>Wow, there’s some cutthroat competition at your school. In my school, it’s just a popularity contest, the chances of several people competing for the same spots at the same school are slim at best.</p>
<p>I agree with Liist, NHS is pointless. In my school, you just fill out a form to become a member and then you get a pretty certificate saying you’re a member and then you get to go to meetings every month where they tell you what you have to do to stay a member. The president just reads an agenda that the advisor typed up and takes attendance. Don’t worry, colleges won’t care much if you were president of NHS. It’s just stupid.</p>
<p>NSH is pointless. Does any of you here has to join because the school said so? I thought it was pretty lame for mine. They tell me, “there’s no reason for you not to join and be a member.” Oh by the way, not to be too frugal but it cost me 15 dollars to join something that I didn’t get anything out of. Meetings? Uh it was held 2x in the school year. So it’s 7.50 to go to a meeting…</p>
<p>people do this at my school as well.</p>
<p>our student council representatives are NEVER from honors classes-even though it’s 1/3 of our class-and should have somebody! </p>
<p>Only very middle-of-the-road, B-C average people get elected</p>