Kicked out of NHS?

Leafex
Fri, 27 May 2016 14:58:27 +0000

I find skieurope’s post to be quite rude. A lot of high school students have been “brainwashed” (for lack of a better term) to think that NHS is the end-all-be-all of college admissions. Joining NHS is perceived as being necessary for admission into college, but that perception isn’t true. Skieurope’s terse post doesn’t help the situation.

First, OP, let me say that I was in a very similar situation to yours. I was a regular NHS member for 1/2 of my sophomore year and an officer (Secretary) in my junior year. I had health problems in my second semester which resulted in me being in the hospital for over a week and struggling to keep up with academics and ECs. My NHS sponsor developed this weird, personal vendetta against me. She called me irresponsible and complained about me to other officers during an officer meeting during which I was not present - because I was in the hospital. Furthermore, she gave me the responsibility of keeping track of 70+ members’ community service hours even though that was her job, and even the slightest mess-up would send her in a rage and, at one point, she even contacted my parents and my administration. I ended up losing my officer position when I ran for re-election to a first-year member with no qualifications, and I quit the club in the first semester of my senior year because I was tired of the corruption and obvious favoritism. Long story short, NHS sponsors are bad.

If you’re truly passionate about remaining in NHS, talking to an admin at your school and explain your situation because it sounds like your sponsor is unreasonable. Perhaps you could be put on probationary status for next year and have to complete two service projects instead of one? Otherwise, let it go. It’s really not worth it in the end.