National Honor Scociety

Northstarmom
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:28:30 +0000

Just being an NHS school chapter president isn’t going to stand out at all in admission for top Ivies. There are many NHS school presidents and – for that matter - student government association and class presidents who apply to Ivies. Just having offices --even major ones – won’t make one stand out in such admissions.

What one has accomplished in one’s organizations can make one stand out.

if he accomplishes a lot that is well beyond what’s typical that could help him stand out. This means doing more than just continuing programs the advisor or others started or random community service because that’s what NHS requires.

However, to stand out that way, he probably would have needed to have been doing things with NHS --organizing fundraisers; starting tutoring programs and other community service – during his junior year, too. It takes a while to develop projects and to develop organization skills. These aren’t things that can suddenly be accomplished the first couple of months of senior year.

When he ran for NHS president did he put forth some goals and ideas? If so, now’s the time to get started on implementing them.