Rejected from NHS... now what?

I live in an area with many strong pubic high schools. They all offer excellent programs with many opportunities. Students go to excellent colleges from them. But honestly NHS is such a joke. They let so many kids in. Most kids don’t even have the amount of community service that they should. Admissions counselors know this. They know that NHS is very different at different schools. It’s become just one more EC. No worries for you whatsoever.