<p>will being an active leader in NHS even make a slight bit of difference???</p>
<p>Perhaps because you were a leader in NHS, but not because you were in NHS.</p>
<p>I have to agree with most of the people who replied. NHS is a joke at my school. Not only is it pretty easy to get in (3.4 or higher, along with teacher “recommendations,” some leadership activities, and two honors/accelerated/AP/III level or higher classes), but last year, they lowered the standards for NHS because one parent wanted her son to get in, and he wouldn’t have gotten in without the new standards, which lowered the number of honors classes from four to two. (I had three honors classes my freshman year, so I would have been able to join my sophomore year under the new rules.) I think the reason why the NHS advisor let that happen is because he has admitted to us that NHS means nothing other than a thing to put on our college apps.</p>
<p>keyword in that…“someone”</p>
<p>what does he know?</p>
<p>Yeah. If everyone has it, it must not be that great…I mean, most people that hear about it can get in at my school because the requirements are so minimal. It is BS.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know if most schools are like this but my school’s NHS is full of BS. it’s not about how many hours you put into your volunteer work; it’s not about how many activities you joined in h.s WITH maintaining your gpa of 3.0 (out of 4.0) or higher. If you have teachers who are on the NHS committee and they know you, you’d get selected if you’re in good terms with them. I know a lot of the students who were in like the top 2% in our school did not get in. And most people who put in a lot of time in volunteering also didn’t get in. I was surprised at first when I found out that the people I least expected to be in NHS got in. So what I’m trying to say is, NHS is not really a big deal. In fact, you can still go to a competitive college even if you’re not in it. NHS just has the big name to it but in all essence, it’s not THAT big of a deal.</p>
<p>yea…ive heard that most schools don’t have strict requirements to be in NHS. I just hope that the colleges know that at my schools the required GPA is 3.9 and there are about 80-90 people who qualify in each grade…</p>
<p>and I DO spend quite some time each week actually doing stuff…so hopefully colleges will take that as a positive thing…</p>
<p>The thing is that even if you DO need a 3.9 to get into NHS… colleges will see your GPA on your transcript anyway.</p>
<p>I’m sure that if you spend time participating in it, it’ll count for more. It’s just that a lot of people I know who are in the NHS are under the impression that just having it listed on their application means a lot by itself.</p>
<p>So to sum up this entire thread…</p>
<p>National Honor Society is going to mean next to nothing to colleges. It’s like saying “honor roll”. It means SUCH a wide array of things- at one school it means you’re the cream of the crop, creme de la creme, the next Einstein- at another school you’re just a kid who gets As in classes that aren’t even honors. </p>
<p>So don’t worry about it, kids. Quit bashing NHS (or pumping it up)…It’s like saying “Football sucks because my school’s football team sucks.” It’s totally inconsistent from school to school. So chillax :)</p>
<p>NHS is crap, IMO. Cum Laude Society is much more impressive.</p>