National Honor Society
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Anonymous
| Is it hard to get in? The school has an application and my child is considering applying but I don’t know that he has enough leadership. He has the grades and service plus can get a recommendation. |
Anonymous
| I think it may depend on the high school. At our high school, it was a real pain to apply and I know a lot of people didn't even bother applying as they didn't see the value/pay off. I'm not sure how valuable it is to colleges. |
Anonymous
That’s probably true re not having value |
Anonymous
| Depends - my child held a leadership position in the org her senior year, and was a member for 11th and 12th. Worked for her (didn't hurt anyway) - accepted and attended a top school. |
Anonymous
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NHS procedures vary by chapter. National only has some basic requirements around the 4 pillars and a GPA minimum.
As for college, it’s considered a “checkbox” for high-achieving kids. No edge for belonging. Signed, Someone with professional, inside knowledge |
Anonymous
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To the poster with "professional, inside knowledge", does the value of membership increase with the COVID activity limitations?
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Anonymous
| It absolutely depends on the school. At Churchill the application process was so difficult and they only let a handful of kids in each year. You basically must have perfect grades, lots of leadership, significant extracurricular involvement etc. Many kids don't bother to apply. I saw a picture of the WJ honor society about two years ago-it was at least 3x the size of the one at Churchill. I think it's very demoralizing for good students (i.e., a few B's mixed in with a rigorous course load) to find it impossible to get into the honor society at their school, yet other MCPS high schools have significantly different standards. |
Anonymous
Wow. At our hs no suspensions and 92 gpa means you’re in. |
Anonymous
I can’t say for sure since I’m not in the same role anymore, but my guess is a pretty solid “no”. What matters is all the stuff that would make a child eligible for NHS, grades and rigor of coursework, service, leadership, etc. |
Anonymous
| PP here. At our hs there was no application. At a certain GPA you are “flagged” and you’re in. To stay in it senior year you have to do 15 service hours. |
Anonymous
Honestly, that’s terrible. And likely in violation of national guidelines. At a minimum, it’s incredibly lazy of the school leadership. |
Anonymous
My kid is also a Churchill student and I'm the PP above who mentioned what a pain the application process was that people ended up not wanting to join. But, I don't think it's demoralizing. I think people just don't care and know it's not valued at the school or by colleges. Could be different at different high schools. There were so many other activities to join and other honor societies to be in that NHS just really didn't matter to my kid. |
Anonymous
| At our HS...they ask for 60 hours of ssl done while a HS student. |
Anonymous
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- Rising junior or senior only
- 3.6 unweighted GPA. 4.2 weighted GPA -60 ssl hours earned while a high school student and cataloged by HS ssl coordinator - 2 leadership positions or roles - 2 teacher recommendation - essays submitted. |
Anonymous
| Our school requires 120 hours above the 75 required for graduation. My kid has that but doesn’t have leadership positions so I guess he won’t apply. |