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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need to go to the ceremony to be in NHS.

And NHS does nothing for college acceptance. I work in the field and it's meaningless.[/quote]

OP here-I'm actually glad to hear that NHS does nothing for college acceptance.  At our school, the acceptances seem to be somewhat arbitrary with lots of great kids not getting in and no one checking the accuracy of what some of the kids claim on their applications.[/quote]

OP, what one PP says doesn't necessarily apply everywhere, all the time. NHS might help with some applications; you can't know for sure. It can't hurt. The PP is making a huge, blanket statement that may or may not apply to your son's eventual college choices. And I wouldn't worry about what other kids at your HS do or don't put on applications or who does or doesn't get into certain schools. It's just not worth having on your radar, frustrating though it is to know that some kid lied on an application.

I would not [u]make[/u] your son choose either the practice or the ceremony, but I would point out to him that the NHS ceremony is a one-time-only deal, whereas basketball practices happen all the time. And he's earned an honor here--this is something he worked for by being a solid student. It's not hugely exciting to him, maybe, but if it's meaningful to you, tell him so.

If he is in NHS, by the way, he might find that there are expectations about his participating in certain things such as service projects and a certain number of NHS meetings during the school year. Will he consistently want to avoid any such meetings or projects if his NHS chapter expects them? If so, it might not be worth it to him. [/quote]

OP here-Don't get me wrong, I'm not assuming that NHS is meaningless to every college everywhere based on one poster here.  But, at the same time, I'm glad to hear that it may not mean as much as we're told it is.  My oldest son did not get in as a sophomore, even though he was seemingly more qualified than my current sophomore, and he was really upset about it.  There's just so much pressure on kids to get outstanding grades in the hardest classes while volunteering, playing sports, playing an instrument, etc., etc., that it's just good to get a little perspective.  My son knows that he'll be expected to participate in service projects and meetings and he's fine with that.  If I pressed the issue, he'd go to the ceremony without a problem and that's what may happen; I'm thinking about it.  It's more meaningful to me that he's the kind of student that earns acceptance into NHS than attending the ceremony, so I'm trying to balance the give and take...[/quote]

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