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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think it may totally depend on what school you’re coming from. DS is at a private school. The minimum GPA to be invited to apply is 3.8. Those kids answer an essay and a few other questions and have to get recs from two teachers. Obviously have to not be in trouble. Of those that have the GPA and write the essay etc some (about 15%) of those eligible didn’t make it because what they wrote didn’t show that they had leadership or service experience that was expected. Knowing that gpas are so inflated in public it almost seems worthless if the cutoff is a 3.5 with nothing else.[/quote]

Colleges have no idea what your individual HS qualifications are for NHS.  They do know there are probably dozens of kids from each school with the distinction, rendering it to close to zero impact on admissions.

As stated before, this is the thinking that leads to the bafflement when a great kid doesn't get into any top 20 school.  You've got to focus on things that make you stand out, not just the same as the other 50 top kids at your HS (and every other HS in the country).

[quote=Anonymous]INTEL science award trumps NHS. Congrats, OP.[/quote]

That's not what the OP asked and you know it.

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