Anonymous wrote:Lol what a joke. Now we have private school posters arguing that somehow their bullshit cum laude thing is a big deal but a public school’s NHS isn’t.

Do you come on every thread to rant about private school? You are everywhere lately.

My DS did NHS. He likes to volunteer and very little "downside" to belonging. Agree it is not going to move the needle for college but, shocker, there is more to life than a college application!

My kid and I got into a huge power struggle over NHS and I regret my part in it. I was under the impression that a high stats kid aiming for reach schools really “had“ to be an NHS, it was just a box to be checked. She was dead set against it, fiddled around and procrastinated on her application, and ultimately didn’t get it in in time. But she had a ton of other things on her application to demonstrate all the NHS typical stuff (service, leadership etc) so I thought she had effectively tanked her chances at a top school. When it came time to do the Common App with 10 spots for activities it turns out it wouldn’t have even gone on anyway. And she got into the school she was aiming for. She was right and I was wrong.

Anonymous wrote:Lol what a joke. Now we have private school posters arguing that somehow their bullshit cum laude thing is a big deal but a public school’s NHS isn’t.

It seems like most of the people saying NHS isn’t a big deal are public school families.

Lol what a joke. Now we have private school posters arguing that somehow their bullshit cum laude thing is a big deal but a public school’s NHS isn’t.

My kid was kicked out of NHS. Was injured and couldn’t do the specific NHS volunteer requirements. His friend was kicked out too. Both wound up at schools that are a great fit for them.

In the grand scheme of things the NHS isn’t a big deal. Neither kid needed additional activities they had enough.

Meaningless tag. Don’t worry about it

Suspect most do. The big ones in Baltimore do and a quick google search shows NCS does.
The award is given at different times - some schools give in jr spring, so maybe based on grades through 3rd quarter? I don’t know. Our school is end of junior yr and announced in the summer.

Which private DC high schools do the cum laude? Curious because I haven’t heard anything about this, but this is my first kid at the high school.

Anonymous wrote:Cum laude is top 10% of jr class. According to our college counselor, this is a big deal, esp at schools that don’t otherwise rank kids.
Cum laude senior yr is top 20%- nice but not as meaningful.

Only the junior year ranking would be known in time for college apps anyway, right? It’s based on end of year gpa?

Cum laude is top 10% of jr class. According to our college counselor, this is a big deal, esp at schools that don’t otherwise rank kids.
Cum laude senior yr is top 20%- nice but not as meaningful.

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Anonymous wrote:My private school kid just got invited to join the "Cum Laude Society." No application necessary -- just accept the invitation. Easy. I think like the top 20% of the chapter is invited.

My impression is that Cum Laude Society is more meaningful than NHS, especially if this is a rigorous private.

Is it really? DC’s private inducts students into the Cum Laude Society, not NHS.

It seems like most of the school qualifies for NHS at many high schools. Cum laude is at least capped at a certain top percentage. At our school it’s only the top 10% of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:My private school kid just got invited to join the "Cum Laude Society." No application necessary -- just accept the invitation. Easy. I think like the top 20% of the chapter is invited.

My impression is that Cum Laude Society is more meaningful than NHS, especially if this is a rigorous private.

Is it really? DC’s private inducts students into the Cum Laude Society, not NHS.

Anonymous wrote:My private school kid just got invited to join the "Cum Laude Society." No application necessary -- just accept the invitation. Easy. I think like the top 20% of the chapter is invited.

My impression is that Cum Laude Society is more meaningful than NHS, especially if this is a rigorous private.

Anonymous wrote:My kids who were top students never bothered to do it. They went to top colleges

+1

This is my kid also. Didn’t bother. At a top school.