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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on September 10, 2003, 10:55:56 am
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What they hell does it do? I applied for it, thinking I'd get to choose later if I really wanted to join or not. Now, I'm in it. What the hell is it for and what am I supposed to do?
*is clueless*
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:confused:
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I have heard of this too, although don't know much more than the name; as far as I can tell it puts your name on some list of which copies are put up in various classrooms. No idea what it is all for, really.
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:wtf: :confused:
Not a clue. 'tis probably some American thing...
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Google bashing is A1-SUPAR :rolleyes:
http://www.nhs.us/aboutnhs/
Here's a more down to earth description I found of it somewhere that actually answers the question.
The National Honors Society is a service base club, that you must be asked to join and is based on grade point average._
The National Honors Society is involved with a lot of community service, such as visiting nursing homes, Christmas caroling, food drives, and blood drives. _ All the members are involved and each month there is a service that must be completed._
The club meets the second Wednesday of every month._ The meetings run from fifteen minutes to a half an hour long._ The executive board meets first and third Wednesday of each month.
:rolleyes:
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Ack! No way in hell am I gonna do that stuff!
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:lol:
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if you want to get good scholarships, then yeah, being a member of NHS is one foolproof way. i am.
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Originally posted by Stealth
if you want to get good scholarships, then yeah, being a member of NHS is one foolproof way. i am.
Basically, that's the entire reason for being in NJHS and NHS. By being in them, colleges want you more. They will accept you with lower grades. They will offer you money :p
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
They will accept you with lower grades. They will offer you money :p
right, but you've got to have certain grades to get into NHS in the first place. you can't just "apply" if you're sitting with B averages... in our school you have to be 'invitited' to join... which happens only if you have the right grades and/or GPA
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*scratches head*
invited? never got one of those with a 3.9 gpa
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3.9 GPA... that's weird, that's on a 4 point scale, whereas we use a 7 point scale in our high school... and i think you have to have at least a 5.5 or a 6 to get invited (or accepted).
i thought mainly colleges/universities used a 4 point GPA scale
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yea its on a 4 point scale. i was ranked like 40 of 450
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oh. well remember you usally ( i think ) have to apply...it's just that our school took the liberty of applying for us :)
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They make it sound to important, like you're all the shining examples of everything that is good and rieghteous with society and humanity. Probably need a mean British accent to be accepted, otherwise, yo're not gentlemanly enough.
So basically, its Scouts for nerds. :D :D
Strange Canada doesn't have this. Not that I'de be invited or anything, but I've never heard of this stuff. Its da l33t c0nN3x10n for geting into colleges and universities.
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I got accepted with an 83 % total average. And it's not that they're picking the best of the worst, mine's one of the best school's in the US (hard as hell, tho :D).
Anyways, I heard it was mostly fundraising and stuff. I really don't want to do it, as my science grade is in the toilet, my Social Studies is taking a pounding, and my Spanish grade, while not bad, has some serious work to be done to keep it from going down.
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I'm currently waiting to see if they remember that I'm a member of our school's NHS.....