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Post by Really Red on Jun 27, 2017 16:05:37 GMT
My son goes to a private school. It's pretty hard to get into. The top 10% of the kids get invited at the end of Junior Year (6 kids) and the next 10% get invited at the end of Senior Year (so useless for college apps). Our school operates on a 0-100 GPA and even though my son has a 90 GPA, lettered in 6 sports through Junior Year, did 50-80 service hours, he has zero chance of getting into NHS. My friend's son has a 96 GPA, takes classes on the side, tons of service hours and is pretty all-around spectacular and he didn't get in. Just can't compete with the 5 Koreans in the school who study year-round (summer vacations are 8 hours of studying daily at minimum!) and take extra classes so they are far ahead.
Compare that to my daughters' public school. While they did have outstanding GPA's and much other stuff going on, ANYONE with a GPA of 3.5 and above was invited. My girls' had GPA's of 4.4 or something, so a 3.5 wasn't super high (weighted classes and the like).
Quite frankly, I wonder how much weight is put on being a member of NHS?
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Post by karen on Jun 27, 2017 17:42:16 GMT
[ Leadership should not be limited to holding a position. If she shows leadership in class, that could count as leadership also. If this is the case, she may want to document the times she does this and ask those teachers for recommendations. Interesting Thank you! If this is the case, that does open up some possibilities. Last year, her teacher told me about an incident that happened in class. They had to write an opinion essay on a book and defend it in a graded discussion. Apparently my daughter took one side and the entire class took the other side. She had the whole class coming at her pretty hard about the stance she took The teacher said she did a good job defending her position under pressure and it became a very lively discussion. Maybe that is an example that would work if she decides to pursue NHS in the future??!! [ That is a great example! |
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 27, 2017 21:41:03 GMT
My son goes to a private school. It's pretty hard to get into. The top 10% of the kids get invited at the end of Junior Year (6 kids) and the next 10% get invited at the end of Senior Year (so useless for college apps). Our school operates on a 0-100 GPA and even though my son has a 90 GPA, lettered in 6 sports through Junior Year, did 50-80 service hours, he has zero chance of getting into NHS. My friend's son has a 96 GPA, takes classes on the side, tons of service hours and is pretty all-around spectacular and he didn't get in. Just can't compete with the 5 Koreans in the school who study year-round (summer vacations are 8 hours of studying daily at minimum!) and take extra classes so they are far ahead. Compare that to my daughters' public school. While they did have outstanding GPA's and much other stuff going on, ANYONE with a GPA of 3.5 and above was invited. My girls' had GPA's of 4.4 or something, so a 3.5 wasn't super high (weighted classes and the like). Quite frankly, I wonder how much weight is put on being a member of NHS? Me too. I don't think it helps a lot. |
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Post by AnotherPea on Jun 28, 2017 1:59:11 GMT
[ Leadership should not be limited to holding a position. If she shows leadership in class, that could count as leadership also. If this is the case, she may want to document the times she does this and ask those teachers for recommendations. Interesting Thank you! If this is the case, that does open up some possibilities. Last year, her teacher told me about an incident that happened in class. They had to write an opinion essay on a book and defend it in a graded discussion. Apparently my daughter took one side and the entire class took the other side. She had the whole class coming at her pretty hard about the stance she took The teacher said she did a good job defending her position under pressure and it became a very lively discussion. Maybe that is an example that would work if she decides to pursue NHS in the future??!! It might. It wouldn't be enough at my school or my kids' schools, though. Leadership positions really do need to be an elected or appointed office to count in my district. |
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