Sorry for starting a new thread, but I could not locate the one that already exists about National Honor Society requirements.
Our high school keeps expanding the prerequisites for NHS, and this will mean the exclusion of some pretty deserving kids who in past years would have been shoo-ins. It used to be a student just needed x number of volunteer hours. Then the number of hours was raised and raised again, and after that there it was specified that the hours must include volunteering for both school and community. Then proof of leadership was added. If I recall from the other thread, many parents reported a similar trend of increasing requirements at their schools, so I guess that's the way it is now.
However, these lines from D's application really bothered me, and I wanted to know what you all thought about it:
"We will be considering both the quantity and quality of your community service. If you have 300 hours of service, all of which was performed at a single location, then the QUALITY [caps are mine for emphasis] of your experience is lacking. We are seeking a variety of experiences." It goes on to say that you must have performed the community service at a minimum of 3 locations.
So a kid who does 10 hours here, 15 hours there and 25 hours somewhere else will be selected, while the student with a sustained and passionate commitment to only 2 causes or charities will be ineligible, even if he has served as much as 300 hours at each.
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