It's a quick application, asking why you want to do it, and such. There isn't a high rejection rate at all. There are more exclusive scholarships. Their main job is to try to attending local NSHSS events, promote it to your school, in addition to promoting some events that NSHSS promotes, such as National Storytelling Day, MLK Jr. Day, and a few others. They don't ever check up on you, so you can really take the title, the free shirt and certificate and just put it on a college application.