Becoming An Honor Student

An experience that has influenced my life was my sophomore year in high school in which I had made the Trojanette Drill Team. As a first time dancer and the lack of confidence I had at the time I didn't think I was going to open up to a cluster of girls I didn't know. Walking into the drill team room I was an introverted person who didn't believe I was worth being on the team, but walking out of the drill team room I was confident, responsible, hardworking and eager to continue the next year of dance.

Facing a reality of my inception into an underprivileged life with small business owners for parents and siblings much older than I am, still struggling to find stability in their lives. I constantly questioned how I would turn out. I understood at a young age the perplexities of my family's struggles, that I lacked all the resources such as financial assistance, lack of insight, and encouragement from my family. Thus, leaving me ill prepared for my future and for the rest of my life to come.

What qualities determine if someone is a leader? I consider myself a leader not because of superior grades or high intellect but because I try to lend a helping hand whenever possible. I set an example for my peers by devoting myself to the school and offering my time for the benefits of others.

In conclusion, I was able to express myself, relate to my peers, and make many memorable experiences. All of these things helped shape the person I am today. However, not all experiences were pleasant. During the sixth grade all state choir, a girl fell down and started having seizures. I did not know who she was; I had never met her. Nevertheless, I felt curiously concerned for her wellbeing. I will never forget that experience. After the incident, we had a closer

I am honored to be a candidate for the National Junior Honor Society. This organization means a lot to me. In elementary school, I hadn’t really put much effort into my work because I didn’t know that it would make such a difference in my life. However, in the fourth grade, I realized that what I did would make an impact on the rest of my education. If I didn’t do well then, I wouldn’t make it into honor classes or AP classes, meaning I couldn’t get the higher education I desired. I then began to work harder and my determination increased. My hard work paid off because during my sixth grade graduation, I was one of two students that received the gold for the President’s Education Awards Program (PEAP). Knowing that all the effort was

I have many positive experiences to reflect upon. I have been blessed to grow up in an amazing church and I have met many people that have influenced me greatly. These relationships have helped me grow into the selfless and motivated person I am today. I have also been employed for almost two years at the Culver’s in my town and the time I have spent there has had a great impact. Before I started working, I was very reserved and afraid to communicate with others or socialize with peers. Being forced

When becoming successful in life, I feel as if education is a factor that plays a huge role. It opens doors, which leads to a variety of available resources. I strongly believe that joining the honors college will lead me to the direction of becoming the Accountant I am destined to be. Having the ability to transform myself into a superior individual inside the classrooms has given me the confidence to challenge myself as I further my education. Advancing to the next level has always been a goal for me, and I am willing to put in the time and effort to earn my stripes.

A lot of people choose to look at the challenges in their lives that they have faced and explain how they have overcome them. I am choosing to instead look at the successful times in my life and share what they have been, because I look forward to adding to this list, hopefully while I am attending Muskingum University. At the end of my Sophomore year, I was accepted into the Cosmetology program at C-TEC of Licking County, and this was just the start of a successful pathway. Towards the end of my Junior year, I was chosen to be apart of National Honor Society (which I stupidly rejected, a mistake that will never be made again) and continued to be on Honor Roll and Merit Roll throughout the years. I was also the outstanding Junior Cosmetology

There have been pivotal moments in my life that have help to shape the person that I am today. I grew up in a small town where everyone knew one another. It is difficult to be different from everyone else, because people expect you to grow up get married and start a family with the opposite sex. Growing up, I felt different from everyone else and as a consequence. Learning to love myself was a truly arduous journey and accepting who I am.

Similarly to Christy Brown in My Left Foot, everybody has experienced significant moments in their lives that have shaped the people they are. There is one specific moment in my life that stands out to me as a substantial event in determining my character as a human being. Likewise to Christy Brown finally being able to use writing as a form of communication, I was finally able to appreciate how lucky I am and realize that many other people are not as fortunate. When I was in fourth grade, I stepped outside of my comfort zone and unknowingly gained information that was difficult for me to comprehend at the time, but ended up having an immense effect on the way I view other people. That very day, I learned to treat everybody with kindheartedness because you never know what he or she may be going through in his or her life.

Another example was the first time stepping on Haskell’s campus. My youngest had went off to college himself. I was well received by professors, staff and the students. An occasional snicker here and there because of my age. I assumed that I would get a few of those. But, was so excited that I was here and part of it all. Over lunch in Curtis one afternoon I listened to students talking about the prejudice they had experienced at Haskell because of their native color. They were being told they were not part of the In-group. How could that be? I was really surprised until I had experienced it myself. I had a teacher that would use all of my work as examples but then would not give me any credit. Not that I required attention, but, felt I should had some recognition. Our little group would meet for lunch a few times a week and on this particular day my little world opened up to the In-Group Out-Group world. After lunch was over my friend, who shall remain nameless as everyone will know who he is, were walking to our next class when out of frustration I had mentioned my teacher’s attitude towards me. Being a true friend and not thinking before he spoke he said “Well, if you didn’t look so white maybe she would act differently towards you”. So, there I was, in the Out-group when I thought I was in the

Throughout my high school career, I chose to challenge myself in the classroom. Rather than taking the basic route to earning a high school diploma, I chose to seek an even high honor of obtaining the honor's diploma. Throughout my years, I was told by various people that the honor's diploma was unnecessary, colleges won't care about it, and that it's just for bragging rights. Although some of these statements may be true, I didn't let the negativity get in the way of my goal. I was set on working towards and honor's diploma and no one was going to stop me.

I remember, when I was a sophomore, I was thinking a lot about my future and how I wanted it all to go as planned. As always, I set myself many goals and tried to accomplish them by the end of the year. One of those goals was to get into the Honor Society of my school. That goal I could never accomplish.

My experiences and accomplishments throughout high school may qualify me to be accepted into NJIT Honors College. I have learned so much about civil engineering and computer graphic design through my internship at InfoTran engineers. I created models of intersections that would later be used by real surveyors in New York City. If accepted into Honors College, I would be able to use my skills that I learned here to design and create different things to be used in the real world. I have also had experience with web page design through a class in high school. I learned HTML code, css as well as photoshop. I have hands on experience on how to create the bones of a website using HTML. I can use this experience in the honors college because it gives

I believe I have demonstrated the qualities to become a member of the National Honor Society, because I have really good grades in all of my classes. I work very hard on everything I do, and always give 110 percent. I try to encourage others to do their best, as well as myself.