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High School Application Research Paper

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Atypical is what defines me, my journey through high school has had its ups and down. From taking advanced courses since freshman year until now, I like to be both physically and mentally challenged, I enjoy trying new sports as well as joining clubs. As an independent young woman I am always on the hunt for new opportunities and barriers to break.

High school has been a learning experience both academically as well as socially. It was a social learning experience, because I knew no one prior to attending the my high school. This opportunity gave me the chance to branch out, and find who I am and who I want to become. With this opportunity I joined many clubs such as Student Council, Inprof class, Unidos (Latino led the group), CityWide …show more content…

Afterward, as a junior and senior I ran for president, and I am now in charge of overseeing the council's events and fundraisers. As president my junior year I was able to cut our council’s debt in half as well as diversifying our council. Something I was capable to accomplish as president was getting a grant from our school’s foundation pay our state trip to St. Cloud, Minnesota, where our council received three awards. The grant also paid off some of our debt left from a previous event that didn't go as we hoped the year before, the grant was also able to pay for each delegate to have apparel on our council. During the same time I was the Citywide Student governments and Hennepin Division president. The role I play at being citywide president is to ensure that every high school in my district is equally heard and funded. During my presidency as MASC Hennepin Division President, my purpose was organized large submits for all student councils in Hennepin County. In these submits we would discuss policy and issues that were a problem within our county, that we could address at our state conference to gain more support to bring up to Minnesota Department of education. Girls Inc. is a girl's investment challenge, that taught me how to be financially prepared for my future as well as taught me about the stock market and bonds. My personal experience with extra curricular in the community is

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