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National Honor Society Essay Examples

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Being chosen to be a candidate for a membership for the National Honor Society is such an honor to me. It shows that I have worked hard in all aspects of my life to show leadership, success, excellence and service, despite the many challenges I have faced along the way. It also proves to myself that I have worked hard to maintain my grades in ninth, tenth, and some of eleventh grade while maintaining a part time job, and volunteering at a barn in my hometown. Being able to attain the necessary GPA to be considered to become a member shows my hard work, which it a quality that I possess in and out of school. This year I got hired for a part time job in retail while still trying to go to my barn as much as possible, which proved to be difficult and very time consuming. However, I still managed to, despite having ADD, which makes time management very hard for me. Another factor that shows my hard work is my grades. My grades have gone from mostly B’s in ninth and tenth grade to having mostly A’s in eleventh grade. …show more content…

My riding outside of school has been filled with lots of tiny successes such as cantering for the first time, jumping 3 feet, having and overall good lesson, and getting back on the horse I broke my arm on after having surgery. However, the biggest success I’ve had was being able to leave my barn and participate in my first dressage test during sophomore year. In that test I won first place out of ten other contestants. After I won, I realized that that success measured how far I’ve come, from breaking my arm and being nervous to ride again, to jumping three feet that summer, to winning my first dressage

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