When I first received the letter inviting me to apply for National Honor Society, my first thought was how incredibly proud I was for the amount of hard work and dedication I have put into my last few years of high school. When I was little, I looked up to the students who were decorated in cords and the National Honor Society stole when they walked across the stage at graduation. It is such a profound honor to be a candidate for National Honor Society. I have driven myself to be hard-working and to achieve as much as possible. Along with being hard-working and achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, I have decided to try new things and start the strenuous sport of cross country. I took on a leadership role and many younger children had looked up to me from the ages of 6 through 12 when we would put on Cross Country Summer camps for the kids. I believe that I exhibit the qualities of the four pillars: scholarship, service, character, and leadership. To be …show more content…
As I have strived for academic excellence, I have acquired traits that are suitable for a member of the National Honor Society. Intelligence is a common quality of members of the National Honor Society, but certain traits of my personality can contribute to National Honor Society such as being adaptable, self-driven, and being goal-oriented. Along with my personality, I will be contributing my talent as a musician and my love and importance of helping others. I will continue to be involved in my community and do as much as I can to contribute. I have learned from taking on the leadership role that patience and determination are essential qualities in a leader. In addition, I have been able to adapt improved time management skills between school and my extracurricular activities such as Reach/SADD which is a volunteering group, club volleyball, cross country, and