AP Scholar with Honor Award, it was presented to me for having completed a rigorous series of college-level courses and exams. President 's Education Award Program was awarded to me during ninth grade for my outstanding academic achievements. University Interscholastic League Scholar Award was presented to me for the Number Sense competition where my team won second place over all.
I am ranked in the higher percentile of my class. I am a candidate for the National Honors Society. Being that I have accomplished so much at AMSU I take great pride in the school and am an ambassador which the highest ranked club in the school.
In high school and college I am starting to realize that teachers don’t give specific rewards for getting good grades. But I have learned that we are paving the way for us to get a better future and that is the best award of them all. Being a student athlete I believe that I am receiving more than regular students because you learn so many life lessons in sports. I believe that the field trip that I went on is what made me start to apply myself better in school. I received the about $4,000 in academic scholarships for attending UW Parkside.
I was awarded Chicago State University Freshman Honorary Society, Delta Alpha, Chicago State University Dean’s List, Chicago State University Scholar Athlete, and the Presidential Honor Award. I have been continually working
My interest in Japanese arts and culture has propelled me to live in Tokyo during my gap year between high school and college. Staying with a local family, I explored many aspects of Japanese culture not only by auditing at local high schools but also by learning Japanese traditional art style, wood printmaking. My stay at Tokyo has later persuaded me to return to Tokyo after graduation. While at Penn, I continued my exploration through joining the Japanese Student Society and taking advanced Japanese language courses. As someone who foresees herself pursuing a career in Tokyo after graduation, I was very pleased to learn of the Global Internship Program (GIP) in Tokyo from my Japanese professor.
I have worked hard my entire life to get good grades, and have found ways to balance my academic and personal life. I have a job, am in 5 clubs, have over 200 logged volunteer hours, and have taken 8 AP classes. I am a member of the Stony Point High School Unarmed Drill Team. I have held a leadership position in my high school for all 4 years. In 9th-12th grades, I was Treasurer for the Robotics Team, where I also documented the process of designing, building, and testing the robot.
In fact, this year I am varsity captain of the Scholars Bowl team. I have also done four years’ track, three years Cross Country, and three years’ football. I am a state qualifier in Cross Country. I am also an active member of the National Honors Society and have been for the past three years. I was a Udall 4-h member for six years.
I am extremely honored to be eligible for this opportunity to apply for the National Honor Society. Becoming a member of the National Honor Society has been a goal I set for myself since I was a student in middle school. I have been greatly looking forward to this moment for a very long time. Overall, I have worked incredibly hard these last two years to display a positive character and obtain qualities such as leadership, responsibility, and scholarship. I strongly believe I will be a productive and reliable member of the National Honor Society at Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School.
Throughout my high school career have been, running track and field freshman through senior year finishing 1st in my 4X200m relay at the regional competition, earning awards, and JV / Varsity letters. During the track season I balanced practice for two hours or meets for 5 hours, along with a job and school. At each meet I participated in 4 events including the 100m dash, 200m dash, 4x100m relay, and the 4x200m relay. During my years of high school I have earned several On-time performance awards along with several attendance awards. At the end of my junior year I was awarded with most improved in my academics which is something I strived very hard for to earn.
I want to be part of the yearbook staff for next year because I think that taking this class would improve my skills in many different fields, such as writing, grammar, design, speech, and social skills. Besides the academic aspects, I also feel that taking yearbook would allow me to socialize more and find out about different people and their interests. I feel that I can contribute to the success of next year’s book in many different ways. I’ve always loved to design things, write, and be social, so I knew taking yearbook would be the perfect class for me. Talking to people comes very naturally to me.
I have always had the curiosity to find to explore things to be organized to get involved with something, that is why I want to be a Businesswoman or an Interior Designer. I wish to be in Eagle Crests Honors Diploma for that reason. I want to accomplish my goals through this program. I want to challenge myself in high school and I know that the honors diploma program will help me go above and beyond ! my parents are the first generation to be living in America from our family and they tell me how hard it is to get into good schools in India.
am a person with a very strong character, I take my studies seriously and work hard for what I want. I am very determinate and strong headed. These characteristics are needed for a successful professional. I lounge to become a successful business women and start my own company, the honors college will lead me to the right path to success. To the honors college I will bring global citizenship, community engagement and high academic success.
It is an extraordinary honor to be considered as a candidate for the National Honor Society. Being considered means I have achieved my goal in demonstrating my determination- in school and outside of school- and my willingness to aid people in my community. Being a part of such a prestigious organization is an enormous responsibility to which I will fully devote my time. Ever since I was a freshman, my goal was to work diligently to be among the highest scholars and to be accepted into this scholarly “hall of fame”. Through my relentless hard work and perseverance, I believe that I possess the four characteristics of a National Honor Society member- leadership, service, character, and scholarship.
For as long as I can remember, I have always been on a journey and had a drive, to improve myself. Along the way, I discovered my fondness for the science of things and an electrifying wit, but I also witnessed a glimpse of my future in the digital world. My journey continues and I now find myself in a new country, as a computer science major at UMES, but that drive to improve myself never fazed me. Hence, I am applying to the Honors Program because I believe it will improve me and help me contribute to the Honors community.
Abraham Lincoln said, “If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.” Throughout my life, people have tried to tell me I would never amount to anything. I’ve spent my whole life determined on proving them wrong. The child of immigrants who never went to high school, I’ve become the first to graduate and even think about going to a college or university let alone make it a reality.
