National Honor Society is one of the nation's most well-known organizations because it honors students with outstanding academic skills. With that being said, since the start of my high school career I had wanted to be a part of this prestigious club. And, not just because members got to wear an extra tassel at graduation, but instead because of the opportunities that came with membership. To lay the foundation for this essay, I want to be a member of NHS because it builds character, shows leadership
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The Four Pillars In the National Honor Society, the four pillars are leadership, scholarship, character, and service. Whether I am in or out of school, I feel that I exemplify these four pillars. First, the pillar of leadership stands for leading other to achieve goals in an organization. I express leadership by being an example to follow in school. I help to lead my classmates in group discussions and display respective behavior in class. Also, I lead by example as a varsity athlete to younger
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First, I would like to say that it would be an incredible honor to be inducted into the National Honor Society. I would love to be apart of a group that so many incredible Mercy women have for years been inducted into. Before I came to Mercy, I did not have the greatest grades and I was not content with the fact that I knew I could do better and I wasn’t. Flash forward a few years later and I can proudly say that I have been able to maintain honor roll status every quarter since freshman year. I now
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The National Honors Society has four pillars that all members should exemplify: character, scholarship, leadership, and service. Out of all these pillars,. I feel the one that exemplifies me the most is character, because of the values and virtues that I hold. I treat people compassionately, and with respect. Growing up, I was taught to treat everyone with respect, whether they treated me with respect or not. I love to show people that I care and appreciate them with little acts of service. Growing
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high standards. However, as I have gotten older, I know that I can do more than what they expect out of me and I think the National Honor Society would be the key to unlocking the doors of many more academically challenging opportunities, along with several chances to improve my leadership skills while simultaneously helping serve in all aspects of the National Honor Society. Getting selected to be apart of such an elite group like NHS would mean so much to me because it would count as one more goal
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I learned that leadership is not a position of authority, but rather influencing and inspiring others to work together for an easy goal. I have been thankful to receive awards and honors throughout my academic career. To start off, I am a part of the National Honors Society, which is for students with a 4.0 GPA or higher. Being in this program has taught me that when you strive hard to get something, you will be rewarded and noticed. Another achievement I made academically
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my leadership skills and helped me communicate better with my peers. Then my sophomore and junior year I was apart of multiple honor societies and their connected activities. Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society, involved themselves in a multitude of city events as well tutoring kids in low income and underrepresented areas and schools. National Technical Honor society is another group where I participated in helping in local events and fundraisers. My senior year, multiple groups of organizations
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interview left before I would be working there. About a week after the peer interview, I received a phone call from the hiring manager stating “ Thank you for your time, but the position has been filled.” Two months later I applied to the National Honor Society. Around two weeks after submitting my application, I received a letter in the mail informing me that I was not accepted. After not getting the Hazelden job, I was forced to change my approach. In other words, I had to prepare in a different
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found myself helping students in need. It was something so natural that it almost felt like an instinct. This continued as I grew and the older I got, the more I was able to help people. When I got to the high school, I was able to join the National Honor Society. I really
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During my sophomore year of high school, I applied for the Van Meter National Honor Society (NHS). In order to be accepted into NHS, you must possess the qualities of character, leadership, service, and scholarship with a requirement a 3.5 GPA. I felt I met all of these requirements and thoroughly wrote the letter of application. I submitted it to the teacher committee, and in return I got a letter saying that I did not meet their standards. This was a very humbling experience for me. I felt like
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