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National Honor Society Application Essay Examples

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Ever since the middle of seventh grade, I have set a goal for myself to ensure that I got into the S.T.E. M. Academy. I remember the day when my older sister came home explaining how she wanted to take the S.T.E.M. test. I was extremely interested in what she had to say about the program. She told me that the S.T.E.M. Academy was comprised of a group of elite students who got to experience all four categories of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math for all of their 4 years of High School. After that day, the S.T.E.M. Academy was burned into my brain, never to be forgotten. I knew that getting into S.T.E.M. would be my main goal for the rest of my Middle School career. For the past couple of years, I have been working so hard to ensure …show more content…

A word that represents one’s courage and mental as well as moral strengths of character; a personality trait that represents a person’s passion to strive for their goals. A trait that I encompass. No matter what challenges interfere with my path to reach my ambitions, I work as hard as I can to not just get around them, but to demolish them. No matter what knocks me over, I will make sure to get back up again, brush it off, and continue on. No matter what it takes, I make sure to persevere in life and no matter how many times it takes me to get there, I make sure to go beyond the target that I set. When studying for a test I will not tolerate myself getting one problem wrong. I have to start the process over again until each and every one problem I do is correct, from start to finish. When practicing for the softball season, when I set a goal of fifty catches, back and forth, without dropping the ball, I will stand outside for six hours straight until I reach fifty-five. When I play a boardgame with one of my siblings and I lose, I force them to play with me over and over again until I beat them three times straight. Because of this perseverance I beset, I will try with all my might to reach this goal that I set a year and a half ago in dedication to getting into the S.T.E.M Academy. And because of this goal I will ensure that I will do well while in the S.T. E. M. Academy and why I am worthy of making it …show more content…

I knew that I loved to help people in need and I always felt that working in the medical field would be a great way to help me help others. I have been extremely interested in the world of medicine ever since. At first, I wanted to be a physician. I used to practice on my stuffed animals, teddy bears, and even my siblings! I used to pretend to give them diagnoses and prescribe fake medicine to them. As I grew older and I learned more about chemistry. I decided that when I grew up I wanted to be a medicinal chemist. I bought tons of chemistry science kits and I explored the world of making rock candy, green goop, working with microscopes and making color changing foaming jelly and polymer puddings! But, just recently, I have developed a want to help those with cancer and to become a oncologist. I am still so confused as to what I should do! That is why I feel like S.T.E.M. will help me onto the right track and launch me into a career that I love. The biomedical program will help me to deviate what I am passionate about from what I don’t think is the right job for

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