NHS Essay: National Honor Society

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National Honor Society (NHS) is “the nation's premiere organization to recognize outstanding high school students.” NHS “honors students who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, service and character.” Within my two years of high school I have begun to develop these traits, and NHS can help me by expanding my leadership skills, enhancing my character, providing me additional scholarship opportunities, and increasing my service hours.
There are so many different factors that assemble a person's character. I believe that someone's experiences shape their character into what it is today. Four and a half years ago, my life was altered forever when my younger cousin, Jake Talbot, was admitted into Children's Hospital of Philadelphia …show more content…

Throughout my life school always came effortless to me. Once high school started, I had to adapt quickly. I never once studied for anything and here I am in the beginning of junior year doing homework and studying for at least 4 hours a day. It has paid off though, since I've maintained all A’s and B’s with a weighted GPA of 95.9. It was a strenuous change and took a while to adapt to advance from easy middle school classes to college courses freshman year. Since I'm in the Allied Health and Medical Sciences program, I have taken some college courses such as Dynamics of Healthcare 1 and 2, History of the United States, Biology and Medical …show more content…

Several of my family members have held their own Alex’s Lemonade Stands, and I always lend a helping hand. Besides raising money for ALSF, I also assist in raising money for CHOP, at the annual parkway runs for the oncology floor, and Kisses for Kyle, which helps families battling childhood cancer. Most recently over the summer I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of three weeks I volunteered for a total of 74 hours. I was in the Pharmacy department and I was able to fulfill the skills that I learned in freshman year regarding Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. I was able to fill syringes with medicine, count pills and dispense them into bottles and label various medicines. I have previously demonstrated the four pillars that are associated with NHS, and it would be an honor and privilege to continue to grow, but as a member of the National Honor

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