The element of joining NSCS that can’t be accounted for on paper is the ability to make my family proud. Being a first generation college student and being honored with affiliating myself with The National Society of Collegiate Scholars gives them a sense of happiness that is not tangible. That happiness that I bring them can’t be taken away from them and it is because of the NSCS that it is possible. To come from a family that didn’t put a large emphasis on education, to self-motivating myself to earn a 3.75 GPA through two semesters at the 52nd ranked best university nationally, allows my family to fall asleep at night knowing the raised a young man that has no limits. My mother now has the opportunity to flaunt my success to her peers and show me off, not only does that reflect well on me, but it reflects well on my family and shows that a single mother can raise an intelligent, young man capable of anything he sets his mind to. My limitations are endless and that doesn’t just come from my self-reliance, it comes from the NSCS and their ability as an organization to offer me exclusive opportunities I could have never dreamed about
The element of joining NSCS that can’t be accounted for on paper is the ability to make my family proud. Being a first generation college student and being honored with affiliating myself with The National Society of Collegiate Scholars gives them a sense of happiness that is not tangible. That happiness that I bring them can’t be taken away from them and it is because of the NSCS that it is possible. To come from a family that didn’t put a large emphasis on education, to self-motivating myself to earn a 3.75 GPA through two semesters at the 52nd ranked best university nationally, allows my family to fall asleep at night knowing the raised a young man that has no limits. My mother now has the opportunity to flaunt my success to her peers and show me off, not only does that reflect well on me, but it reflects well on my family and shows that a single mother can raise an intelligent, young man capable of anything he sets his mind to. My limitations are endless and that doesn’t just come from my self-reliance, it comes from the NSCS and their ability as an organization to offer me exclusive opportunities I could have never dreamed about