Essay On High School Application

During my two years at Nicolet High School, I’ve gone beyond my studies and involved myself in opportunities that became available both inside and outside of school. As a passionate leader, I’m involved in numerous clubs and service opportunities, while continually excelling in my classes with a near 4.0 GPA. From clubs like theater and swim team to service opportunities like volunteering at The Gathering and assisting disabled neighbors, I try my best in keeping a balance between helping my community, my school, and maintaining good grades. Leadership is a crucial quality to attain and practice as it helps you through basic jobs and services throughout life. I am lucky enough to have a great high school that offers such a wide variety of enticing sports and clubs. Through these in-school activities like theater, swim team, and Spanish club as well as activities outside of school, I am able to …show more content…
I work very hard in order to maintain noteable grades, but still allow myself a balance between academics and life outside of school. In spite of the challenging courses I take in school, I manage to excel in the majority of them. I do this by taking the time to meet with teachers outside of class and setting up a meeting if I feel I do not thoroughly understand the material. I find education very important as you have it for the rest of your life and no one can take it away from you. Because of this, I don’t go through my classes and schoolwork just to get good grades, but instead to truly learn the material and expand my knowledge. With two AP classes scheduled for next year, my discipline for studying and interest in learning will surely come in handy in order to continue to excel in my schoolwork. In short, doing well in school is a crucial aspect of my life, but even more important is truly learning the material in order to grow and broaden academically and