National Honors Personal Statement

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The most honorable honors that I have received was an invitation to join the National Honors Society, along side with an invitation to join the National Society of High School Scholars; I was accepted to both of them. I had also received various invitations to medical meetings in Florida, but was unable to go due to the distance. At Hudson Catholic there is a group for Christian Service which helps the less fortunate, the group has strict requirements but I was accepted both my Junior and Senior year but was unable attend because of my schedule. But the most honorable title, I was given was, eighth place in my class rank of 2016, which is considered to be the top five percent, but it will soon change to six by the end of the school year.
I had begun working with my father since the end of my Sophomore year, my father works as a Trucker who moves cargo for Walgreens, I had worked with him on the Weekdays and summer months for both Sophomore and Junior year until I transferred to American Eagle retail. During my Sophomore year, I was a part of the Saint Aloysius church group were we helped the poor, food drive, and bake sales. But the most significant activity that I cherish is Bodybuilding and my family yearly vacations because it allows me to experience a new sensation in life. Cultural diversity and identity Family working Discipline South America two different countries It 's true to believe that each individual is unique in their own way:the action, the outcome. These experiences are what separates each human from their emotions to their behavior, both my mother and father came from South America: Colombia and Ecuador. Hispanics are disciplined, hardworking, and most caring group of people; I am proud to be called a Latino. My father and mother have taught me how to work amongst the worker, care like a priest, and be disciplined like a monk. The screaming and torment from my father may have caused me to lose faith but my mother helped me regain this faith, to believe in oneself until the end. There are many students like myself trying to apply to this wonderful school, I am a number. ,But I am no, I am human with my own experiences and emotions; I have a history unique to me, both my mother and father came from South America: Colombia and Ecuador. Hispanics are disciplined, hardworking, and most caring group of people; I am proud
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I was considered to be on the brink of obesity since the sixth grade until the end the Freshmen, that summer I began to change my diet and began doing cardio. This continued until I began weightlifting, becoming a weightlifter allowed me to understand the meaning of patience and of working. Every time I am at the Golds Gym, I consider it the most product time of my day because I believe the sensation of burning muscle is the act of working. Bodybuilding has given me the confidence that I had never possessed, it has allowed to convert from an introvert book worm to an intelligent extrovert. I began making a plethora of friends since my transition, Hudson Catholic became the excitement of my day. I looked forward to talking to my peers because I was no longer anxious about my body image, my image is what I strive to perfect. I plan to compete when I am twenty five, it will take eight years of dedication, but my new family at Penn state will help me along the

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