Personal Essay: High School Career

From a young age we’re asked what we want to be when we grow up, never how we expect to become when we grow up. I was well aware of what I wanted to become, but not sure how to get there until I started high school when my counselor explained to me the importance of having a full portfolio with a wide range of extracurricular activities. Then it became clear to me, I needed extracurricular activities to become who I wished to be. Throughout my high school career I’ve participated in several extracurricular actives such as math club, soccer and UIL One Act. In the future, I want to participate in these activities or anything similar to those I participated in high school.
During my senior year of high school, I joined math club. In this club, we do several different activities such as
UIL One Act is a competition where a cast performs one act play under 40 minutes. Participating in UIL One Ac has helped me become closer to my goal of becoming a dermatologist because it has further developed my social and quick thinking skills. The UIL One Act cast was full of different people with carried backgrounds, I learned how to get along and interact with others despite their backgrounds. Since UIL One Act required us to perform a play under 40 minutes. I learned how to keeping going regardless what happens and to have my cast mates back when they were stuck because if one of us messed up we would all suffer which also increased the pressure on all of us. International honorsocirty
In my senior year of high school, I was inducted into the National Honor Society. As a member, there were more expectations set upon me. I’m expected to be a role model throughout the school, because of this my leadership skills have developed. I’m expected to maintain high grades, and be an active participant in the school and the