Part 1. My Application. To join the National Honor Society you have to have a 3.6 GPA and the recommendation of a faculty member. Then, after filling out the application---where you include things like extracurricular activities in which you have participated and leadership roles you have assumed---the committee decides whether or not you qualify. Although I had maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout my high school career, I had participated in no real extracurricular activities and had assumed no leadership roles. Thus, the NHS saw fit to reject me for three straight years. Needless to say, two months from graduation and ready to head to college, I wasn't so impressed when asked to join the NHS for a fourth time...

P.S. The part about the fire alarm is technically true, although I swear I just wanted to see how it worked.

On to "Letter of Recommendation #1"...