There are several factors that give me a solid foundation for participating in the NJIT Honors College.  The demanding AP classes I am currently enrolled in, along with the corresponding honors courses I had the prior year, will be my most important asset when dealing with the intellectual challenge of the Honors College.  I learned to significantly change my study habits to cope with the demands of these higher level classes; that is to say, I had to put time aside to study, which was a new experience for me and encouraged me to develop strong study habits.  As an underclassman, spending more than an hour on homework on any given night was unheard of, but today it is a necessity.  Through these classes I have come to realize that there is no idea or phenomenon I cannot eventually learn and understand, given enough time and practice.  This realization, even more than content of the classes, will help me to achieve my full potential in the Honors College.

[This second part is largely unedited, and my editor in chief is out of the house now, and I will be too in 10 minutes until 10.30 (hockey prax, go figure).  Delema!!]

My experiences with ice hockey provide me with a great social foundation for the Honors College.  Some of my friends say that hockey is my life, and that is only a slight exaggeration.  I have been involved in hockey year-round since I began playing in the summer of 2007.  Some teams I have been involved with are spring/summer house leagues, fall travel teams, or our winter school team.  Being on so many teams has helped mold me into a more outgoing person, since I've had to make friends with everyone on every team I've been on.  I'm no longer shy when meeting new people, instead I look forward to the possible ideas and experiences they may bring into my life.  My many coaches also played a key role in strengthening my social skills—they taught me to be a team player, to make sure I always do my part and trust in my teammates that they'll do the same.  That has installed in me a team-oriented, divide-and-conquer mindset when I'm battling a problem with a group.  Hockey has taught me a lot about myself, and I have learned a lot from it; I'm sure I'll benefit from my hockey experiences for years to come.

I have a group of friends here in high school that are as intellectually gifted as they are outgoing and fun; they're inspiring and thought provoking, incredibly entertaining, and understand a certain humor lost by most people.  I certainly don't take them for granted, and nobody in the world could replace them, but to go through college with a similar group of people, those found in the Honors College, would be by far the best part of my college experience.  I've done some research and come to the conclusion that the NJIT Honors College is something I am defiantly interested in.  I put some thought into it and found that I do have the proper foundation to participate in the program.  The added courses might prove to be a challenge, but it's far from being one that can't be overcome.  And the people I will meet there would benefit from me just as much as I would from them; I'm sure my time spent with the Honors College will be the very best of my time spent at NJIT.

Please point out parts that seem too babyish, or too choppy or difficult to understand.  I'm trying to go for college level wording, and flowing as fluently as possible.

points for whoever helps me out, you'd just have to explain to me how to give them to you lol!

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"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"

[This second part is largely unedited, and my editor in chief is out of the house now, and I will be too in 10 minutes until 10.30 (hockey prax, go figure).  Delema!!]

My experiences with ice hockey provide me with a great social foundation for the Honors College.  Some of my friends say that hockey is my life, and that is only a slight exaggeration.  I have been involved in hockey year-round since I began playing in the summer of 2007.  Some teams I have been involved with are spring/summer house leagues, fall travel teams, or <-and? our winter school team.  Being on so many teams has helped mold me into a more outgoing person, since I've had to make friends with everyone on every team I've been on.  I'm no longer shy when meeting new people, instead I look forward to the possible ideas and experiences they may bring into my life.  My many coaches also played a key role in strengthening my social skills—they taught me to be a team player, to make sure I always do my part and trust in my teammates that they'll do the same.  That has installed in me a team-oriented, divide-and-conquer mindset when I'm battling a problem with a group.  Hockey has taught me a lot about myself, and I have learned a lot from it; I'm sure I'll benefit from my hockey experiences for years to come.

I have a group of friends here in high school that are as intellectually gifted as they are outgoing and fun; they're<-contractions are less professional; you should spell it out inspiring and thought provoking, incredibly entertaining, and understand a certain humor lost by most people.  I certainly don't take them for granted, and nobody in the world could replace them, but to go through college with a similar group of people, those found in the Honors College, would be by far the best part of my college experience.  I've done some research and come to the conclusion that the NJIT Honors College is something<-you might want to say "college" I am defiantly[<-spelling interested in.  I put some thought into it and found that I do have the proper foundation to participate in the program.  The added courses might prove to be a challenge, but it's far from being one that can't be overcome.  And the people I will meet there would benefit from me just as much as I would from them; I'm sure my time spent with the Honors College will be the very best of my time spent at NJIT.

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Educators destroy your brain,
but you don't know, so why care?
Fagotto