<p>My school had special restriction on international students to join the National Honor Society. When I realized that I could not join the NHS because of my citizenship, I talked with the principal and NHS director and asked the restriction to be abolished. The state law prohibits discrimination based on national origin, which includes limiting students’ right to be involved in school funded organizations with regard to one’s citizenship. It sounds really simple but it was not an easy fight, especially since I am an Asian student from a school which lacks diversity.(95% white, 2% international) I did finally get in and the school has a new policy that applies to evey student regardless of citizenship. Would it be a bad idea to mention this in the application essay?(I am not writing an entire essay about this… I will just put two or three lines…)</p>
<p>I think that depends on what the essay is about. If you can work this situation into your essay without it seeming out of place, then go ahead and do it because this sounds like a really amazing thing. Maybe you could get somebody to mention it in a letter of recommendation to provide more detail without you having to sacrifice essay space. Also, there are some “additional information” or “what else would you like us to know?” sections on most applications, so you could always write a little blurb about this and put that in there.</p>
<p>It’s an essay about activities, honor, volunteer, etc and I am writing about how I got into the NHS… that I didn’t get invitation because I was not a US citizen or a resident so I talked with the school officials. I am only writing four line though…</p>
<p>I started like this. “Last year, I fought for the abolition of restriction on international students from joining the National Honor Society, which I believed was unjust” Does anyone have suggestions to it?</p>