Meg, I was in NJHS too as an 8th grader. They only picked a few because it was mostly freshman, but I got in. They came to my homeroom one day and gave out 'not so subtle' big blue ribbon things, which was like the symbol fro NJHS. There was only 2 in that class, so I felt all proud of myself.
Of course, it was the dumbest thing and biggest time waster I've ever experienced. I decided to opt out of joining it as a freshman.

Lol.
One more accomplishment that's HUGE for me.
- I have perfect attendance. Seriously, I had the most awful freaking attendance throughout most of public school. It was so boring to me and I was usually lightyears ahead, so I got bored and un-motivated. A teacher once told me that I was the only person in school who had missed so many classes, but still had a GPA of above 3.5. Lmao. Like every morning I would wake up and think to myself 'How do I get out of school today?' To be fair, I was also truly sick a lot.
But anyway, back to the point. I go every single day to class and love it. I don't think it's boring, or too hard, or miserable. I enjoy it 100%.