maciec
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- Joined
- Aug 17, 2019
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- 44
I’ve spent the the past 3 years heavily involved in my ROTC. From the PT team, Drill, Color Guard, volunteering, and commanding. I have also been been working since I was 14. Last summer I was working 50 hours a week at 2 jobs. One of which was year round part time as a lifeguard. The other was working on a golf course driving heavy equipment for the ground crew. Most recently during the pandemic I’ve been working 40-60 hours a week 6 days a week for a landscaping company while keeping up with all of my school work. I completed a 10 week GIS internship as a sophomore (I was the first non senior to have done this). I also have the potential to start another GIS internship at NASA Wallops island. I have been to 2 ROTC leadership camps a state police trooper youth week camp. Everything I have done has been to further my work ethic, career, and leadership skills. I am an A/B student with 2 dual enrollment classes. I have no AP classes on my transcript.
I had a phone conference with a LT from VA Tech NROTC today and he said that the majority of my accomplishments are essentially “footnotes” for my scholarship application. They don’t make a good Marine. Academics make a good marine scholarship application. What my parents took away from this conference is that I’m going to have to sell myself during my interview. What I’m asking for is advice on how to show/prove that academics don’t always make the best marine leaders. Being that I’ve never been through a scholarship am I’m going to have time to sell myself? Any words of advice on things I should definitely include in my pitch?
I had a phone conference with a LT from VA Tech NROTC today and he said that the majority of my accomplishments are essentially “footnotes” for my scholarship application. They don’t make a good Marine. Academics make a good marine scholarship application. What my parents took away from this conference is that I’m going to have to sell myself during my interview. What I’m asking for is advice on how to show/prove that academics don’t always make the best marine leaders. Being that I’ve never been through a scholarship am I’m going to have time to sell myself? Any words of advice on things I should definitely include in my pitch?