Hello!
I’m applying for the NROTC scholarship and I need some help on my essays for the volunteer work, sports, and work experience. I’m having trouble thinking of enough stuff to write and how to word it to make it sound the best. If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
VOLUNTEER WORK
During my junior and senior years of highschool, I participated as a youth leader in two community volunteer groups called the Coalition for Auburn and Lincoln Youth (CALY) and the Placer County Youth Commission (PCYC). These groups focused on preventing drug and alcohol abuse while providing opportunities to teens and adults like scholarships, events, and ways to learn more about healthier coping skills and lifestyle choices. I traveled to Washington D.C. to speak to our state’s representatives about mental health awareness, the dangers of vaping and alcohol abuse among my peers. I attended many seminars and informative meetings to learn more about all of the pressing issues in our county including opioid abuse and the climbing rates of overdoses and suicides. I have also spoken at several events as a young leader to politicians and influential people in my community. I feel it as my duty to advocate for the kids struggling with drug abuse and mental health within themselves or their close ones because I have seen how quickly and brutally a person can spiral into failure at the hands of addiction and mental illness.
While I served as a youth leader for CALY and PCYC, I was also a member of a Norwegian cultural/ heritage group called Daughters of Norway. It is a group of Scandinavian women in the Sacramento general area with the purpose of learning and teaching Scandinavian cultural traditions. After a year of membership, I took the role as scribe for the Daughters of Norway magazine where I wrote many articles about my lodge’s activity and a piece on the convention held in 2018 for the entire organization. I am grateful for my opportunity to learn so much information about my culture and to write about the many different people I meet in this group.
WORK
I got my first job during the summer before my junior year of highschool, where I held the position of a concession associate for my local college level baseball team to save up for a car. I worked at almost every game for that season with responsibilities that included handling money, making food quickly and keeping a clean and presentable workspace. I worked with a lot of different people and I learned a lot of valuable skills that I took with me to my next job. I got my second job at Starbucks at the end of my junior year of highschool to save up money for after highschool, and to have funds in case of emergencies. I had a much different application process with Starbucks; I had a formal interview for which I prepared extensively. I got the job after my interview, and I’ve been working there for over a year now. That job has helped me grow into a more confident and goal driven person by putting me in high stress situations and having to efficiently get through it with my coworkers. I am confident in the growth of my strong work ethic and problem solving skills from working at this job.
ATHLETICS
I played softball for my city’s recreational teams for five years, beginning in sixth grade. I played as catcher, second base, and the outfield positions. In my sophomore year of highschool, I played on the JV softball team. I loved the sport very much; It taught me to be a strong and cooperative link for my team, to put in hard work, and to take pride in my team and show my school spirit. I did not continue playing because I started working and I wanted to prioritize my schoolwork and my job, although softball still is a hobby of mine.
I’m applying for the NROTC scholarship and I need some help on my essays for the volunteer work, sports, and work experience. I’m having trouble thinking of enough stuff to write and how to word it to make it sound the best. If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
VOLUNTEER WORK
During my junior and senior years of highschool, I participated as a youth leader in two community volunteer groups called the Coalition for Auburn and Lincoln Youth (CALY) and the Placer County Youth Commission (PCYC). These groups focused on preventing drug and alcohol abuse while providing opportunities to teens and adults like scholarships, events, and ways to learn more about healthier coping skills and lifestyle choices. I traveled to Washington D.C. to speak to our state’s representatives about mental health awareness, the dangers of vaping and alcohol abuse among my peers. I attended many seminars and informative meetings to learn more about all of the pressing issues in our county including opioid abuse and the climbing rates of overdoses and suicides. I have also spoken at several events as a young leader to politicians and influential people in my community. I feel it as my duty to advocate for the kids struggling with drug abuse and mental health within themselves or their close ones because I have seen how quickly and brutally a person can spiral into failure at the hands of addiction and mental illness.
While I served as a youth leader for CALY and PCYC, I was also a member of a Norwegian cultural/ heritage group called Daughters of Norway. It is a group of Scandinavian women in the Sacramento general area with the purpose of learning and teaching Scandinavian cultural traditions. After a year of membership, I took the role as scribe for the Daughters of Norway magazine where I wrote many articles about my lodge’s activity and a piece on the convention held in 2018 for the entire organization. I am grateful for my opportunity to learn so much information about my culture and to write about the many different people I meet in this group.
WORK
I got my first job during the summer before my junior year of highschool, where I held the position of a concession associate for my local college level baseball team to save up for a car. I worked at almost every game for that season with responsibilities that included handling money, making food quickly and keeping a clean and presentable workspace. I worked with a lot of different people and I learned a lot of valuable skills that I took with me to my next job. I got my second job at Starbucks at the end of my junior year of highschool to save up money for after highschool, and to have funds in case of emergencies. I had a much different application process with Starbucks; I had a formal interview for which I prepared extensively. I got the job after my interview, and I’ve been working there for over a year now. That job has helped me grow into a more confident and goal driven person by putting me in high stress situations and having to efficiently get through it with my coworkers. I am confident in the growth of my strong work ethic and problem solving skills from working at this job.
ATHLETICS
I played softball for my city’s recreational teams for five years, beginning in sixth grade. I played as catcher, second base, and the outfield positions. In my sophomore year of highschool, I played on the JV softball team. I loved the sport very much; It taught me to be a strong and cooperative link for my team, to put in hard work, and to take pride in my team and show my school spirit. I did not continue playing because I started working and I wanted to prioritize my schoolwork and my job, although softball still is a hobby of mine.
