Personal Statement: I Participate In High School

Although I don’t play three sports and do all the clubs my high school has to offer, one thing that I don’t have that sets me apart from other candidates is dedication. I would consider myself very dedicated. As a student, I am a very hard worker and put effort into all my assignments. I feel like it is an important characteristic to have when entering you next step in life. In my case that next step in life is college. As for dedication, I do my best whenever it comes to attendance and I hate to ever miss a day. I’ve heard stories where some students only come to class for three days, which is crazy. I get disappointed whenever I ever fail on anything, whether it be a school assignment or a small favor that my sister asked for.
Other things that I am dedicated in is being involved. I have done science and chess club in high school and I really like that I have these fun activities to do. I personally think that it is a great idea to be involved during school because you can can meet new people and not stay at home all day. AVID is also something that I dedicated myself to. I rarely miss a day in AVID and
I like it when I am given a challenge and have to come up with something that is “out of the box.” I participated in the Asterisk program, which is a paid internship with the Moreno Valley Unified School district. Out of the four high schools in the district, each having roughly 1,000 juniors and seniors, only 190 students got accepted into the program. I was one of those students. I was really happy to get into the program because it meant that I was getting job experience. What I did during that internship was working at a program called Think Together. While working there, there were some situations where I had to come up with new activities for the kids there. Also, when I was tutoring some of the kids, I thought of new and fun ways to help them learn and get