What 3 Words Describe Me

1. What three words describe you and why do you think they are a good description
a. Ambitious
I think ambitious is a good description for me because I’m always willing to get my goals done inside of school and out of school.
b. Optimistic
I think optimistic a good description for me because I always try to have confident about the future and seeing myself to succeed
c. Mature
I think I’m mature about my decisions that I make for my future and planning for the best for each outcome.
2. What are your personal strengths? What are your academic strengths?
My personal strength is overcoming shyness and not having confidence. This personal strength help me to be active in my community. My academic strength is trying to make goals for myself academically and having them accomplished.
For instance trying to get A/B honor roll can be a goal and I have accomplished that goal more than once.
3. Describe what make you unique and/or something you are passionate about.
I am passionate about making great grades and I think being passionate about that makes me willing to try and give my all.
4. How have you used your time out of school? (Example hobbies, organizations, community service, employment, etc.)
I use my time out of school by being an active student in my school by being part of cultural and academic mentoring clubs.
I also help to mentor underclassmen and participate in community educational events.
5. What has been the most rewarding academic experience for you at West Potomac High School?
I think my most academic rewarding experience at West Potomac would be when I elected to join the national honors society I believe this was rewarding because it showed how much hard work I put in for school.
6. Describe two significant events in your life and how they have had an impact upon you.
One significant event was when I got my first job in the summer of my sophomore year. This had an impact on me because it showed my family that I was being mature and growing into a man. It also made me feel like I can do anything that I set my mind into doing. My second event would be getting elected to speaking in front of the AVID school board many of times to talk about my personal experience of Avid. This impacted me to realize that my school care about my opinion and they see that I stand out academically. This also have impact me to have a voice and not to be shy about what I think or
feel.
7. What three things would you want a college admissions committee to know about you? Give examples or a specific anecdote to explain.
I want a college admissions committee to know that I’m an active student in my school who still makes time to perform exceedingly well in school as in academics. For example last year I was part of 3 clubs and still management to attend the meets and make sure my grades were A/B honor roll. I want them to know that I have leadership skills and I help mentor or guide other students. In Avid we have tutorials which is basically group studying to help each other to solve our problems. I help my group by being a leader and guiding my classmate to solve their problem. I want them to know that I’m a hard working student who will use resources around to get help if needed. I have stayed after school before with teacher that could help me understand everything I need to know for a unit. For example I have stayed after with my pre cal teacher to understand what I am learning.
8. Is there anything on your transcript that you feel needs clarification? If yes, please explain.
Doing my sophomore year I was taking this class called American Sign Language which I withdraw because it was too hard for me to understand the teacher because he was deaf. It was hard for me to communicate with the teacher and he wasn’t welling to help me academically to process. I tried everything as a student to work with the teacher but we had a communication
Problem.
9. Is there anything else that you wants to know about you, or anything that we may not know otherwise know that would help to distinguish you from the next applicant?

I think the main thing that I want you to know is that I used my experiences at West Potomac for good and yes I may had a troubles but I overcame them and built myself for college. But I also want West Potomac to know that they help me to provide with the strength to be a great student who could stand out from many other students from other high schools. Also that I took advantage of many opportunities I was being present with at West Potomac for AVID, BSU , AAS , FBLA , and many more.