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% Describe any paid or volunteer work experience and include your responsibilities. Provide examples of strong work ethic (such as no unexcused
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% absences or reprimands, completes assigned tasks, works well with others, etc). If no formal work experience, provide detailed description of the
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% effort involved in a major school project (include grade awarded, teamwork involved, how you overcame challenges).
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\item I have been working for a local ticketed nonprofit band for three years as a Keyboard player.
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As a musician, I am expected to fully practice my parts individually to a level of near-mastery. Each concert will demand at least
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3-4 section practices, where I have to coordinate with other musicians in my section to ensure that we are in sync.
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Teamwork is a relative struggle, and each of us has differing opinions on the best way to play a specific piece. I
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have learned to offer my input respectfully and to avoid heated arguments by focusing on the music itself. Full band
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practices are also held for each performance, where attendance is absolutely mandatory. Each musician contributes to the final song,
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and missing a practice would lead to a lack of cohesion in the final performance. In this band, I ensure that I attend every
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practice and performance, and I have never had an absence or reprimand. Although our final work is paid through ticket sales,
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all revenue is donated to local charities, and I take pride in knowing that my work is helping those in need.
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\item For three years, I have been an NSDA certified judge, judging Middle School Debate tournaments in my local area.
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My duties include evaluating debaters on argumentation, speaking style, and providing constructive feedback to help them improve.
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Each tournament lasts a full day, and I am expected to judge numerous rounds (at times six or more) with minimal breaks.
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Not only do I have to maintain focus and attention throughout the day, but I also have to judge impartially,
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as not doing so would completely undermine the integrity of the tournament. After updating availability, I cannot
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drop out of a tournament or a round, as the tournament relies on a planned agenda to run smoothly. My greatest hurdle has
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been setting aside my own political bias, as I have heard numerous speeches and arguments supporting views I both
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strongly agree and disagree with. I overcame this challenge by shifting the criteria at those times to the efficacy of argument
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and speaking style, rather than the content itself.
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Outside of judging I am responsible for for writing topics for each tournament, reviewing all updated rules and topics,
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and reporting behavioral incidents. Overall, I have judged over 50 rounds of debate without a single absence, and I
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hope that I have been a fair adjudicator of the activity I love.
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\item For the last three years, I have been tutoring in math and science on and off. I initially started tutoring
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competition math to middle schoolers through my own paid company I had started when in middle school.
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The tutoring service was unique, offering a problem-based approach instead of a topic-based approach, prioritizing
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problem-solving skills and critical thinking. As I was the
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only person running the tutoring service, I had to find my own clients, schedule sessions, and prepare lesson plans.
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Halfway through my ninth grade, I only had one customer, so I decided to pivot my skills to instead offer free tutoring
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to my peers in my high school. Through my school's ACE tutoring program and my own study Discord server,
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I have been able to help numerous students in
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Calculus, Chemistry, and even history. Each session requires significant preparation, as I have to explain
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the concepts in an intuitive manner that struggling students can understand. So far, I have received positive feedback
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from my students, and I always prioritize their learning and understanding above all else.
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\item From halfway in my 9th grade to now, I have started, owned, and am fully maintaining a Discord study server for our school's
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student class of 2027. As the owner, I am fully responsible for a managing a team of 8 voted moderators, and I have
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to ensure that everybody's voices are heard. As the server is run through Discord, arguments and disagreements can
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easily escalate, so I have to step in as a neutral party to mediate and resolve conflicts. It was through these Discord
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"blow-ups" that I started learning how to be a better leader and work with others. I have poured over 300 hours into
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this server, managing over 100 active members. Housing over 50\% of the class (at its peak) was a daunting task, and I
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had to deal with revolts and mass exodus of members multiple times. From arguments about the "wetness of water" to
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kicking me out of my own server, I have seen and managed all of these conflicts. Now, our server is a stable and
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thriving community, with valuable study resources, popular group study calls, and constant member engagement through
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general (and of-topic) text channels.
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\item % NHS officer work!!.. AYNY VOLUNTEER OR PAID WORK
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\item % Robotics team work?
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\item % Science fair club officer work?
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\item % Cricket club work?
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