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Like Max, I will graduate from MATES this year and I am a member of the National Honor Society. I am also the president of the MATES Robotics Club and member of the MATES Fishing Club. In my free time I am an active member of my church, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, love to play basketball and spend time with my friends. After I graduate I will attend Rowan University and study electrical and computer engineering. I can't believe I will start college in September. As I thinking back, my love of reading, learning and volunteering has both shaped and made me the person I am today.
Ever since I was a young child, I have loved to read. Whether it was Chet Gecko, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, A Series of Unfortunate Events or Animorphs, or Diary of a Wimpy Kid, they all provided me with hours of entertainment and an escape from everyday life. Throughout elementary and middle school, I read constantly and frequently visited the library to find new volumes to digest. Each novel was it’s own world, a new adventure with new friends along the way and an opportunity to travel the world, through time and dimensions, with only the time that you spent reading, in exchange. One year in …show more content…

Since middle school, I have helped my classmates who were having difficulties in mathematics. I have also tutored students in my neighborhood, when they came to me with mathematics issues. Since my early childhood, I have made presentations about both the German language and culture in the local library. I have also served as a summer volunteer at the local library, in which I organized and facilitated computer and craft programs for children. I also participated in a reading buddies program, where I helped young children improve their reading skills. This activity was especially rewarding, as I had several parents tell me how much their children looked forward to our sessions. I am also very active in my church, where I am an alter

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