Personal Statement: Habitat For Humanity

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I am familiar with service. For me, service has only extended to my peers and my community; however, I hope to serve the nation and all nations in the future. I equate service with helpfulness—assisting others. I help both my school community by answering questions and giving feedback and my community as a whole through my volunteer activities, the most enjoyable of which has been Habitat for Humanity. If asked, many classmates would consider my defining characteristic intelligence. I would disagree; I consider my defining characteristic helpfulness. For students and teachers alike, I am almost always able to criticize constructively. More specifically for fellow students, I answer questions regarding code, calculus, or (English) conventions.

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