A Collectivist Path to Success by Mariam

A Collectivist Path to Success by Mariam - November 2019 Scholarship Essay

At my high school, I am a co-founder of a club known as CREST. CREST stands for Caesar Rodney Educational Student Tutors and it is a club that my friend and I started working on towards the end of our junior year. In summary, CREST would provide students at our high school with a way to request tutors and hold tutoring sessions online, find study guides and Quizlets, and get advice on how to do things such as studying or applying for colleges. Over the summer, my friend and I started building a website and creating resources to put on it. Our main reason for starting this club is because many students do not know how to go about asking for tutors or are too embarrassed to do so in real life. Currently, we are working with our principal to perfect CREST before we introduce it to Caesar Rodney students. While our website will most likely get launched in January, we will announce CREST in December, start accepting tutoring requests from thereon out, and provide guides that help students study, all in preparation for midterm exams.

While working on CREST, I realized how strong my sense of generativity is. Something that I have always told myself is that reaching my full potential not only entails working to the best of my abilities in school, but also making sure that my fellow students succeed in their endeavors. This manifested into me sharing Quizlets and notes for AP Exams every April with my classmates. CREST is something that I feel could have the same effect, but on a much larger scale and for a much longer time. This club would not only help the students using its resources and tutors, but would also help the future students leading the club recognize the importance of guiding others down the road of success. My hope for CREST is that it becomes a long-lasting club at our high school that can seriously help future Caesar Rodney students for years after I graduate.