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📚 Essay Submission Note (click to expand)

This piece was seelcted as the Club Engagement Essay of my college application.

When I joined my school's VEX Robotics Club in tenth grade, I felt welcomed into a community. The club's experienced seniors stayed late with me after school, sharing their wealth of knowledge. And as the only member with a background in microcontroller development, I was thrilled to contribute.

After our seniors graduated, I became club president–just in time for the school to withdraw our funding. Still, I found ways forward. When we lacked parts, I dismantled old machines; when we couldn't afford physical testing, I trained members in computer modeling.

This community is essential to many people, myself included.

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