Personal Statement: What ROTC Can Or Has Done For Me

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What ROTC Can or Has Done For Me

ROTC motivates me to become a better citizen to help after college. I’m getting ready for college because ROTC talks about grades, GPA, and graduating. It’s influencing me to do the best I can do in high school and college.OTC It helps me work hard for good grades in high school and college. When I’m in the uniform or not, it has made me feel great. It’s teaching me to work hard to accomplish something like getting A’s, and getting promoted, or becoming Guidon. After 9th grade ROTC will help me do well in my sophomore, junior, and senior year of high school. It’s helped me do my best at anything no matter hard it is. I’m doing well on about face because ROTC is teaching me how to do it. It has given

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