Why I Want To Be An Eagle Application Essay

Throughout my entire high school experience, and even before that, I have always been a driven and dedicated leader, no matter what it was I was doing. The majority of my leadership experience comes from the Boy Scouts of America, however I have had many equally as amazing leadership opportunities in my school and through other aspects of my personal life. Having been a leader at home – and abroad during two very special occasions – I believe myself to be very qualified to be a leader while I am in Switzerland in whichever form that may take. Be it starting a club to unite students of a certain background or with an activity or interest in common to a work-study program, to even opportunities as simple as forming a study group or making …show more content…
Aside from earning my Eagle scout award, the biggest focus of my scouting career has been international scouting, and my role as a leader merged seamlessly into that particular niche. Twice before I had gone to National Scout Jamborees (the second time as the leader of the group representing my area) which inspired me to go further look for World Jamborees to attend, unfortunately I had missed the chance to go to Sweden because of my age, however I was determined to go to the next possible international scouting events that I could, in the meantime building up all the leadership experience possible, from serving as the top scout in Northern California, an OA Chapter Chief, to positions within my home scout troop. After not too long, I was given the opportunity to go to the Caribbean Regional Jamboree, where I served as a patrol leader and led the contingent representing the United States at that event, and then the next year the opportunity to attend the World Scout Jamboree in Japan, as the assistant senior patrol leader, the second-in-command of the troop. These two once-in-a-lifetime experiences taught me lifelong lessons about being a