Boy Scouts College Essay

Accomplishments in my life have really given me a new understanding for myself and others and allowed for personal growth. One accomplishment has provoked this growth: being inducted into the National Honor Society. The society helps me to think differently about other people and learn of ways I could become a better person. This experience has shown me the importance of hard work, never giving up, social interaction, and helping others.

I remember seeing my pinewood derby car going down the track; it was silver, blue letters on it that said sonic and black wheels that sounded like a hot wheels car going down a track. I was only 6 years old when that happened. Now I stand in front of the board representing Boy Scouts of America, ¨Congratulations, you are officially an Eagle Scout.¨ It hits me all the sudden like a wave hitting a sea wall, an 11 year journey just ended and it’s time to see the outcome.

This is the one thing that will have brought me both the greatest happiness and success throughout my life. Becoming an Eagle Scout shows that you have demonstrated the ability to stick with something until the very end, if you consider that the end saying you learn so

This allowed me to truly test my leadership skills, mixing in hard work and fun was the greatest challenge I faced every week. Most recently, I completed my Eagle Project over the summer, which was an Olympic-sized Sand Volleyball Court at my local park. This project was one of the biggest in my Troop’s history, and if you would like to read more, an article was written and put on multiple websites, including (http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2017/11/troop_112_eagle_scout_project_brings_sand_volleyba.html). I believe that I put forth my best possible effort on this project, and I hope that I have left an addition to the community that will remain for many years to come. Because of this project, I will be having my Eagle Board of Review in early January, and will be receiving two palms upon my completion due to the amount of extra merit badges I have received. While I am not sure what type of person I would be if I did not join Cub Scouts ten years ago, I am truly grateful that I made the choice that got me to where I am

I grew up in a home where my parents taught us to serve our country, community and those around us. They taught me through example, my father was a scout leader when I was a child. He often took me camping and to merit badge Pow Wow’s. As a boy I began to dream about becoming a boy scout. When I became old enough I joined the cub scouts. While in Cub scouts I learned about being part of the pack, about working together to accomplish large projects, to work together to accomplish a larger goal. Then when I was older I was able to join the boy scouts they taught me about being a citizen in the community, about being a good neighbor. They taught me about doing a good turn daily, and being prepared. When I was 13, I became a life scout. Being a life scout is not anything special, other than I was able to start working on my eagle project.

When I was young, I became a cub scout as did many of my friends. We all had that youthful joy with us and looked forward with a smile for scouts each week. Meeting was just for us to have fun and ecstatic laughter. The ranks, the beltloops, and the other rewards were subsidiary to me throughout my early years. It was not until I was almost a Webelo scout that these honors became a desire of mine; each one awarded to me at a court of honor was so easily able to bring me a feeling of success and triumph. The feeling was so amazing, I coveted for it. I sought to look for loopholes so I could earn all possible awards, even ones I did not deserve. My mother told me that was not how the system works though; she taught me at a young age in order

Although my situation in this world is not dire, I have had to work hard to get good grades, to be elected or chosen for leadership positions, and to achieve awards such as Eagle Scout. When I started the scouts I had set a goal to become Eagle Scout when I was sixteen. I worked toward this goal for four years and I successfully achieved it in February of 2014. This experience taught me discipline and organizational skills. There were times I felt I wouldn’t make it, but I was so determined and driven to achieve my goal, I kept moving forward.

I demonstrated the IB trait of balanced as I completed my Super Achiever award. I had to balance my time between Scouting and non-scouting activities. I had to make sure I was completing the electives on a good pace, not rushing through or procrastinating for any of the tasks. I needed to give to the harder electives more time and effort as compared to the easier ones which I could finish quickly. Having had so many people provide me with information, I had to sift through it to sort out the important stuff.

My military service reshaped who I am. My training stripped away any sense of entitlement and I learned more about myself in four months than I’d ever known before. It not only gave me discipline and taught me to perform under pressure, but everything I did wasn’t just for me anymore. I was working hard for the marines next to me in my platoon. The time came when each of us hit a breaking point physically or mentally.

I finally earned some A’s. Studying affected my time to work on the requirements for merit badges and rank advancements, but it did not stop my activities. I enjoyed scouting because my troop went camping a bunch. However, I realized Boy Scouts was a group of people who want to help others also. Like the Scout Law says, scouts are reverent, friendly, brave, honest, cheerful, obedient, and loyal. As I grew older, I saw some scouts becoming Eagle Scouts, a rank achieved by less than two percent of all Boy Scouts. Those people showed excellent examples of being a leader, helping other people, and caring about nature. I was not sure if I could make it until I made Star Scout, the third highest rank. At that point, I finally saw Eagle as a rank I could

The Order of the Arrow was a major project in which I, along with my team, cleaned and maintained Camp McKee by transporting bunks for storage, painting the picnic shelter, and cutting grass and weeds from the side of the lake dam. I have been a patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, as well as a senior patrol leader. I have led the boys of my troop through their ranks and have given them advice on ranking up and living life as a scout. I have also volunteered to ensure the safety of those who are boating at the church picnic to thank the church for allowing us to charter with

Normally I liked to go to summer campouts for Boy Scouts. The scouts were always bubbling with excitement for the week of being outdoors. But when I woke up that morning, I knew something was different. No, it wasn't just the fact that I had to wake up at 4 in the morning for the six-hour-long car ride up to Camp Tomahawk. I had a feeling that the coming week would be unusual in a way I could never explain.

It has been a long journey to get where I am today. I began scouting in first grade as a tiger in Cub Scout pack 852. I then continued to get the arrow of light, and then joined troop 1539 in 5th grade, where I have been ever since. Over the course of the last decade, scouting has been a large part of my childhood and has had a large impact on who I have become today. This program has taught me leadership, personal responsibility, and work ethic which have allowed me to excel in all areas of my life. I have learned skills such as knot tying, tent pitching, first aid, fire safety, and countless others. But most of all, I have formed relationships with both scouts and adults alike that will last me a lifetime.

I believe that earning my Girl Scout Gold Award is an accomplishment that marked a transition in my life. Just incase you don’t know what a Girl Scout Gold Award is, it is the highest achievement in Girl Scout. The Gold Award is a seven-step project in which you solve a problem in your community, you have to have over 80 project hours and it has to have a long term effect on your problem. The problem I decided to take on was childhood obesity and another place to learn in besides the classroom. My sustainable project costed $3,010.00 and I spent 80 hours and 30 minutes to complete my project.

I have invested a lot of time into my journey through Boy Scouts and have been an active member for about six years. There are several camps I've attended with conditions ranging from wet, and below freezing to dry, and over 100 degrees. As I approach the rank of Eagle Scout I look back on my many years in scouting and I find that dedication, passion, and the twelve points of the scout law can be found in me if I am willing to put forth the effort. The scout law is as follows: a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Each point is a quality scouts try to develop throughout their lives. Through my scouting journey I have come to realize that, no, there will never