So today I thought
I’d do something different, I thought I’d tell you guys about what I’m trying
to get involved in and maybe it might make you guys think about going to do the
same things, if you have these kind of ‘schemes’ set up in your college.
Over the past
couple of weeks I’ve applied for the student association and student ambassador
positions in my college. Being a student ambassador is almost like being a
prefect, well it seems like it to me and it is supposed to be a good experience.
It’s also something I can put down on my UCAS application, but that’s not the
only thing that is motivating me to go for it. I’ve always been that kid that
wanted to help out in my school, however in this case its college.
The student association
though, that’s what I’m really gunning for, this is something that is extremely
beneficial to me and other people in my college. I would essentially become
part of how the college is run, I and everyone else in the association would
take issues, or ideas, to whoever we think would help and basically tell them
what we think needs to change or improve. The student association also
organises most of the events in college, for example some of the events in my
college are pink day, little events or shops for red nose day, all that kind of
stuff. You are essentially the go to students if something needs doing I guess.
I don’t know much about the role just yet. But there’s a catch, you have to be
elected. I’ve got to say, there is some competition but I think I’ll pull
through.
I’m also
trying to become an associate mentor for NCS this summer, I got an email about
this around two weeks ago and instantly applied. From what I can gather from
the information I’ve been given, this position is where you essentially help
out the mentors in NCS. That’s all I know so far. I do want to do it non the
less, because I really wish that I could do NCS again and this would be the
closest I could get to that and it also gives me more experience, gives me the
chance of possibly working for NCS and yet another thing to put on my CV and
UCAS application.
Well these are
the three things I’ve been trying to get involved in and I would be happy if I
got just one of these positions. It’s something that’s different and worth
doing so I thought why not at least try, because usually I don’t bother with
these things because I never think I would get it. But I made it through
shortlisting so you never know :)
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