Week Four

Genius Hour Project: Basketball for a Cause

How will our project help us stand out to colleges and shape our life plan?  

• When typically applying to colleges, they look at many things such as: grades, teacher comments, and extra curricular activities. This project that we are doing to raise money for Robin's Nest Ministry in Jamaica is definitely something that will stand out on our resume. Having this project on our resumes is going to impress colleges because this will prove to them that we are very dedicated students. This project shows our dedication because of all the hard work we have put into it such as planning the clinics, setting up meetings, watching videos on how to coach young girls, and also raising money for someone besides ourselves. Raising money for Robin's Nest will also show colleges that we are the type of students who are going to contribute to the well being of their school and that we think about the needs of others before ourselves. While having good grades and being well liked by your teachers looks fantastic on a college resume, this project makes us stand out to colleges because this type of dedication is rarely shown by high school students. 

• While this project is going to allow us to stand out to colleges, this could as potentially help shape our lives. This could change our lives because of the education we could get from the schools that we go to. Without the help of this life changing experiment, we could potentially not get into some of the schools we would like to attend in the coming years. Even though right now we might not see the end goal, this project is definitely worth it in the long run!