@lookingforward In relation to volunteer work, I have attended a week long mission trip the past two years that requires extensive volunteer work to even go. I volunteer regularly at a retirement home, and I’ve been captain of a Relay for Life Team for the past three years. I’ve held some unique fundraisers for Relay, this year organizing an improvisation show with a live band, lights, etc. that sold out and made more than 2,000 dollars. I’ve been heavily involved in theatre ever since I was a freshman, participating in every show w/ a couple of leading roles. I’m helping to teach an adult improv class this summer too with our improv director. I also have a couple of clubs, like Mock Trial and German Honors Society, w/ leadership positions in both. I did sports up until sophomore year (JV teams) but quit both; do I even mention this on my Common App?
I’m also very conflicted about LoR. I’m asking one of my academic English teachers but I also wanted to ask my improv director, who is also a teacher at our school who I have taken two theatre classes with. She would write a glowing letter of rec because she is very passionate about the people involved with improv (she was at Second City), but she is not technically an academic teacher. Should I ask her for a LoR?
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