You really should be applying for summer jobs, internships, or scholarships right now. Honest. Find several job listings, internship possibilities, or scholarships for which you could apply. Read the listings or application instructions, and develop a statement of purpose and design plan for each. Get feedback on these from someone in your school’s Career Center, Job Placement Office, or Dean of Student’s Office, or ask your teacher for recommendations for people who could give you knowledgeable feedback. Then apply.
Pick one of the following scenarios and develop three different statements of purpose and design plans for it. In one statement of purpose and design plan, be very conservative, and in one be as outrageous as you can; make the third somewhere in the middle. Take what you think are the best and potentially most effective features of each, and combine them into one statement of purpose and design plan. What from this process might be useful to you in the future?
You’ve been asked to paint a mural on the wall of the local children’s center.
Your high school has asked you to develop a 3 hour workshop to help graduating seniors make the transition to college.
Your girlfriend has asked you to write her a poem for her birthday.
Because she respects your tact and creativity, your boss has asked you to help her figure out how to handle the group of high-school students who hang out every Friday night at the restaurant where you work and who can interfere with the meals of others.
Your parent’s twenty-fifth anniversary is approaching, and you are expected to give the celebratory speech.
The others in the student organization to which you belong have challenged you to recruit more members by putting on some sort of show on campus.
