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Portrait of Rachael Lietz

Honor Society® member

Rachael Lietz

Cashier at Fair Haven Mercantile

  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Class of 2020
  • Verona, Missouri

Member since April 2020

About

I am a student at the Verona RVII High School in Missouri. I am the top in my class and participate in numerous clubs and sports. Starting sophomore year, I began taking advanced and weighted classes. Since the summer before junior year, I have taken eight dual credit courses and an AP course, including over the summers, and am finishing two dual credit courses and an AP course currently.

Education

  • Verona High School

    Secondary Education

    2016 – 2020

  • Verona High School

    Middle School Education

    2014 – 2016

  • Verona Elementary

    Elementary Education

    2008 – 2014

Honors and awards

  • Honor Roll

    All four high school year, I have maintained a 4.0 (unweighted) GPA and have been confirmed top of my class for two of those years.

  • National Honor Society

    I was invited to NHS as a sophomore and elected as the secretary during my junior year.

  • Academic Team Captain

    Junior and senior year, I have functioned as the captain of the high school varsity Academic Team.

  • FFA Sentinel

    I was elected the Sentinel of Verona's FFA chapter.

  • 1st place FFA Help Desk

    Both sophomore and senior year, I won 1st place in the Help Desk competition.

Goals and interests

Career goal

I plan on working as an aerospace engineer for at least five years under either a space-oriented corporation before applying to become an astronaut under NASA, Boeing, or SpaceX.

Graduate school interests

In college, I am looking to join a robotics or engineering club, form a D&D group, and participate in an archery club.

Outside the classroom

I enjoy knitting and crocheting, reading, writing fictional stories, and baking. I also am a Dungeon Master for a Dungeons&Dragons group, where I narrate a story in a world I have woven for a small group of my friends to react to in the form of their fictional character.

Experience

  • Cashier

    Fair Haven Mercantile

    May 2019 – Apr 2020

  • Contract Labor

    Fair Haven Mercantile

    May 2018 – Aug 2018

Volunteering

  • Sorter and Organizer of Donations

    For the Kids (foster closet)

    Dec 2018 – Feb 2020

  • Volunteer

    Upward Bound TRiO

    Oct 2016 – Oct 2017

  • Food Distribution

    Aurora Harvest Food Pantry

    Dec 2015 – Mar 2019

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent

Additional information