Dear [HIRING MANAGER NAME PLACEHOLDER],
I am applying for your creative and design summer internship, and I want to make my case as clearly as possible. I am a junior at Flint Hill with a 3.89 grade point average and Honors standing. I have built a deep design portfolio, and I have organized my qualifications below so you can match them against the role quickly.
Landscape design and my own studio practice share a core skill, which is showing a place before it exists. My perspective drawings ask me to imagine a space honestly and to keep proportion truthful. I would like to apply that skill to real site work, learn from your designers, and contribute clean renderings and visual assets through the summer.
I lead as Soccer Captain, I have served as a Junior Ambassador and on Student Council, and I participate in the Black Student Union. I was named a Freshman Class Citizenship Awardee. I also volunteer with Breast Cancer Awareness, DC Central Kitchen, and Nottoway Park Preservation in Vienna, Virginia, which gave me a firsthand appreciation for the care that good land stewardship requires.
I would welcome the opportunity to walk you through my portfolio and discuss how I can be useful this summer. Thank you for reviewing my application.
Honest framing: I am a current high school student applying for a position that often attracts college interns. Every qualification listed here is genuine high school work, documented in my portfolio and presented without overstatement.