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BC Tech Scholarship Essay
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Details
- Up to 3 x $2,500 for grade 12 graduates entering post-secondary
- Show passion for the technology sector, involvement in the tech community, and desire to leave a mark in the future of technology An essay (max. 1000 words – worth 100%) describing:
- Your experiences, passion, and involvement in the technology sector;
- Your academic achievements;
- Your career aspirations;
- How this scholarship will help you to achieve your goals.
- As part of your essay please tell us how you have overcome challenges, solved problems, and achieved excellence.
Essay
To say that I could not live without technology would be an understatement; the existence of the internet and technology has been invaluable in exercising my passions and developing my character. As a result, I am fortunate enough to challenge myself and earn money from the comfort of my own home, learn through the infinite sea of knowledge online, and exercise my creative logic through programming. To pay homage to its significant influence on my upbringing, I seek to proactively work on developing my fundamentals so I can leave my own footprint in the progression of technology.
I yearn to reach peak levels of productivity, happiness, and introspection, and have been spending every day seeking out ways to cultivate these aspects of my life. Whether it be through reading books for personal development, meditation, becoming engrossed in the stock market, weekly goal setting, constant self-reflection, journaling ideas, or effective time-management, I’ve been able to learn more about myself every day, flourish in my current environment, work towards my utmost potential, and discover a clear direction in which I want my days and overall path in life to unfold. Empowered by such a driving force, I have been able to accomplish impressive feats that further develop my character.
First, I ran three e-commerce businesses, managing two of them entirely by myself. After over 650 transactions and maintaining a 98.9% positive rating, I learned the importance of innovation, perseverance, and customer satisfaction when running a company and started cultivating such skills to confidently run a successful business in the future.
More importantly, I discovered my innate desire to contribute to the world; as of recently, I’ve been learning the fundamentals of Kotlin and Android Studio from online tutorials and courses to create an app that promotes productivity through organization and disciplinary measures. By spending 1-2 hours a day working on my app, I hope to provide a solution for those who may feel unmotivated due to the ongoing pandemic and slowly expand my technological skill set.
Second, my interest in learning has led me into taking various Advanced Placement courses offered by my high school, including non-STEM subjects like Psychology and English. Despite my workload for the past three years, I am consistently awarded with “Great Distinction”: an award for students with grade averages above 95% throughout an academic year. During my time at university, I am eager to transform the countless classes and intricate concepts that await into valuable learning opportunities that refine my work ethic and teach me more about the world. By nurturing my growth mindset and committing to a lifelong journey of learning, I aim to live an intellectual and contentful life.
Finally, as a culminating final project for my Computer Science class, I independently learned coding concepts, troubleshooted countless errors, and created a video to showcase a python chess program. From this experience, I learned I can exercise my creativity and logicality to produce quality solutions to relevant problems under challenging circumstances, which will undoubtedly prove to be useful in finding and implementing the ideas to solve the hidden problems residing in society. To conclude, the ability to learn and grow every day has added tremendous meaning in my life, and I want to transmute this energy into ideas that will pave the way to a better society.
For my post-secondary adventures, I have secured a chance to move from Regina, my home-city for the past 11 years, to explore the opportunities British Columbia has to offer at either Simon Fraser University or the University of British Columbia. Through my enrollment, I hope to cultivate my skills in programming through enrolling in rigorous courses and pursuing co-op opportunities. Of course, there are significant costs that accompany my future plans; due to several factors outside of our control, our family income has been impacted over the last few years. As 2021 unfolds, my parents will only be earning a monthly net pay of ~$5000, which is almost entirely used to pay rent, groceries, and car expenses. My parents support my decision to further my studies and have made considerable sacrifices of time and opportunities in order for me to pursue my own dreams. However, these dreams come at a considerable financial cost, so being the recipient of such an award would allow for greater financial autonomy for my family. Being a recipient of the BC Tech Scholarship will act as a catalyst towards my aspirations allowing me to focus less on my family’s financial security and more on the resounding impact I eventually want to make in society.
After seeing the revolutionary breakthroughs in technology and science developed by companies to combat modern world problems such as waste production (Good Natured Products implementing plant-based packaging), the ongoing pandemic (Loop Insights creating a COVID-19 tracker for venues), and the rise in mental health issues (MindMed’s testing towards using psychedelics as mental therapeutics), I’m eager to see what I can bring to the table after finishing my post-secondary adventures. I’m going to formulate innovative ideas just like the ones that serve as the foundations of the above companies. Once I come across an idea with overwhelming potential, I’ll use my talents and knowledge to build the foundation of a company that upholds my valued notion, cooperating with others who share the same passion and beliefs to make our mission a reality. By being the driving force of such a company, I hope to achieve exponential growth that exceeds my own individual capabilities through the collaboration of everyone involved and their own unique set of skills and ideas. My life will be dedicated to a life-long process of developing the relevant skills and coming up with the ideas necessary to thrive in such a crucial and stressful role. Although my time on earth is limited, my actions and ideas do not have to be, for I confidently know that my spirit will continue to live on through my life-long contribution towards innovative technology.
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