Confidence

Hack Reactor Section
Coding Bootcamp

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1. I’m confident now. Passionate,  intelligent  learners I took my 1st college course my freshman summer of HS. Over the years, I kept taking them. Those college credits along with 5 AP scores of 3 or higher, a 2050 on the SAT, and a 4.5 GPA (ranking me in the top 20 in my graduating class) — all proves I’ve mastered the academic system and has allowed me to be able to graduate a year earlier from university (which is what I wanted, so I could get started on making a difference). Through Operation Smile, I went on to participate as 1 of 2 high school volunteers for a medical mission in Vietnam where we had to educate the parents of the children who were to receive surgeries for their cleft lip/palette. I’ve mentioned my love for biology already and decided to get some actual insight as to whether or not I’d like some aspects of it by taking a Wildlife Research Techniques college course in Tanzania through the School of Field Studies, with credit awarded through Boston University. I was the youngest person admitted, being 16. TL;DR: When I want to go ahead and learn about something, I GET OUT AND LEARN. meaning keen and canny
2. I’m confident now. I was involved in Model United Nations for a bit, but going into HS, I wasn’t big on speaking to a whole bunch of people. So I came up with a solution that has stuck with me up till now. Make a cool presentation. Preferably add some video. Let the presentation speak for you sometimes. And, boy did that work out! My presentations were always a hit with the teachers and kids - they loved it. They were entertaining/amusing/not boring PowerPoint slides. During my mission training with OP Smile, I was responsible for teaching trainees iMovie basics so they could effectively present their medical mission experience. I stumbled and even proclaimed my nervousness but apparently, by the end, I made one of the coordinators cry with my example video because it was so touching. I took an Oral Comm class in college and even though I got average scores on all 3 of my required speeches, at the end my professor claimed “I can’t wait to see your TED talk.”. Now, I’ve seen TED talks and I don’t know if I’m at the level of some of the greats like Ken Robinson (he’s an inspiration!), but it was a nice compliment, regardless. TL;DR: I believe in beautiful presentations and have experience with public speaking. Clear,  emphatic  communicators meaning straightforward and outright
3. I’m confident now. Dedicated,  curious  coders Some  programming  experience No matter how many times my program doesn’t compile or I fail to grasp something, I will not give up. I will take a break, I will grunt in frustration, I will complain, I will hesitate, I will ask for help, I will struggle endlessly, but I will not give up. I have taken formal intro classes in C++, C, Python, and Java at either local community colleges or universities. I’ve tinkered on Code School, Codecademy, Code Combat, Treehouse etc. with HTML/CSS and JavaScript and have been exposed to an array of other languages as well. I use **Markdown** to write all my blog posts and as of right now I use a WYSIWYG editor for my website.
4. Track Record I’m ready to go if you say so. Passionate,  intelligent  learners Clear,  emphatic  communicators Dedicated,  curious  coders Some  programming  experience