Hey guys, I recently applied to the NSA Stokes scholarship competition and noticed that no one had started a thread for this year yet. I’m just wondering if anyone else applied, and once this thing gets going we should all try to share notifications like in years past.
My Stats:
Major: CS
APs: Calc AB/BC, English Lang & Lit, Comp Sci A, US Gov
UW GPA: 3.886
College Credits: 20.00 (all in computer networking and administration)
Collegiate GPA: 4.0
Work Experience: IT Internship from beginning of 15-16 school year to present (~5 hrs/week)
Languages: Java/JavaScript and basic HTML
Leadership: Pres & Founder of my 10th grade HS’s Habitat for Humanity club
ACT: 31 (high 20s for math and english, 35 for science :p)
SAT: 1360 (CR + M) 1970 (CR + M + W)
Misc: CompTIA A+, I’ve been in a different HS for each year (military family), internship is at a DoD run hospital (might speak to DoD experience?), letters of recommendation were great (I included an extra in the supplemental info packet) from a professor at the college and one of my HS principals, minority as hispanic/latino
Feel free to post your stats too, I think we could all use a feel for the competition this year!
I’ll go with the same format. Probably shouldn’t be doing this as I’ll get more stressed out but whatever.
Major: CS
APs: Calculus AP (only one offered, extremely small school, very few resources)
UW GPA: 4.0
College Credits: 4
Collegiate GPA: Not sure, will get an A or B in class
Work Experience: System administrator at state digital archives, intern for senator
Languages: Some Python, some Spanish
Leadership: Vice President of school, led CyberPatriot team to among top nationally with limited resources, team captain of trivia team, not really any other opportunities because of school size (40 in 6-12)
SAT: 1400 (CR + M) 2110 (CR + M + W)
Misc: Strong letters of recommendation from counselor, math/computer/history teacher whom I’m close with, and industry professional in computer security whom I know well. Very strong essay with pretty strong supplemental essay. Extensive involvement in many computer and computer security related events, organizations, and competitions, many meant for professionals. Excellent science fair record with research in computer security. National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar. Hispanic.
Wow if anyone you’re stressing me out haha. In my opinion you’re definitely in good shape, don’t be too hard on yourself. It seems like you went beyond the means provided to you, and I think others (hopefully the selection committee) will come to the same conclusion.Anyway thanks for replying.
Also, what did you do when you worked for the senator? A lot of people on here say they do that kind of thing but I had never even heard of it until recently.
I basically do community outreach like attending neighborhood events, various assignments, and policy discussion. We have a video conference every week where we discuss assignments we have to do or hear from people in the Senate office. As examples, I went to a board meeting about Sea Grant and will go to a neighborhood board meeting. For assignments, we had to gather feedback on the sites of various Senators to improve our own and find organizations that do work in our community. I really like it. All the other interns are really smart and passionate. It is incredibly interesting to learn how the office and politics work. We got to see his office and he had different pictures signed by Obama. It’s pretty cool.
@realnoah I haven’t heard anything since the 30 update; they did say my resume currently wasn’t selected for further review, but the email did say I would still receive status updates every 30 days. Still nothing yet though.
@Brovomission
Major: Computer Engineering
APs: Computer Science A, World History, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Physics 1, English Lang., US. History
UW GPA: 3.96
College Credits: 3
Collegiate GPA: 4.0 (I only took one class)
Work Experience: N/A
Languages: Basic Java and some HTML
Leadership: Speech Captain of speech and debate team, participated in district leadership program over the summer
SAT: 1480 (CR + M) 2220 (CR + M + W)
Hey Everyone, I thought I’d join in on the conversation regarding the NSA Scholarship.
Here are my stats for those interested, honestly I would put myself kinda low compared to you guys
Major: Computer Science (Information Assurance Track)
APs: Computer Science A, World History, Calculus AB, English Lang. English Lit, US. History, AP Government, AP Microeconomics
UW GPA: 3.96
College Credits: 6
Work Experience: Internship at Tech Company as Information Technology Intern. Helped start some Cyber Security practices while there!
Foreign Languages: Turkish, Elementary Spanish
Programming Languages: Java, Python, HTML/Javascript, MATLAB, and some Assembly.
Leadership: Captain of FTC Robotics Team (Won Tri-State!), Captain of CyberPatriots Club (State Rounds next week!), Captain of Soccer Team, Leader/Founder of Information Technology Club, Mentor of Middle School Robotics Club.
SAT: 1300 (CR + M) 1900 (CR + M + W)
Misc: Since I have a small school, I am able to actively work with the school admin and IT to better the computer and network security. In part with the IT Club I started, I help with making sure the school follows proper info security practices. Currently studying for A+
Aside from the 30 day update I haven’t gotten any news, honestly really hope that I get another email! Would you guys suggest I call them to see what is up? Regardless Thanks for Reading!
as my name suggests, this is a burner account - I don’t want my friends to trace this (I’m from the SF Bay Area)
Stats:
Major: Computer Science
APs: (Completed) CS A, Chemistry, Chinese (heritage speaker hint hint), Calculus BC, English Lang, US History, Physics C, Statistics (In-progress) English Lit, Biology, US Government, Macro/micro econ
UW GPA: 3.96
College Credits: 5 (Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra in progress)
Work Experience: volunteer for Apache Software Foundation, currently doing software testing for a startup
Foreign Languages: Chinese (lol)
Programming Languages: Java, C++, SQL
Leadership: Concertmaster of school band, VP of FBLA
SAT: 800W / 800CR/ 750 M <- the shame :’( sent SAT II scores as well: 800 MathII, 800 Physics
Misc:
• Will get shafted by Asian male quota, so don’t worry about me
• Won metric butt-ton of awards in FBLA
• Competitive programming: USACO Gold
• Have bunch of science competitions as well: USAPhO, Science Bowl Nationals
If this works out for me, looking forward to seeing you guys in Maryland! oh and I haven’t heard anything since the 30-day update - the 60-day update should’ve come in 10 days ago, but apparently not?
Okay it looks like NSA is sending out notifications now. If you haven’t heard anything, I would definitely call or send an email after the weekend. Good luck to everyone selected as a semifinalist!
