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Oct 26, 2016
Scholarship / I was a regular student with no evidence of leadership. Chevening 2016 application [3]
Hi everyone!
I'm applying for Chevening Scholarship so I have written my LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE QUESTION, Can you give me some feedback please? I do wanna know if my scope is right or if I have to make more corrections. Thanks in advance for your support!
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When I was studying in high school, several teachers told me that I was a regular student with no evidence of leadership. Those times I did not have any problem with their affirmations because my only important skills to get better at were informatics and mathematics.
However, everything changed when I started studying at the university due to I was so encouraged to get the best scores possible. Therefore, I had to learn how to work with teams and how to choose correct people. Step by Step, I began to be involved with extracurricular teams so I became representative of Computer Science in the IEEE chapter at the university.
To organize seminars and activities in benefit of the students gave me another perspective, I could solve problems of the student body not only by claiming but also by doing. Then I run for president of the student center of my career and I won with the 78% of votes. As president, I organized events of sport, training and debate. I also acted as a mediator between students and administrators of the university.
My first priority was always to get the best scores possible, on the other hand, I had the opportunity to be teaching assistant, and thus I taught subjects as programming 2 and calculus 1 while I was a student. This help me a lot to learn how to speech in front of so many people, I could overcome shyness and express my ideas and knowledge.
Since 2014, I have participated in different Hackathons, which are software development contests, with distinct teams. We had good and bad times but we learned a lot by failing. I learnt how to organize a team in order to win without much resources as time and money. In the last contests, I had to lead my team in order to win every contest. However, this year we decided not to participate in more contests and to start a software development company. I strongly believe that skills as choosing and leading people gave me advantage to join my current team and to inculcate entrepreneurship in them.
Currently, we are 6 partners in this entrepreneurship but I am looking forward to joining more partners. I believe we can create a great impact in our society if we solve problems by developing software solutions. I do know that I cannot do everything by myself and if I lead a group of people to give the best of themselves, we can reach the stars, we can generate benefits for our society.
Hi everyone!
I'm applying for Chevening Scholarship so I have written my LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE QUESTION, Can you give me some feedback please? I do wanna know if my scope is right or if I have to make more corrections. Thanks in advance for your support!
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When I was studying in high school, several teachers told me that I was a regular student with no evidence of leadership. Those times I did not have any problem with their affirmations because my only important skills to get better at were informatics and mathematics.
However, everything changed when I started studying at the university due to I was so encouraged to get the best scores possible. Therefore, I had to learn how to work with teams and how to choose correct people. Step by Step, I began to be involved with extracurricular teams so I became representative of Computer Science in the IEEE chapter at the university.
To organize seminars and activities in benefit of the students gave me another perspective, I could solve problems of the student body not only by claiming but also by doing. Then I run for president of the student center of my career and I won with the 78% of votes. As president, I organized events of sport, training and debate. I also acted as a mediator between students and administrators of the university.
My first priority was always to get the best scores possible, on the other hand, I had the opportunity to be teaching assistant, and thus I taught subjects as programming 2 and calculus 1 while I was a student. This help me a lot to learn how to speech in front of so many people, I could overcome shyness and express my ideas and knowledge.
Since 2014, I have participated in different Hackathons, which are software development contests, with distinct teams. We had good and bad times but we learned a lot by failing. I learnt how to organize a team in order to win without much resources as time and money. In the last contests, I had to lead my team in order to win every contest. However, this year we decided not to participate in more contests and to start a software development company. I strongly believe that skills as choosing and leading people gave me advantage to join my current team and to inculcate entrepreneurship in them.
Currently, we are 6 partners in this entrepreneurship but I am looking forward to joining more partners. I believe we can create a great impact in our society if we solve problems by developing software solutions. I do know that I cannot do everything by myself and if I lead a group of people to give the best of themselves, we can reach the stars, we can generate benefits for our society.
