Essay CCC Proposal

v3b Application to Caltech (250 words)

• In this version, I will focus on collaboration.
• I can’t reuse the one for MIT.

v3a Application to MIT (250 words)

• I should emphasize more on the impact I have had on others.
  • I should address the issue of using the UC leaders essay and make the necessary changes.
  • Oh, but if I can portray the image of a leader and show that I can synthesize, then maybe that’s enough.
    • I’ll work hard to be able to do that.
  • The part where others enjoyed themselves.
• Reflect the revisions made for Caltech.

v3c Abbreviated version

• 3.2 Amherst
• 3.1 Harvard

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v2

• If I have time, I want to read samples and do something like “JHU Essays that worked 2024”.
• What is interesting?
  • Since problem-solving methods will be mentioned in the Creative Essay, it should be different.
  • I thought it would be about how to face the concept of being a “leader”.
    • But isn’t that quite cliché?
    • Well, maybe it’s okay?
      • Because the Creative essay and “Each Element to be Submitted Should Support Each Other” seem to work well together.
• It would be better if the discussion about demystifying coding at the beginning is connected to the concept of bottom-up.
• The foreshadowing is not sufficient.
  • The resolution of the demystifying coding discussion.
  • The resolution of the story about enjoying new things.

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v1

• It’s about exploring the concept of a bottom-up leader and portraying resilience as the main theme, while also expressing the motivation to enjoy new experiences and increase the number of creators.

• How should it be structured?

  • Should I just write it chronologically?

• Things to write about

  • My motivation to participate in the CCC.
    • Increasing the number of creators.
      • Why?
    • Wanting to experience being a leader.
  • Participating as a programming beginner in the Civictech Challenge Cup.
  • They were all talented, it seems.
  • At first, I didn’t know how to divide the work.
  • However,
    • I focused on facilitating ideas.
      • As a result, interesting ideas emerged.
    • I deliberately didn’t code myself.
      • It turned out well, keeping it minimal.
  • Also, being self-sufficient is a prerequisite.
  • Lessons learned
    • Trust is important.
      • Is that cliché?
  • If it was just my self-indulgence, it wouldn’t be about civictech or a challenge (?)

• Things to show

  • Resilience
    • Approaching with resilience while being aware of the purpose.
  • Understanding of the leader role and working towards it.
    • It’s not just about being a bottom-up leader, but rather working hard.
  • Preferring new things and serendipity.
    • Challenging for that purpose.

• Things not to show much: analytical aspects (scrapbox essay work)

• Things to tell

  • Positive influence on others.
  • Community contribution (spreading coding & making things).
  • Having leadership experience.

• It seems like it would be good to just copy the format of existing essays.

  • I want to find a model essay that worked.

• Challenge / Solution / Learning

  • When the discussion didn’t progress in the CCC.
    • It worked well when obstacles were removed by making it anonymous and parallel.
    • It’s important to think about the mechanism, and that kind of leader image is appropriate.
    • This seems to overlap with the Essay Scrapbox Proposal to some extent.
      • If I focus on the “leader image,” it might be a different story.
  • It didn’t make sense for me to do the implementation work.
    • I deliberately supported others and worked hard to divide the tasks effectively.
    • As a result, we were able to do rapid prototyping, which was good.
    • The one above this seems better? (blu3mo)
      • Well, I am positively influencing others. Prompts

• Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time. UC application

• It seems like I should write an essay about what I want to say in Statement 1.

  • Oh, but does it overlap with the Scrapbox Essay?
  • Maybe I can combine what I want to say in Statement 1 and 2.
  • What I have done (increasing the number of creators) and mentioning the method would be just right.

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• Statement 1

  • My role as a leader in GKADC.
    • The first time in my life.
    • It’s not about forcefully changing myself into a leader, but rather finding my own style of leadership.
  • A new role for “Choosing the Unexperienced”.

• Statement 2

  • Increasing the number of creators.
    • If I connect it with the Essay Unprecedented Case,- The meaning of “creating” differs from person to person.

• Each person finds their own meaning in creating, right?

• It varies depending on the person (such as the debate between Programming as a Means and 目的としてのプログラミング).

• There may be a structure called CoderDojo + GKADC (CCC).

• It’s like growing up in a Coder Dojo that exists to create and increase, and then becoming a mentor at Dojo Junior or GKADC to also be on the side of creating and increasing oneself.

• Can we mention 未踏エコシステム as well?

• This relay story is interesting as a phenomenon, but it doesn’t really explain who I am.

• Maybe it’s enough to just talk about the GKADC part in the latter half.

• It would be okay to talk about the impact of experiencing CoderDojo and being influenced by mentors and support.

• Inspired by that, I became a leader (relates to what I want to say #1).

• If I show my motivation, it should convey that it’s not just a volunteer pose.

• What I want to say #3

• Behavior within the school community

• Maybe this is the essence that is actually important?

• I would like to include that essence in Essay GKA Community Contribution Proposal, and it may not be necessary here.

• It is part of GKA’s New Committee System that was born.