Snap Engineering Academy 2025

Los Angeles, CA
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Program Availability & Educational Background

  • Next Shift Learning is here to support you during the application process. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, including in any part of the application process, we want to hear from you. Please contact snapacademies@nextshiftlearning.com.
  • Will you be available for the entirety of the program (June 16 - August 14, 2025)?✱
  • If you answered "No" or "Unsure", this program may not be the right fit for you at this time as we expect selected Scholars receiving a scholarship to attend their Snap Academy to commit full time to the program.
  • Do you have daily, reliable transportation to get to and from the Snap Offices in Santa Monica, CA?✱
  • What type of college are you currently enrolled in?✱
  • What community college are currently attending or did you attend?✱
  • If you are a transfer student, what is the name of the school where you are currently enrolled?
  • What year do you expect to transfer to a four year college? If you have already transferred, please list your transfer date. [Month and Year]✱
  • What is your current major?✱
  • What year do you expect to graduate college? If you have already graduated, please list your graduation date. [Month and Year]✱
  • What are the names of the schools, bootcamps, or certification programs you are also attending or have previously attended, if any?
  • Please upload a PDF copy of your unofficial transcript. Be sure that your transcript show your community college course credits.✱
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General Demographic Information

  • Home Address ( XYZ Lane, City, State, Zip)✱
  • Will you reach age 18 or older by June 1, 2025?✱
  • Are you claimed as a tax dependent by your parent(s)/guardian(s)?✱
  • How many people are in your household? (Including yourself)✱
  • As a part of the Snap Academies application process, we do not collect or consider race, gender, ethnicity, or other protected characteristics in the selection process. This program is designed for students aspiring to break into the tech industry who may not have the network or resources to access opportunities. We are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive community that values and respects diverse experiences and backgrounds. The following questions are designed to further Snap Academies’ commitment to advancing early career talent who face barriers accessing tech careers. While the responses are optional, we encourage you to share any background information you feel comfortable providing. Thank you.

Education & Opportunity Access

  • Do you identify as a first-generation college student (the first person in your immediate family to go to college)?✱
  • Were you raised in a household where English was not the primary language?✱
  • Growing up, did you have access to mentorship or professional networks in the tech industry?✱
  • Did your family face any challenges that impacted your education, career, or well-being growing up?✱
  • If you answered "Yes", please briefly share what challenges you have faced that may have impacted you.
  • What are the most meaningful extracurricular programs, clubs, or activities that you participate in and how do they shape/contribute to who you are and want to be?✱
  • What resources or support systems would help you succeed in the Snap Academies?✱

Household & Financial Background

  • Were you eligible for free/reduced lunch in high school?✱
  • Have you ever received financial aid for post-secondary education, such as scholarships, state or federal grants, or loans?✱
  • What was your household's primary source of income while you were growing up?✱
  • If you responded "Other", please list your household's primary source of income growing up.
  • Do you or did you have to work while in school (high school or college) to support yourself or your family?✱
  • Are you a caregiver, providing support in roles such as parenting, guardianship, or adult caregiving?✱

Challenges & Barriers

  • What has been your biggest challenge in accessing career opportunities in tech?✱
  • We seek to provide individuals who may have been impacted by the juvenile justice system an opportunity in the Snap Academies. Have you ever been impacted by the justice system?✱
  • Have you ever been in the foster care system?✱
  • Have you experienced housing insecurity (e.g. homelessness, unstable housing, living in shelters or transitional housing)?✱
  • Have you experienced food insecurity?✱
  • Do you currently have access to consistent and reliable wifi at home?✱

Work-Study Eligibility

  • To plan for a smooth onboarding and coordination with your college or university, please let us know if the below statement is applicable to you: I am in the U.S. on a visa that requires work-study authorization for financial support (e.g., F-1, J-1)✱

Computer Science (CS) Experience (Self-Assessment)

  • Please indicate your proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in SQL or other Database programming✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in Web Development✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in Mobile Development✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in AR / VR✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in Python✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in Javascript✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in C++✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in React.JS✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency in Github✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency with reading Javascript specific documentation for built-in methods and data types.✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency with importing and using external libraries / frameworks.✱
  • Please indicate your proficiency with using APIs.✱

CS Work Samples

  • Please provide a link to one of your favorite pieces of computer science work that helps to demonstrate your knowledge / capabilities. This can include school projects/assignments, personal projects and exploration, hobbies, etc., anything that shows us how you express your creative and technical background. This link can be to an online portfolio (GitHub, website, social media page, etc.) or to a shareable Google Drive folder to be accessed by our hiring team. Please be sure that all resources shared are public facing that way our team can review your materials.✱
  • Based on the work sample that you have submitted, please describe why you feel this work demonstrates your software engineering skills for the Snap Engineering Academy. Tell us more about this project (What was the goal? What was accomplished? How does this show your skills?) and explain how you want to further develop these skills.✱
  • Please provide an additional link to a second favorite piece of computer science work that helps to demonstrate your knowledge / capabilities. This can include school projects/assignments, personal projects and exploration, hobbies, etc., anything that shows us how you express your creative and technical background. This link can be to an online portfolio (GitHub, website, social media page, etc.) or to a shareable Google Drive folder to be accessed by our hiring team. Please be sure that all resources shared are public facing that way our team can review your materials.✱
  • Based on the second work sample that you have submitted, please describe why you feel this work demonstrates your software engineering skills for the Snap Engineering Academy. Tell us more about this project (What was the goal? What was accomplished? How does this show your skills?) and explain how you want to further develop these skills.✱

Application Source

  • How did you hear about the Snap Academies? (i.e. name of school/org; name of teacher or program manager, website or social media, friend, program alumni, mentor, news publication, advertisement, other - list)✱
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