Bio – Nicholas Brigando
Student Bio
Achievements
| Distinctions | Mathematics
English Home Language Afrikaans 1st Additional Language Life Orientation Accounting Physical Sciences Information Technology Advanced Programme Mathematics |
| Do you have any school achievements that we can highlight?
|
Yes |
| Please elaborate on your school achievements.
|
1st team hockey vice captain
Full colours for indoor hockey and academics SAT Score of 1480 Student Executive member SRC for 4 years before moving to student executive Straight A results Multiple provincial appearances for indoor hockey Multiple Olympiad distinctions (ICAS, IT Olympiad, Mathematics Olympiad) including a Gold Medal for ICAS/SIAT olympiad Highest placing for a South African in 2012 IMSO with a silver medal |
| What are your plans for 2019?
|
Study |
| Future Plans Study (please specify):
|
I wish to study an undergraduate degree, BEng Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria, before completing a post graduate degree of Artificial Intelligence at an Ivy League university, preferably Dartmouth. During this, I will continue running my part time graphic design business to earn income to help pay for my studies. I have been accepted at UP already, and I am currently applying to universities within the USA through a scholarship agency. |
| Future Plans Gap year (please specify):
|
– |
| Future Plans. Work (please specify):
|
– |
| Future Plans. Other (please specify):
|
– |
| National University. Where will you be studying?
|
University of Pretoria |
| Degree Choice. National. What degree / course will you be studying?
|
BEng Computer Engineering |
| Reason for Degree. National. Why did you choose this particular course?
|
I have a love for computers, having worked and played on them since a young age. My father was a software engineer, and as such I have been exposed to multiple aspects of the IT world. |
| Foreign University. Where will you be applying to study?
|
Dartmouth |
| Degree Choice. Foreign. What degree / course will you be applying to study?
|
BEng Computer Engineering |
| Reason for Degree. Foreign. Why did you choose this particular course?
|
See Q.22 |
| Result Location. Will you be in South Africa when your final results are released?
|
Yes |
Interests
| Interests. What are your interests and hobbies?
|
IT work. Both hardware and software.
Building machines and working out the bugs in them. Making them perfect. I enjoy modding electrical goods to increase their usability or efficiency. Reading Hockey Esports Graphic Design within an Esports context Writing within a personal, creative context. |
| Inspiration. Who inspires you most? Why?
|
Isaac Asimov. One of the Founding Fathers of science fiction, who shaped the future that we all envision today. |
| Motto. Is there a motto / quote that you live by?
|
Not all those who wander are lost. |
| Dreams and aspirations. Do you have any dreams for your future that you would like to share with us?
|
I wish to become a cutting edge virtual reality developer, using artificial intelligence to enhance the experience and allow real life training within a virtual space. It will allow the virtual space (and therefore the AI or collection of AIs) to interact with the users to create a more realistic experience. |
