Lighthouse Labs Prize

Sorren Jao, 2023 Lighthouse Lab Prize Recipient

Lighthouse Labs is a Vancouver-based coding school, where students learn full-stack web development through immersive bootcamp-style courses. Fast paced and rigorous, classes are focus on minimizing lectures and maximizing the time spent on building things in supervised labs so that students learn more in a shorter amount of time.

Lighthouse Labs' Web Development bootcamp takes students through the fundamentals of source control using Git, HTML, CSS and stylesheet preprocessors, Ruby on Rails framework, Javascript and the jQuery framework as well as Node.js. As part of the course, students also have the opportunity contribute to open source projects and build their own apps under the supervision of a team of industry experts. The course is ideal for anyone looking to enter the startup community or build their own web applications.

Established in 2014 with a generous gift from Lighthouse Labs, this annual prize provides a space in their specialized Web Development Bootcamp to one current FCAT student or recent alumnus each year. Valued at $14,000, the prize recognizes promising, creative students from any area of FCAT who have a demonstrated interest in web development.

Read about Sorren Jao’s experience in the Fall 2023 bootcamp here.

Applications are now OPEN for 2023 Web Development Bootcamp.

Applicants must:

Apply below by July 31, 2023. As part of your application, you are required to attach your unofficial transcript and a letter of reference from a faculty member or employer who can attest to your abilities, initiative and contributions to their organization.
Be registered as a current FCAT student in good academic standing or be a recent alumnus of an FCAT program.

The prize winner will receive free tuition for a 2023 Lighthouse Labs Bootcamp. Before beginning the bootcamp, they will be required to complete 70 hours of prep work.

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2023 Application Form

Full Name

E-mail address

Phone number

Student number

Please provide links to your websites and github account.

Why do you want to take a course in web development?

Do you have any coding experience? If so, please elaborate.

How does coding fit into your overall career plan?

When trying to solve coding problem what steps do you take to find a solution?

What support systems do you rely on in times of stress and challenge?

What methods do you use to manage stress in new situations?

Describe a time when you found it challenging to work in a team or group. Why was it challenging, and what did you learn?

When do you plan on graduating from the program you are currently enrolled in?

Where do you see yourself after graduation?

Please review the upcoming bootcamp offerings and program structure below. When would like to start this program?

Review: Bootcamp offerings and program structure

Upload your unofficial transcript (mandatory)

The total size of uploaded attachments can be no larger than 15MB

Upload a letter of reference from a faculty member or employer (mandatory)

The total size of uploaded attachments can be no larger than 15MB

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Lighthouse Labs Prize

Applications are now OPEN for 2023 Web Development Bootcamp.

2023 Application Form

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