WWDCScholars
Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg16
New York, NY, United States
I’m a student in Brooklyn. I love JS, Python, and especially Swift. I started programming with the Swift Playgrounds app when I was seven and found out about the Swift Student Challenge when I was eight. Ever since then, I’ve wanted to apply. I was finally eligible this year so I went for it.
Scholarships
Roscoe has been awarded a WWDC scholarship in 2024. Here is the submission that got them there.
In 2024, applicants were tasked with creating an interactive app playground on the topic of their choice to showcase their passion for coding. New for 2024, 50 Distinguished Winners were recognized for their outstanding submissions and invited to Apple in Cupertino. Here’s how Roscoe describes their winning submission.
So many people want solutions to climate change, and yet nothing ever gets done. Why? In Climate Campaign, you play as the head of the US EPA, passing policies to help climate change, all while keeping your budget and popularity within reasonable levels. It forces users to choose what they want to prioritize and shows how compromise can be such a huge obstacle to fighting climate change.