Our Purpose
SnoQap is a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides undergraduate students a constructive and educational space to explore interests in economics, politics, finance and STEM through writing, editing, and publishing.
Our writers choose topics they are passionate about, which may include history, environmental sustainability, advancement of economic opportunities for underrepresented groups, current events, and more.
Every article written contributes to a portfolio of work our writers can show to potential employers, which benefits their long-term future and goals. We've received countless positive comments on our writers' work from employers, professors, and peers.
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Founded in June 2016, SnoQap serves as a creative outlet for students to explore their potential careers and interests in an independent and collaborative way that is not readily available in undergraduate curricula.
Our purpose is to nurture the leaders of the future— writing is a fundamental skill that lays the foundation for how we think about challenges, work through difficult concepts, and contend with ideas in a structured and empirical way. By supporting and encouraging our writers, we aim to improve critical thinking, writing skills, and encourage others to become better members of an informed society.
SnoQap operates as a non-profit organization that relies on its volunteers to write between 750 to 1250 words on a topic within their chosen field of study, including economics, politics, finance and STEM.
Our success lies in the comprehensive research and editorial practices: we encourage students to source ideas from academic journals and professional publications while developing their ideas through our editorial process. SnoQap does not publish any content that hasn’t been tested, revised, edited, and tested again.
We recruit students who are– and have the potential to become– thought-leaders on their respective campuses, so as to give voice and influence to their ideas.
History
During his second semester of junior year at Marist College, Alex Warfel, one of the founders of SnoQap, started writing short stories each day and sharing them online with the creative writing community. It became an informative and creative hobby that allowed Alex to perfect his writing and receive feedback on his work outside of the classroom with no worry about grades, the GPA, and assigned topics that fit rigorous curriculums of his finance major and mathematics minor.
A few months later, he saw an article his friend Spencer Diernbach wrote about his interests and work in computer science, and it was then that Alex was inspired to create SnoQap.
What We've Done
Since the founding, our community has grown from a small college project to a team of 28 volunteers from around the globe that have published over 400 articles.
We have worked with over 50 students who have gained a broader understanding of what it’s like to be a part of a volunteer organization that challenges its members to create original self-expression content.
The average GPA of students that apply to write for us is 3.51 out of 4. On a personal level, every article written contributes to a portfolio of work our writers can show to potential employers which benefits their long-term future and goals. We've received countless positive comments on our writers' work from employers, professors, and peers.
Our selective recruiting process ensures that only motivated and dedicated students make up our team. We are very proud of the work we have done elevating student work and developing critical thinking and writing and are excited for what is on the horizon.
Here are the best parts of SnoQap in our team’s own words:
Feedback on my writing, it has made me a better writer and thinker.
- Contributing Writer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Class of 2020
The networks of people who share your academic interests and professional aspirations.
- Administration Team Member, Bentley University, Class of 2020
SnoQap has allowed me to improve my writing while diving deeper into topics that I otherwise would only know at a superficial level.
- Contributing Writer, Bentley University, Class of 2020
[SnoQap has provided] The ability to write about topics that interest me. I feel that it gives me an opportunity to explore STEM more as hobby as opposed to the academic approach I take in school. Plus, its a great way to work on my writing.
- Contributing Writer, Carnegie Mellon University, Class of 2020