Nikole
Nikole studied Chemistry at Davidson College, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is now pursuing her PhD in biology at MIT.
Siqi
Siqi graduated with college honors, departmental honors, and Latin honors in mathematics from UCLA. s currently pursuing a Master's degree in Mathematics under the supervision of Fields Medalist Richard Borcherds and a PhD in Science and Mathematics Education under the mentorship of Felix Klein awardee Alan H. Schoenfeld at UC Berkeley.
Charley
Charley attended Harvard College, where he graduated cum laude with Highest Honors in Mathematics and Physics. After college, he moved across the country in search of warmer weather and to pursue a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.
Gabriela
Gabriela holds an MA and PhD in English from Stanford. She is currently a Lecturer at Stanford University for Structured Liberal Education, or SLE, the liberal arts program offered to exceptionally motivated first-year students.
Manish
Manish pursue a double major in Data Science and Biology and a double minor in Chemistry and Healthcare Management, graduating summa cum laude from Temple University. He is currently pursuing an MD at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in the Biotechnology track.
Robert B.
Robert graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with a BA in Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Economics with department honors and Theology Religious Studies. Robert joined the PhD program in Economics at Cornell University in 2024, where his primary research interests are in behavioral and experimental economics and industrial organization.
Geneva
Geneva received her BA in Anthropology and History from Columbia University. She is currently a PhD candidate in History at Princeton and a JD candidate at Yale Law School.
Cole
Cole is a PhD student and Ella Pawling Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, studying observational cosmology by hunting for supernovae, dark matter, and gravitational wave events. He holds an MS in Physics from the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Physics and BS in Astrophysics from the University of Chicago.
Anna M.
Anna holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University. She will next pursue her PhD in Applied Mathematics at Princeton University.
Eduardo L.
Eduardo is a novelist who currently teaches creative writing through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and works as a freelance consultant training GenAI models to respond more accurately to human prompts. He has worked as a consultant at Deloitte and has taught with the Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative.
Eli
Eli graduated summa cum laude with a degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. He has received several awards for both academic and research excellence, and he will be attending Caltech as a Kortschak Scholar Fellow to pursue a PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Tyler
Tyler studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in sociology and creative writing, and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to receive his PhD with distinction in sociology from Penn. For the past three years, Tyler has been a Lecturer at Princeton University in the Writing Program.
Lisa
Lisa earned a BS in Optical Engineering with a minor in Business from the University of Rochester, graduating with a 3.98/4.0 GPA and honors (Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa). Currently, she is a second-year PhD student at Stanford Medicine, focusing on ophthalmic device design and assembly.
Philip
Philip graduated summa cum laude from the University of Portland with a degree in English. He next earned a PhD in English at Northwestern University.
Cal
Cal graduated cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She was a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow during her PhD in Biological Anthropology at City University of New York, and was an NSF-funded Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University’s Center for Evolution and Medicine.
Anna H.
Anna is an Associate Professor of English at Boston University. She holds a PhD in English from Harvard and a BA in English from Yale.
Max
Max is a PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics at MIT, where they are developing accelerated methods for machine learning, optimization. Previously, Max graduated with a BS in Applied Math and Computer Science from Northeastern University in 2022.
Sam S.
Sam is a PhD Candidate in Religions in North America at Columbia University. He holds an STM from Yale Divinity School, an MA in Religion from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Missouri.
Evan K.
Evan graduated from MIT in 2024 with a 4.8 GPA, majoring in Biology and minoring in History. He received a 522 MCAT score (with a perfect CARS section) for the first time he took the exam, and he plans to attend medical school in 2025. During his gap year, he plans to continue his research on DNA damage and repair at MIT and run his outdoor science program for low-income kids.
Weber
Weber attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied finance in the Olin Business School and graduated with honors. He is now pursuing his MBA at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
Kathryn W.
Kathryn received her Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University in 2012 for Evolutionary Anthropology. After completing her post-bacc and working in Physical Therapy clinics in Oregon, Texas, and Florida, she received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Rutgers University, School of Health Professions in 2019, as well as an award for clinical excellence.
Richard L.
Richard majored in Biology and minored in English at Emory University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. After taking a year off to focus on research full-time, he is now pursuing an MD as part of Harvard Medical School’s Pathways program.
Sadia
Sadia holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. After graduating, she spent two years working in global health advocacy and policy work. Currently, she is pursuing an MD-PhD at UCSF.
Joel
Joel holds a BS in Engineering Physics and an MS in Applied Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines. He is currently a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at MIT.
Gili
Gili holds a BS and MS in Computer Science, both from Stanford University. She has experience in AI, human computer interaction (HCI), computer security, and computer science pedagogy.
Jim C.
Jim earned an MA from New York University and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He is on the faculty at Boston University and Tufts University, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Vivian
Vivian earned a double major in Cognitive Science and Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology at Yale University. She is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
Nishanthi
Nishanthi is currently a fifth-year doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the City College of New York. She holds a Master's in General Psychology from City College and a BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross.
Akila
Akila graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College in 2023 with a degree in human developmental and regenerative biology and an English minor. She will be matriculating at Harvard Medical School.
Darrell
Darrell attended Purdue University, where she earned her BS in Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics and graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now a PhD candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.
Andrew Y.
Andrew graduated cum laude from Harvard with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering, a minor in Neurobiology, and a language citation in Mandarin Chinese. He is now a third year student at Weill Cornell Medical College, and will pursue a Master's of Engineering in biomedical engineering before graduating from medical school.
Rienna
Rienna is pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology and MS in Biostatistics at Harvard. Previously, she attended Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in Public Health and Cognitive Science.
Giuseppe
Giuseppe received both his MA and PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin (2016 and 2019) and his BA in Classics from Columbia University (2009). He won the Jean Willard Tatlock Prize in Latin Proficiency and the Douglas Gardner Caverly Prize in Classics for best undergraduate thesis, as well as several awards and honors during his graduate education.
Ilani
Ilani is a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at MIT. As an undergraduate at MIT previously, they graduated with a 5.0 GPA and an honorable mention for the Schafer Prize.
Shaan
Shaan is an advanced PhD student in Clinical Psychology at Harvard University. She previously completed a BA in Psychology at San Diego State University.
Nick Mu.
Nick holds a BA in Earth Sciences from Boston University and a PhD in Hydrologic Sciences from UC Davis. He is currently a groundwater scientist.
Emma La.
Emma is a PhD Candidate in Psychology at Harvard University. She holds an MA in Psychology form Harvard and a BSc in Biology from the University of St Andrews.
Alex C.
Alex graduated from Yale University with a BS/MS in Mathematics and received an honorable mention for the Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for outstanding math research by an undergraduate. Currently, he is completing a PhD in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Benjy F.
Benjy completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mathematics at Harvard University, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Mathematics in MIT.
Asli
Asli is currently a dental student at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She graduated summa cum laude from Stony Brook University with a BS in Biology & Developmental Genetics and a minor in Health, Medicine, and Society.
Serenity
Serenity is a MD student at Harvard Medical School on the Dean REACH scholarship. Previously, she attended the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Duke University through the Robertson scholarship program.
Jessika
Jessika is an MD/PhD student at Harvard Medical School and MIT, researching deep learning applications in drug discovery. She previously graduated summa cum laude from WashU on a full-ride scholarship where she studied Computational Biology with minors in Computer Science and Mathematics.
Mike P.
Mike is currently a resident dentist specializing in periodontology and dental implant surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Eastman Institute for Oral Health. He received his training and education from New York University College of Dentistry and McGill University, earning his DDS and MSc degrees, respectively.
Patrick
Patrick is currently pursuing an MD as a first year student at Tufts Medical School. He previously graduated with a 3.99/4.00 GPA and a major in Biology at Bucknell University, where he was a member of the varsity soccer team all 4 years.
Emily Sc.
Emily holds a BS in Biology and a BA in Anthropology from Brown University. She received the Fulbright Fellowship to conduct pediatric oncology research in the Netherlands. She then earned her Master's of Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, and has since returned as a medical student.
Suraj
graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Computational Biology and completed Postbac research in the IRTA program at the NIH. Currently, Suraj is a first-year medical student at the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Rebecca L.
Rebecca is in the highly selective joint 5-year BS/MPH program at Yale University with a BS in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and an MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). She graduated from Yale College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
James F.
James holds a PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, an MPhil in History from the University of Cambridge, and an MPhil in Classics from Trinity College. He is the co-founder of the Institute for the Study of International Expositions.
Karl
Karl double majored in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Japanese Studies at Middlebury College. After graduating summa cum laude, he became a Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo where he developed tools for cell imaging.
Bayan
Bayan is currently pursuing her Master’s in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. She previously graduated from Yale University in May 2023 with a double major in Molecular Biology and Global Affairs and a minor in Global Health Studies.
Harry D.
Harry graduated from the University of Richmond as the valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa) and four first-authored publications. Finding medical research inescapable, he is getting a combined MD/PhD degree at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, desiring to pursue orthopedics surgery with research in targeted drug delivery.
Karen
Karen attended Cornell University, where she majored in Environmental and Sustainability Science and graduated cum laude. She also holds an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University. Karen currently works as an Environmental Consultant for the financial and manufacturing sectors.
Crystal
Crystal graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Public Health Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. She recently moved to Long Island to pursue a 3 year accelerated MD program at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine.
Paul S.
Paul graduated as a Merrill Presidential Scholar from Cornell University's College of Human Ecology in May 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health, and Society. He is pursuing his MD at the University of Pennsylvania.
Nathan L.
Nathan graduated from Iona University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and minors in Neuroscience and Drug & Alcohol Abuse Studies. He is currently a PhD student in clinical psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Ziad
Ziad earned a degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently working at biotech startup Atias Pharma in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with plans to pursue his MD at the University of Pennsylvania next.
Victor Od.
Victor double majored in Complex Systems and Mathematics at Cornell, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He starts his PhD in Applied Math at Princeton in September 2024.
Richard T.
Richard attended the University of California, San Diego where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science with a minor in Mathematics. Last year, he moved across the country to New York, where he is now a data scientist at BNY Mellon.
Shreyas
Shreyas is currently pursuing his MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2023, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a BS in Statistics, a BA in Public Policy and a minor in chemistry.
Eugenia
Eugenia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is completing a dissertation on contemporary capitalism and dystopian fiction.
Ben S.
Ben pursued a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a Doctorate in Dental Surgery at the University of Michigan in a Dentist-Scientist Training Program (DSTP) supported by a fellowship from the federal government. He’s now pursuing a clinical residency in periodontal surgery at Harvard University.
Adam T.
Adam holds a BA in Physics from Washington University in St. Louis (2013) and PhD in Physics from MIT (2024). He has worked as an engineer and data scientist.
Sophia Z.
Sophia attended Yale University, where she was a Global Health Scholar and studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health. Her research interests span health activism and social movements, DNA damage repair and metabolism in cancer, and bridging the gap between medical and mental health care.
Connor S.
Connor studied Mathematics at Cornell, and is now completing a PhD in Math at the University of Wisconsin Madison, focusing on combinatorics and algebraic geometry.
Ana Maria
Ana Maria earned her bachelor's degree in Applied Computational Physics, graduating summa cum laude, from New York City College of Technology (CUNY). She is currently a PhD candidate in her final year at Harvard University, where she was awarded the Pierce Fellowship by Harvard’s astronomy department.
Sammy H.
Sammy is a 5th year PhD student at Harvard, where he is working on semiconductor reliability. He is passionate about education. He has helped teach multiple courses at Harvard and has mentored many high school students on research projects.
Olivia L.
Olivia graduated from Boston College with a degree in biochemistry (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). After working as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, she began her PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University.
Vinay
Vinay holds a DDS from Columbia University and an MA in Science and Dental Education from Teachers College. He is currently pursuing postgraduate specialty training at the University of Connecticut in the field of Periodontics.
Ashvin
Ashvin earned his BA in Mathematics at Harvard, receiving early election to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating summa cum laude, and winning the David Mumford prize. He also holds a PhD in Mathematics from Princeton.
Jesi
Jesi received her BA in Humanities from Yale University, and her MA and PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently serves as the Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of Washington Bothell.
Jared S.
Jared is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he will also be pursuing a PhD in Bioengineering or Electrical Engineering/Computer Science. He previously graduated with a BS in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley.
Katie P.
Katie is an MPhil Candidate in Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge. Previously, she graduated from Arizona State University, where she earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering, a BA in Global Health, and a minor in sustainability.
Matt Y.
Matt attended Rice University as a Trustee Distinguished Scholar, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Biosciences. He is now pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.
Juliet B.
Juliet is a PhD candidate in Biology at MIT. She also holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
Bowen
Bowen graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a joint degree in computer science and statistics. Currently, he works as a researcher in AI for healthcare. He will start a PhD at Stanford in 2024.
Shurik
Shurik holds a BA in Physics from the University of Rochester and is currently a PhD candidate in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gustavo
Gustavo has held teaching positions at CUNY Graduate Center, Lehman College, and UPR-Mayaguez. He holds a BS in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD in Chemistry.
Patricia W.
Patricia holds a BA in French and Anthropology from Hunter College and a PhD in French Literature from CUNY Graduate Center. She has taught French at Fordham University, Hunter College, and The New School.
Jessie D.
Jessie studied biochemistry and psychology at Tufts University, earning a 4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa) and several awards for her leadership in the Chemistry Department. She is currently in her fourth year at Harvard Medical School and is pursuing a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery.
Jordan Z.
Jordan is a second-year PhD student in Harvard's Clinical Psychology program. She previously earned her BS from Vanderbilt, where she majored in Cognitive Science and Educational Studies, with a minor in Spanish.
Ann D.
Ann graduated from UC Berkeley with two degrees, one in Molecular and Cell Biology and the other in Music. They're currently pursuing a PhD in Biology at Johns Hopkins.
Rodrigo
Rodrigo is a 4th year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco. Originally from Los Angeles, he studied nutritional science at Cornell University, where he graduated with honors and distinction.
Jordan
Jordan studied Engineering Physics at the University of Tulsa, graduating magna cum laude. After interning at a semiconductor company, he continued his education, obtaining his Masters in Engineering Sciences at Harvard University, where he is now working on his PhD in Engineering Sciences.
Amara
Amara is currently in her final year of the MD/PhD program at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and will be starting her residency in Neurology next year. She holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton.
Matthew V.
Matt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, a Master's degree in Design Science from University of Michigan, and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Ilana
Ilana graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury College with a Bachelor’s in Psychology. Currently, she is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she is actively involved in research and clinical work.
Ishita
Ishita (she/her) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington Information School. Ishita also has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Duke University, where she graduated cum laude with distinction.
Lake
Lake graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas with a degree in Ecology. After graduating from the Yale School of Medicine, he matched into an Emergency Medicine Residency in Denver, Colorado.
Lekhya
Lekhya imajored in Human Physiology at Boston University, where she graduated summa cum laude within three years, and was a member of the Sargent Honor Society. She is currently a first year medical student at Columbia Medical School.
Corinne A.
Corinne is a student at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program. Previously, she attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, from which she holds a degree in violin performance with minors in music history and chemistry in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University.
Clara E.
Clara holds BS and MA in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.
Marc
Marc is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Previously, he earned his MA in South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on a full merit scholarship and his BA in Philosophy at Kalamazoo College.
Mary M.
Mary accepted a full-ride scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Biology and Spanish. She is currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School, where she is learning about the expansion of global surgery.
Elia
Elia graduated from the University of Chicago with a BS in Mathematics and was awarded the Paul R. Cohen prize for achieving the one of the highest academic records in the field of mathematics in his class. Currently, he is completing a PhD in Mathematics at MIT.
Alyssa K.
Alyssa is an MD-PhD student at Yale School of Medicine. Previously, she earned a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard College.
Beth G.
Beth earned her BA in Human Biology and MA in Education from Stanford University. She is now in the PhD program in Animal Biology at UC Davis, where she studies the proteins involved in sperm-egg fusion.
Chris C.
Christopher is pursuing a Master's in Urban Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). Previously, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's in Computer Science. He completed his MS in Engineering in Data Science at Penn as well.
Maryam
Maryam graduated summa cum laude with a BA in History and a Minor in Arabic from Princeton. After her Master’s in Early Modern European History at Oxford, she went on to pursue her PhD in in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.
Jackson C.
Jack studied Physics and Philosophy at Yale, graduating with distinction in the major, magna cum laude, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He now works in a photonics lab in New York City.