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.
Brian B.
Brian studied History and Political Science at Villanova University, where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After joining Teach for America and working as a teacher for eight years, he decided to pursue his JD at Harvard Law School.
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.
Stoyan
Stoyan studied at Columbia University, where he was President’s Fellow for two consecutive years, graduating with an MA in Political Science with a focus on mathematical modeling. His research skills made him a top recruit for the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, in Tokyo, Japan, where he worked on several projects related to American-Japanese relations.
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.
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.
Talia
Talia holds a BA in Visual Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Quantitative Economics from UCLA. She will next pursue a PhD in Cultural Economics.
Gavin R.
Gavin holds a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard College. After working as a software engineer in computational geometry at Markforged in Boston, he moved to Austria to work as a research assistant in quantitative social science at the Institute for Science and Technology Austria and Complexity Science Hub Vienna.
Reyanna
Reyanna holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Yale and an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS University of London.
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.
Colin M.
Colin attended New York University, where he earned a BA in French (magna cum laude) and an MA in French Studies (cum laude). He then went on to study at Brooklyn College, where he received an MSEd (Special Education - summa cum laude). He is a former middle school special education teacher and department head in the New York City school system.
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.
Caleb HH.
Caleb graduated from Harvard College in with a joint concentration in Physics and Mathematics, for which he received high honors. He plans to begin pursuing a PhD in Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in 2024, with a focus on laser cooling and optical trapping.
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.
Nick M.
Nick graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a perfect 4.0 GPA from Harvard College. After graduating from Harvard, he attended Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar, earning a Master’s in Global Affairs. Now, he is a student at the University of Oxford, reading for a Master’s in Criminal Justice and Criminology.
Nelson
Nelson is an MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan. He previously earned his MS in Microwave Engineering and BS in Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell and the University of Rochester respectively.
Alex H.
Alex is currently pursuing a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at MIT. She previously earned her BS in Chemistry at CalTech, where she was recognized with the Merck Index Award.
Chris R.
Chris is a PhD candidate at MIT’s Computational and Systems Biology Program. He previously earned his bachelor’s degree in cyber engineering with a minor in mathematics from Louisiana Tech University with a 3.96 GPA.
Julia A.
Julia holds an MEng and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. There, she served as a TA for Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Design, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Ethics. Currently, Julia is employed at an engineering consulting firm specializing in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Adrian L.
Adrian attended Caltech where he earned a BS in Physics in 2022. He now attends Harvard as a PhD student in Quantum Science and Engineering. His research focuses on the intersection of quantum chemistry and quantum computing.
Valerie N.
Valerie is an artist and scientist who holds a degree in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, as well as a BA in Art with a concentration in Painting from Yale University. She also holds an MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Kaitlyn L.
Kaitlyn played D1 softball at Stanford, where she majored in Computer Science (3.8/4.0 GPA). Presently, she is an MD-PhD student at Harvard working on her PhD in Bioinformatics.
Brian Do.
Brian is a PhD student at Columbia University studying Chemical Engineering. Previously, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and Chemistry, with a minor in Accounting at the University of California San Diego.
Sara F.
Sara is a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at Harvard University, where she researches theoretical questions at the intersection of computer science and economics. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Caltech.
Malia W.
Malia holds a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. Previously, she earned her BS in Chemistry at Haverford College (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, High Honors in Chemistry). She is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Amnon
Amnon is a PhD in Computational Robotics and Reinforcement Learning at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Teaching Assistant by his university for teaching Artificial Intelligence and Machine Perception.
Lois
Lois earned her BS in Biochemistry, Honors at the University of Texas at Austin. Lois is currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School. Through medicine, Lois aspires to improve the health of rural communities (like the one that raised her).
Fernando
Fernando is a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University. Previously, he completed a BS in Applied Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering from John Hopkins University, as well as conducted research in cancer immunotherapy and single-cell microfluidics, earning multiple research awards.
James P.
James currently works as an engineer for Nuvera, a hydrogen fuel cell company in Massachusetts. Previously, he graduated from Syracuse University with an MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude).
Eva E.
Eva is currently an MEd Candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, she graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, earning her BA/BS in Child Studies and Medicine, Health, and Society.
Emilija
Emilija has a BA in Sociology from Queen’s University, and three Montessori MACTE teaching certifications from the Toronto Montessori Institute for children ages 2.5 through 12. Emilija completed an MA in International Studies in Education at the University of Birmingham, and an M.Ed in Educational Leadership, Organization and Entrepreneurship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She also has her Primary Years International Baccalaureate teaching license from the IBO.
Sasha C.
Sasha earned her BS in Physics and Mathematics from MIT and her PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT. Her PhD research focused on engineering new energy-efficient magnetic nanomaterials. While at MIT, she completed two research internships in France, worked as a visiting scientist in a German physics institute, and pioneered a new physics education program in Chile.
Sarah
Sarah studied Physics at Harvard College before earning her Master's in Applied Mathematics from Columbia. She's now pursuing her JD at Harvard Law, where her interest is in intellectual property law.
Tarun
Tarun studied Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Bioengineering at MIT, where he completed both his BS and MEng in four years. He is now pursuing an MD from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Program.
Drew
Drew holds a BA in Philosophy from the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University (summa cum laude) and a PhD in Philosophy from Boston College, where he is currently a fellow at the Lonergan Institute.
Gino
Gino majored in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Computational Engineering at Notre Dame. Presently, he's pursuing his MS/PhD at Harvard, researching soft robotics and actuators.
Danielle
Danielle is a PhD student in Statistics at Colorado State University. She graduated summa cum laude from TCNJ with a BS in Mathematics. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Pi Mu Epsilon National Honor Societies.
Corinne
Corinne earned her BS in Chemical Engineering and her MS in Systems Engineering from MIT. She received several fellowships to do research abroad, and her work was supported by USAID. Currently, she is an MD student at Tufts.
Natalia
Natalia received her BA in History from the City College of New York. She went on to earn a Master's of Science in General and Special Childhood Education at the Bank Street College of Education.
Lydia
Lydia studied Molecular Biology and Global Health at Princeton, graduating summa cum laude with the Molecular Biology Thesis Prize. She's now pursuing her MD at Washington University in St. Louis.
Eduardo
Eduardo earned his BS in Brain & Cognitive Sciences from MIT (Phi Beta Kappa, 4.9/5.0 GPA). He is currently pursuing his MD/PhD from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Program.
Ian
Ian earned his BA in Economics from Bucknell. He then worked as a teacher and administrator in charter schools in New Orleans. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Columbia University as a Columbia Fellows Scholar.
Miriam
Miriam is a PhD student in Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She holds a joint BA/BS in Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering (Stern College/Columbia).
Nikki
Nikki holds a BS and MS in Chemistry from Yale, where she graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with the Werner Bergmann Prize, awarded annually to the outstanding senior in the chemistry department. After earning her MD at the Icahn School of Medicine, she is now a pediatrics resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center.
Matthew
Matt attended UT Dallas on a full-ride McDermott Scholarship, where he earned his BS in Mathematics (summa cum laude). He went on to earn his Master's in Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University.
Manasa
Manasa is an MD student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her BA in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude).
Kaylee
Kaylee is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at MIT. Previously, she earned a BSE in Chemical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and spent a summer in Huntsville, Alabama working at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Kannan
Kannan holds a BA in the History of Science (University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa) and an MFA in Fiction (Iowa Writers' Workshop). His stories have been published in the LA Times, the LA Review of Books, and Racquet.
Pooja S.
Pooja earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and her MS in Engineering Management from UW-Madison. Most recently, she ran a corporate-backed accelerator for insurance-focused startups.
Justin
Justin earned his BA in Math with a minor in Computer Science at Boston College. After spending a few years working as a web developer, he moved to New York, where he is now an MBA candidate at NYU.
Arvind
Arvind holds a BS in Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and an MA in Engineering in EECS from MIT. He has worked at Amazon, D.E. Shaw Research, and most recently at BenevolentAI.
Matty
Matty earned a JD from Harvard Law. He graduated magna cum laude from Amherst with a BA in Geology. He has experience as a tax attorney working in corporate law in New York.
Dennis
Dennis earned his Bachelor's from Northwestern, worked for a large supply chain management firm, and then earned his MBA from Dartmouth. After his MBA, he joined McKinsey, and now works for an advanced analytics firm in New York.
Dan
Dan is an MD/PhD student at Harvard Medical School. He earned his BA in Cognitive Science at Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa), where his thesis earned the Angier award.
Sara
Sara graduated from MIT with a degree in Math with Computer Science. After working as a program manager at Microsoft, she is now pursuing her MBA at Harvard Business School.
Emily Ei.
Emily graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Mathematics and a minor in Economics from Dartmouth. After working at the Federal Reserve Bank for two years, she is now a PhD student in Economics at UC Berkeley.
Jeff
Jeff is an MS candidate in Computer Science at NYU, concentrating on Machine Learning. He graduated from Columbia with a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Jackie
Jackie is an MD student at NYU School of Medicine. She earned her BA in Neuroscience and English and was the managing editor of her college newspaper at the University of Miami (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Emma
Emma is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School, currently doing clinical research through a fellowship at Mass General Hospital. She earned her BA in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).
Nikita
Nikita earned her BA in Biomedical Engineering at Tufts (summa cum laude, Tau Beta Pi) and her MD at Boston University. She is now a senior resident at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics.
Pete
Pete studied Civil Engineering and Economics at MIT, and then spent five years working at a FinTech startup as a lead manager for data modeling. He is now completing his MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Michael
Michael graduated summa cum laude and with College Honors from Louisiana State University with a BS in Chemical Engineering and a BA in Economics. As a Phi Kappa Phi Fellow, Michael received an MPhil in Health, Medicine, and Society from the University of Cambridge. He's currently pursuing his MD at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Josef
Josef earned a BA/MA in Economics from Boston University (with honors, magna cum laude). After graduation, he worked with the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at Boston University. Currently, he is an analyst at IHS Markit.
Max
After graduating Valedictorian of his high school class, Max earned his BA in Philosophy at Columbia. He is currently an MD/PhD candidate at Columbia, conducting his doctoral research in systems neuroscience.
David
David holds a BA in Mathematics (University of Chicago) and an MS in Computer Science (Harvard). He is currently a practicing statistician, mathematician, and teacher at an IB school.
Ben
Ben is a PhD student in Economics at UC Berkeley. Prior to grad school, he earned a BA in Applied Mathematics from Harvard and worked for two years as a predoctoral fellow in the Harvard Economics department.
Yehonatan
Yehonatan earned his PhD in Math at UCLA, and his BA in Math with a minor in Creative Writing at UC Berkeley. He is now a postdoc researcher in Systems and Computational Biology in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Abhishek
Abhishek is a PhD candidate in Theoretical Physics at Harvard. His work focuses on understanding the mysteries of black holes. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Physics from UCLA.
Joseph
Joe is a PhD candidate in the Biological Sciences in Public Health at Harvard. He earned his BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley and his MS in Cell and Molecular Biology from San Francisco State.
Santiago
Santiago graduated from UT Austin with dual honors degrees in the Humanities and Biochemistry. After spending a summer at NIH, he went on to complete an MPhil in Chemistry at Cambridge, and he is now an MD/PhD candidate at UPenn.
Abubakar
Abubakar graduated from MIT with a BS and MEng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He received the prestigious Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, which is funding his research as a PhD student at Stanford.
Tim
Tim recently earned a Master's in Economic Policy from the University College London. He has worked in international affairs management consulting, as a lead research analyst, and as an assistant economist.
Claire
Claire earned her BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Development Biology from Yale University. After earning her MD at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, she is now a Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at Yale.
Marilyn
Marilyn earned her BA in Chemistry and Religious Studies from Franklin & Marshall, and her MA in Materials Chemistry from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been a licensed chemistry educator for over 7 years.
Emily Mo.
Emily received a BA in French and Economics from Princeton. After college, she worked in consulting and economic research, and earned her PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, where she taught Economics and Machine Learning.
Mac
Mac holds an MD from Boston University School of Medicine. He earned a BA in Political Science and Biochemistry at Middlebury and an MA in Political Science at Boston College. Currently, he is an anesthesiology resident at UPenn.
Peter
Peter is a PhD student in German at Columbia University. Prior to grad school, he earned a BMus in Musical Arts with distinction from Eastman, and, simultaneously, a BA in German Studies from University of Rochester.