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.
Anna M.
Anna holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University. She will next pursue her PhD in Applied Mathematics at Princeton University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Marcus
Marcus holds a Master's in Liberal Studies from Columbia University. He previously graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota with a BA in American Studies.
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.
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.
Samuel Q.
Sam graduated from Columbia with a degree in Economics, and spent three years working in finance before pursuing his JD at Harvard Law School, where he focuses on corporate and international law.
Clara B.
Clara holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia. She is now an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.
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.
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.
Sarah H.
Sarah pursued her interest in the western European canon by studying the Great Books program at St. John’s College in Maryland. She then went on to receive her Master’s in Comparative Literature at Columbia, where she focused on the nineteenth-century European novel.
Emma Mcl.
Emma is a PhD Candidate in Physics at Columbia University. Previously, Emma completed her undergraduate degree at Providence College and completed two masters degrees at Columbia University.
Walker
Walker earned his undergraduate degree in applied math from Columbia University and later finished a master's degree in statistics from Duke University. He now works for the New York Yankees as a quantitative analyst in their front office.
Haleigh
Haleigh is a PhD Candidate in Biomedical Sciences at NYU Medical School. She previously earned her BS in General Science from Pennsylvania State University and her MPH in Environmental Health Science at Columbia University.
Milan
Milan studied Philosophy and Economics at Cornell University. He has tutored hundreds of students in the LSAT, with students routinely improving by 10+ points, the most successful being 27 points.
Jesse
Jesse holds a BA in History from Columbia, where he was a Navab Fellow, Solomon & Seymour Fisher Civil Liberties Fellow, and Benjamin F. and Bernice Block Scholar. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Theatre Acting at Columbia.
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.
Jinoh
Jinoh attended Columbia University, where he graduated with a Neuroscience and Behavior major with a 3.8 GPA and departmental honors. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard.
James C.
James holds a PhD in Chemical Physics from Columbia and an MS in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. Previously, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College. He is currently a high school math teacher in the Boston area.
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.
Alexandra K.
Alexandra graduated from Caltech with a BS in Physics in 2022, where she worked with four diverse research groups in four years. Alexandra is now a PhD student and NSF GRFP Fellow at the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science.
Benny S.
Benny received a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. After graduation, he was awarded a Fulbright to study at Yunnan University before completing his PhD in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University.
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.
Matt M.
Matt worked as a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for two years before going on to earn an MA, MPhil, and PhD in Economics at Columbia University.
Andrew S.
Andrew received a BA from Columbia University, where he graduated magna cum laude and double majored in American Studies and English. After earning his MFA in Poetry at Brooklyn College, Andrew is now an adjunct lecturer at CUNY.
Isaac J-F
Isaac is a doctoral student at Yale University in the Departments of African-American Studies and American Studies. His research interests include black studies, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and sound studies. Previously, Isaac earned his BA from Columbia University in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, graduating cum laude.
Connor M.
Connor is a PhD Candidate in Religion at Columbia University; his dissertation focuses on the relationship between religion, science, and technology in contemporary America. He also holds an MPhil and MA in Religion from Columbia, an a BA in Religion from Vassar College.
Madhav
Madhav graduated with a degree in Computer Science with Honors from Caltech. After graduating, he worked at Oracle as a software engineer; more recently, he joined BallerTV, a fast growing sports-streaming startup, as a full-stack engineer.
Nicholas C.
Nicholas he earned bachelors’ degrees in both Computational Physics and Mechanical Engineering at Rice University. He is now pursuing his Master’s in Medical Physics at Columbia University, with which he hopes to pursue radiation therapy for treatment of cancer patients.
Max Sh.
Max holds a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia, an MA in Near Eastern Studies from NYU, and a BA in Philosophy from Vassar. An experienced classroom teacher, he currently teaches World History at Poly Prep Country Day School.
Mary T.
Mary completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. She previously completed her MD at Harvard Medical School and her MPH at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
William O.
Will is now attending Stanford’s Graduate School of Business for his PhD, studying applications of machine learning, algorithms, and network science to problems in business. He previously double majored in computer science and mathematics at Caltech.
Xavier
Xavier graduated from Yale College in 2019 with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. During the summers, he researched Type II Diabetes at Yale Medical School and HIV at Harvard Medical School. Currently, he is pursuing a Neuroscience PhD at Columbia University.
Diana T
Diana currently teaches at the Parsons School of Design. She holds an MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and an MA in Architecture from Kansas State University,
Katie M.
Katie graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a double major in Political Science and Philosophy. Now, she is pursuing a Master of Public Policy degree at the Harvard Kennedy School, a program which focuses on empirical skills like economics and statistics for the purpose of applying them to creating effective public policy.
Noah M.
Noah graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University, majoring in Physics and Mathematics. Currently obtaining his PhD in Physics from Harvard University, he studies black holes, quantum gravity, and celestial holography.
Nick S.
Nick graduated from Columbia University with degrees in English and Economics. He next earned a teaching certificate and moved to Barcelona to teach English. Since 2003, he’s been teaching all over the world, usually spending winters in Berlin and summers in Barcelona.
Erin F.
Erin holds a degree in Astrophysics from Columbia University, and she is currently a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and fifth year PhD student in Princeton's Astrophysical Sciences department. Her current work is in support of the NASA Dragonfly mission.
Rohan K.
Rohan is currently undertaking a PhD in Sustainable Urban Development at Oxford University. He holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland; a Master's in International Affairs from SciencesPo Paris; and a Master's in International Affairs from Columbia University.
Emily F.
Emily is a PhD candidate at Columbia University in Religious Studies. She teaches Western and East Asian philosophy classes at SUNY Purchase, where she earned her BA in philosophy.
Kellen H.
Kellen holds a BA from Princeton in History & African American Studies, and a PhD from Columbia in History. She was a Predoctoral Fellow at UPenn’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies, and is now working on her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Penn State University.
Matthew G.
Matthew holds an AB in Government from Harvard and a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He's a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan.
Tim L.
Tim holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's in English and Classical Languages from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Debbie
Debbie is currently a PhD candidate in Classical Studies at Columbia University. She holds a BA in Classics from College of the Holy Cross and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Simone
Simone graduated summa cum laude from Barnard. She holds a Master of Public Health from aColumbia, and is currently pursuing an MD at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
Justin
Justin is a Computer Science (CS) PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, where his work is focused on problems at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and data privacy. He earned his BA in Math & CS from Columbia.
Varshini
Varshini studied Environmental Engineering and Political Science at Columbia before working for New York State, focusing on clean energy and climate change mitigation. She now attends Yale Law School.
Arielle
Arielle is pursuing her MD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Prior to medical school, she attended Columbia University for her BS in Biology and worked in a lab studying the genetics of chronic kidney diseases.
Maya
Maya graduated Columbia University with dual degrees in Biology and Computer Science. She began her first year at the Harvard-MIT MD/PhD program (Health Sciences and Technology MD track) in 2020.
Stefan
Stefan majored in Public Policy and Urban Studies at Stanford University. He earned his Master's in Public Policy at Harvard University, and is a PhD student in Urban Planning at Columbia University.
Quinn
Quinn works at Columbia University as the Director of South Asian Studies MA program and as a Lecturer in the Religion Department. He received his doctoral degree from Columbia University’s Religion Department.
Musa
Musa earned her PhD from Columbia University in Early Modern English Drama. She has taught at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis, where she was an Assistant Professor of English.
Roel
Roel earned his BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics at CalTech, and he is currently an MA candidate in Jazz Composition at Berklee. He has over 1500 hours of tutoring experience.
Pooja J.
Pooja holds an MD/MS in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University. She now works as a Product Manager at an early-stage mental health tech startup in NYC.
Alix
Alix graduated from Brown with a BA in Performing Arts. After spending almost a decade in Canada, she moved to New York for an MFA in Playwriting at Columbia University. Her award-winning plays have been produced all over the world.
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).
Daniel
Daniel studied Electrical Engineering at Caltech (Tau Beta Pi), and won the Churchill Scholarship, which funded his Master's in Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is now pursuing a PhD in Applied Physics at Harvard.
Mickey
Mickey is an MD/MPH candidate at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Mailman School of Public Health. He holds a BA in Biochemistry and English (Drake) and an MS in Narrative Medicine (Columbia).
Emily K.
Emily earned her PhD, MPhil, and MA in Theatre and Performance from Columbia University, and her BA in Theatre and Philosophy from Williams College. She is now a consultant at the Columbia Writing Center.
Keating
Keating earned his BA in Classics (Columbia), as well as his MA and PhD in Classical Philology (Harvard). He is a nine-time winner of Harvard's Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.
Raj
Raj attended Rice University for his BA in Biochemistry and Cell Biology (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is now an MD student at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine.
Mariam
Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Rahmani holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, as well as degrees from Princeton and Oxford. She currently serves on the faculty of Bennington College and is a postdoctoral Fellow with the American Council for Learned Societies in 2023-24.
Daniel
Daniel is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and author of 5 books of literary nonfiction. He holds an MFA in Fiction (Columbia University), and has taught at Saint Ann's School, Columbia University, and elsewhere.
Anusha
Anusha is a medical student in the Health Sciences and Technology program at Harvard Medical School and MIT. She graduated with a BS in Bioengineering from Caltech, where she was a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.
Chang
Chang is an MD/PhD student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He earned his BA in English Literature and Biochemistry at Columbia University, where he was a John Jay Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Chris
Chris is an MD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He received his pre-med training at Columbia University and was awarded the Harry G DeMeo Scholarship. He earned his BA in Theater Studies from Emerson College.
Melanie
Melanie holds a BS in Psychology from Yale (Psi Chi) and an MA in French from Columbia. After working in activism, strategic communications, and management consulting, she earned her PhD in Social Psychology at NYU.
Ash
Ash received his MA in Economics from Columbia University. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Econometrics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (summa cum laude, Tau Beta Pi).
Lina
Lina earned her PhD in Chemistry at Princeton and her BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Physics at UC Santa Cruz. She is currently an MD candidate at Columbia University.
Ash
Ash earned a BA in Social Studies (Harvard), an MPhil in Intellectual History and Political Thought (University of Cambridge), and a JD (Yale). He is currently a PhD candidate in Political Science at Columbia University.
Ellen
Ellen is an MD-PhD student in the Health Sciences and Technology Program at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she earned her degree in Chemistry at Caltech.
Jon Kenneth
Jon earned a BA in English at George Washington and a PhD in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Since 2009, he has taught literature, history, and writing at Pierrepont School in Westport, Connecticut.
Martha
Martha graduated from Duke with a BSE in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Tau Beta Pi). After working in industry as a hardware engineer, she went back to grad school and is currently a PhD student in Computer Science at Columbia.
Emma
Emma majored in Religious Studies at Yale. She is currently a PhD candidate in English and Comparative Lit at Columbia University, where she studies poetry and the history of the English literary tradition back to the Middle Ages.
Beth
Beth graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology. She is currently an MD candidate at Boston University School of Medicine.
Andrew
Andrew is earning his MA in Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University on a Fulbright Scholarship. He earned his BA in History from Columbia University (cum laude), where he received the Natalie Shawn Fellowship.
Helena
Helena studied at Columbia and NYU. She has served as a Contributing Editor and Senior Contributor at The New Inquiry, and her work has been excerpted or cited in The Atlantic, Harper's, and The New York Times, among others.
Peter
Peter received his BA in History from Columbia, and attended Washington & Lee University School of Law for his JD. He now works in civil litigation, and is admitted to practice law in NY, NJ, CT, and CA.
Antonio
Antonio holds a BS in Applied Physics and a PhD in Physics from Columbia University. After completing his postdoctorate at the University of Maryland, he now works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Gil
Gil graduated from Wesleyan University with a BS in Chemistry. He attended Columbia University for his MS in Electrical Engineering, where he received the prestigious Jacob Millman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Hana
Hana double-majored in Sociology and Dance at Columbia University, where she graduated with departmental honors and Phi Beta Kappa. She also holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Hunter College, and she practices as a physical therapist.
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).
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).
Alexander
Alex received his undergraduate degree in Classical Civilizations from Harvard. He taught Latin, History, and Ancient Greek at the high school level, and then earned his Master's degree in Classics from Columbia.
Aditya
Aditya is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He received his BS in Computer Science and Applied Computational Mathematics from CalTech and MS in Computational Science and Engineering from Harvard.
Radhe
Radhe earned her JD from Harvard Law and currently works in litigation. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering with a concentration in Political Science from Columbia, and was an NYC Urban Fellow in the Department of Education.
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.
Jenna
Jenna holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Columbia) and a BA in Biology with a minor in Psychology (Boston University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She is currently faculty at Columbia University.
Caitlin
Caitlin is a JD student at Harvard Law. She earned her BA in Sustainable Development and Mathematics at Columbia University, holds an Accounting Certificate from the University of Washington and has also earned her CPA license.
Bassel
Bassel received an MS in Civil Engineering from MIT and a BS in Engineering from Harvard. He has taught college courses on topics ranging from probability and statistics to modern history.
Katherine
Katherine earned a BA in Psychology with a concentration in Liguistics from Columbia. Currently, she is completing an MA in Lingusitics at the Graduate Center at CUNY.
Jacob
Jacob was a double major in Playwriting & Astrophysics at Columbia (Phi Beta Kappa). He went on to earn his MFA in Playwriting at NYU Tisch, where he won the Faculty Award and the Sloan Foundation Science Screenwriting Award.
Henry
Henry graduated with an MD from Columbia University in 2022 and began psychiatry residency at the University of Rochester. Formerly a professional classical ballet dancer, he earned his BA in Biology from Columbia University, where he was also the first male synchronized swimmer in the Ivy League.
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.