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.
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.
Anika
Anika is an incoming JD candidate at the University of Chicago law school. Anika previously gradated cum laude from Rice University with majors in Economics and Social Policy Analysis.
Alice Ha.
Alice received her BA in Philosophy and Music from Wake Forest University, where she was a Stamps Scholar and graduated summa cum laude. She is currently an MSt candidate in Music attending University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. After Oxford, Alice has committed to attending the University of Chicago Law School.
Andrew R.
Andrew is an MSc Candidate in Neuroscience at McGill University. Previously, he earned a BA in Biological Sciences at Cornell, graduating magna cum laude.
Ahmed
Ahmed earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with a minor in Inequality Studies from Cornell University. He is currently an MD student specializing in Community Health and Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine.
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.
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.
Victor Od.
Victor double majored in Complex Systems and Mathematics at Cornell, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He will next pursue a PhD in Applied Math.
Jason V.
Jason studied Philosophy and History at the University of Chicago (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). After graduation, Jason completed a term as an AmeriCorps volunteer. He will next begin his JD studies.
Eugenia
Eugenia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is completing a dissertation on contemporary capitalism and dystopian fiction.
Eugene L.
Eugene is an incoming JD/MBA joint degree candidate at the University of Chicago Law School and Booth School of Business. He is currently a Manager at Capital One and works primarily on strategies to apply machine learning to new areas of the business.
Jayton
Jayton graduated from the University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, with a double major in Economics and Political Science and a minor in Astronomy and Astrophysics. He is currently a second-year student at Harvard Law School, focusing on corporate law and international conflict law.
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.
Abhinav
Abhi attended the University of Chicago, where he majored in Economics. After graduating with honors, Abhi first worked at Boston Children’s Hospital before pursuing his MD at Weill Cornell.
Hayder
Hayder holds a BA in History from the University of Houston and an MD from the University of Chicago. He is now an Emergency Medicine Resident at the cross-town rivals, Northwestern Medicine.
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.
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.
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.
Ryan Ro.
Ryan graduated with a BS in Mathematics from MIT. He is now pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Chicago.
Shae
Shae holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago and an MA in History from Harvard University. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of History at Harvard University.
Patrick L.
Patrick is a recent JD graduate from Yale Law School. He previously received his BA in Economics from the University of Chicago and now works as a Trial Attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
Daniel C.
Daniel graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell. After working as a mechanical engineer designing medical devices for 5 years, he is now back at school pursuing his MBA at MIT Sloan.
Jamie M.
Jamie is a PhD Candidate in the History of Science at Harvard University. She also holds an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a BA in Communications from the University of Portland.
Danielle J.
Danielle majored in English modified with African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College, where she graduated cum laude with high honors. She is currently a PhD candidate in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.
Joe G.
Joe graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a BA in Psychology. He's presently an MD Candidate at Columbia University, pursuing a specialization in psychiatry.
Sonya C.
Sonya is presently an MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School. A published fiction writer and Presidential Scholar graduate of Cornell University, she holds a BS in Applied Economics with a minor in Creative Writing.
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.
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.
Ryan E.
Ryan completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University in Cellular and Molecular Biology. She is currently pursuing her PhD thesis research at MIT, where her work is focused on understanding how proliferating cancer cells reprogram metabolism to maintain the metabolic requirements for rapid cell growth and division.
Ava B.
Ava graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago. Presently, she is training as a psychotherapist at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she hopes to build a more sustainable career addressing our world’s suffering.
Rayen
After graduating with an IB diploma from the American International School Nido de Aguilas in Santiago, Chile, Rayen attended The University of Chicago and graduated with a degree in Public Policy. She scored a 175 on the LSAT and will be attending law school.
Psalm
Psalm attended the University of Chicago as a QuestBridge scholar, graduating with an honors BA in Anthropology. Now a student at Yale Law School, he focuses on civil rights law and is committed to making a positive impact in the world.
Emily C.
Emily earned her undergraduate degree in Economics at the University of Chicago, where she also played defense for the Women's Soccer team. She next completed a Master of Engineering in Supply Chain Management at MIT, and has over 10 years of professional work experience in supply chain, management, and consulting focused roles.
Annie S.
Annie holds a degree in Biology from Cornell and an MD from Harvard Medical School. After completing her residency in Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine, she began her work as a primary care pediatrician.
Fiona Y.
Fiona is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD candidate in Mathematics at Cornell. She holds a BA in Mathematics (cum laude) from Harvard and an MS in Mathematics from Cornell.
Matthew J.
Matthew is pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he graduated from Roanoke College as the Class Valedictorian, as well as summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Rakeeb
Rakeeb graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in Biological Engineering. He then pursued a research position at Johns Hopkins University, where he discovered a passion for immunology that has since led him to become a PhD candidate in the Immunology program at Harvard.
Penelope
Penelope attended the University of Chicago, where she graduated with a major in Comparative Literature. She then completed a Master 1 at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Comparative Literature. She is currently a PhD candidate in Romance Studies - French at Cornell University.
Eleanor S.
Eleanor is an MBA/Masters in Computer Science dual degree candidate at the University of Chicago/Booth School of Business. Previously, she received her Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.
Samantha F.
Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in Human Biology, Health & Society and a minor in Education. After obtaining her Master in Medical Education at the University of Nottingham as a Fulbright Scholar, she is now an MD Candidate at NYU.
Camille
Camille attended UChicago to earn her BA in Psychology and Economics. She's currently pursuing a dual Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School and Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business.
Isaac L.
Isaac graduated in 2020 with a BS in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell. As a student, he spent much of his time investigating diabetes treatments and bariatric surgery. He is an MD Candidate (2026) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons .
Lisa A.
Lisa attended Cornell University where she graduated magna cum laude in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. After Cornell, she worked at Procter and Gamble making your favorite household laundry supplies! She is now a PhD candidate in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology program at Harvard.
Pooja R.
Pooja is an MD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She studied Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell University, graduating summa cum laude with Distinction in Research. During her senior year, she was awarded the Academic Excellence Award, which recognizes the top two scholars in the Biological Sciences major.
Jonathan L.
Jonathan holds a PhD in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He previously completed an MA in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago and a BA in History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Evan Ga.
Evan is a 2023 MBA candidate at MIT Sloan with interests in climate tech, sustainability, and entrepreneurship. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Economics and Management (with specializations in finance/accounting) from Cornell University.
Vivian U.
Vivian is a first year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Previously, she earned her BS in Computational Biology with a Computer Information Science minor from Cornell University.
Bill K.
Bill is the bestselling author of seven books. His undergrad degree is from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins. History and biography are his fields, but he's helped improve both student and adult writing for twenty years across a wide range of subjects.
Brooke
Brooke majored in Biological Sciences at Cornell. She is now an Organismic and Evolutionary Biology PhD student at Harvard University, where her focus is deep sea molecular biology.
Alice
Alice earned her PhD at MIT in Mechanical Engineering on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She received her Bachelor's in Physics from University of Chicago. Currently, she teaches Engineering at MIT.
Liam
Liam holds a BS from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. After graduating, he accepted a leadership development role within the healthcare sector of CVS.
Dan
Dan received his BS in Math and BA in Physics from the University of Chicago. He then completed his PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology at NYU, and now works as a machine learning scientist in the area of computer vision.
Sam
Sam holds a BS in Physics (Cornell) and a PhD in Physics (Harvard). He's now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, studying physical systems and machine learning applications.
Ivy
Ivy graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts and BAs in Comparative Literature, Anthropology, and French from Cornell University. She's presently a PhD student in Comparative Literature at Harvard.
Scott
Scott earned his MBA from Yale and BS in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell. He has worked as a management consultant and a semi-professional poker player. Currently, he works at Google.
Pooja D.
Pooja studied Biological Sciences & Psychology at Cornell University before attending Weill Cornell Medical College. Presently, she's a pediatric neurology resident at Lurie Children's Hospital.
Marine-Ayan
Marine earned her BA in Biology with a minor in Spanish from Cornell (Phi Beta Kappa). She is now a medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Betty
Betty earned her BA in History and Science from Harvard, and holds an MA in History from the Universiy of Chicago, and a PhD in History from Yale. She has been teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy for almost a decade.
Zach
Zach is a resident in Internal Medicine at Duke University. He holds his MD and his PhD in Neuroscience from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and completed his BS in Biology and Society at Cornell.
Jennie
Jennie is currently a dental student at Harvard Dental School. She earned her Bachelor's in Human Biology, Health, and Society, with a minor in Health Policy and Human Development at Cornell University.
Anthony
Anthony earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Chicago on an Odyssey Scholarship. He is certified in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), and has taught in Bologna, Italy.
Madeleine
Madeleine holds a BA in Social Studies (Harvard) and a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (U Chicago). She is currently writing a book about Ottomanism in nineteenth-century political thought.
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.
Sanjna
Sanjna earned her BA in Biochemistry at Cornell University (Phi Beta Kappa). She is now a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a Twenty-First Century Scholar.
Nick
Nick received his BA in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Genetics, Genomics, and Development from Cornell (Phi Beta Kappa). He is now pursuing a dual MD/PhD in the Harvard-MIT joint program
Sean
Sean graduated from Cornell with a degree in Chemistry. He taught high school math for three years before going on to earn his MBA at Columbia Business School. He will soon begin is postgrad career in management consulting.
Meera
Meera studied Biology as part of the honors program at the University of Chicago. She then completed a two-year research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Meera is currently a medical student at UCSF, where she does computational research and is involved in curriculum development and teaching.
Jim
Jim holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Math from Oberlin, and an MA in Economics from Cornell. After traveling the country working on political campaigns, he now works as a software consultant and is based in Cambridge, MA.
Manoah
Manoah holds BAs in English & French Language and Literature (UChicago, Phi Beta Kappa), and an MA, MPhil, and PhD in French Literature (NYU). He is a Student Affairs Officer at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Columbia.
Jason
Jason graduated summa cum laude from Cornell with a BS in Civil Engineering and an MEng in Structural Engineering. He earned his MBA at MIT Sloan and is currently a management consultant at Deloitte.
Tova
Tova attended the University of Chicago and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Anthropology. She recently completed her MPhil in Archaeology (with Merit) at the University of Cambridge.
Di
Di is an MBA student at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and has deferred admission to Harvard Law School. He received his BS in Mathematics, and BAs in Economics and Statistics at the University of Chicago.
Noah
Noah is an MD student at Columbia. Prior to med school, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a degree in Biology and Spanish and spent a year working on clinical research at NYU.
Amulya
Amulya is an Anthropology PhD candidate at Harvard University. She earned her Bachelor's in Anthropology from University of Chicago, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Aaron
Aaron earned his PhD in Political Science at Yale, and his BA (Philosophy) and MA (Social Sciences) at the University of Chicago. Currently, he teaches Social Sciences at Deep Springs College.
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.
Sam
Sam is a med student at Harvard Medical School. He holds a BS in Neurobiology & Philosophy (Cornell). Prior to medical school, Sam was a fellow in the NIH Department of Bioethics.
Noam
Noam earned her BA in Philosophy from U Chicago and was a Rehabilitation Specialist at the South End Community Health Center. She is now pursuing her MD at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine.
Ava
Ava is a PhD candidate in Organismic Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude from Cornell with a BA in Biological Science with a Neurobiology Concentration.
Ian
Ian graduated with High Honors from Dartmouth with a BA in Government, and earned an MA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. He has taught at University of Chicago, Northwestern, Bard, and Harvard.
Nadia
Nadia earned a BA in English and Psychology (Cornell, magna cum laude), and a PhD in Developmental Pyshology (Cornell). Her work has received several departmental and national honors.
Patricia
Pat earned her BA in English and Biology at UPenn and her MA and PhD in English Literature at U Chicago. She has taught at Brandeis University, and the University at Albany, State University of New York.
Andrea
Andrea earned a BA/MPA in Public Administration from Cornell. After working in strategy consulting for five years, she completed an MBA/MA focusing on Latin American Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School/Lauder Institute of UPenn.