College

Emma Zc.

Emma holds a PhD in French Literature from Harvard University. Previously, she earned her BA and BM, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her doctoral dissertation examined the representation of music as a tool of social critique in the modern French novel.

Susan

Susan studied English at Rice and graduated summa cum laude. After serving in Teach for America, she earned her PhD in English at Harvard. She has held faculty positions at Wake Forest and Yale and currently lives in London.

Paul C.

A graduate of Vassar College and Wits University in Johannesburg, Paul completed his PhD in African Studies and Anthropology at Harvard University in 2024. He is a Fulbright-Hayes Program alumni.

Elliot

Elliot earned his BS in Biology at MIT, and his MSc by Research in Clinical Medicine on a Rhodes Scholarshop at Oxford University. Currently, he is an MD/PhD student in the the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.

Sarah G.

Sarah earned her BS and MS in Physics at MIT. She now studies the interface between quantum theory and gravity as a research fellow at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT.

Rehana

Rehana holds a PhD in Mathematics (Wesleyan). She has been faculty at several institutions, including Olin College and Harvard, where she recieved the Mentor of the Year Award from the Harvard Graduate Women in Science & Engineering.

Aditya K.

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.

Paul W.

Paul holds a BA in History (Yale) and MA in Global Affairs (Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University). A recipient of the Fulbright and Schwarzman Fellowships, Paul is currently a Presidential Management Fellow in Washington DC.

Nathan

Nathan graduated from Princeton University with a BS in Physics and a minor in Applied Math (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently a PhD student in Physics at Harvard.

Tahseen

Tahseen was a Math major at UVA, where he was an Echols Scholar and graduated with high distinction. After working for a year as a software developer, Tahseen pursued a Master's Degree in Mathematics at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematics. He recently completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Maryland and now works as a postdoctoral fellow in AI at Yale.

Sanjay M

Sanjay is a PhD student in Economics at Harvard. Prior to graduate school, he earned his BA in Applied Mathematics and Economics at Harvard (high honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and worked with Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt.

Charlotte

Charlotte holds a BA with first class honors and distinction in English and Spanish from Oxford University, an MA in Hispanic Studies from Brown, and a postgraduate certificate in translation from the University of Warwick. She has taught Spanish at Brown University and the York School.

Parker

Parker is a writer, filmmaker, and PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University. He has earned several grants and fellowships, including the Fulbright García-Robles Scholarship, Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship, and the Harvard Film Study Center Fellowship.

Andrew So.

Andrew graduated from Columbia University cum laude, where he studied history and English. He then received a Fulbright Fellowship to study for an MA at Tel Aviv University, where he graduated summa cum laude with an MA in history.

Michael M.

Michael holds a PhD and MA in Chemistry from Harvard, and a dual-degree BS in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Maryland. He has over ten years of experience teaching and tutoring chemistry and introductory biology.

Alexander V.

Alex earned his Master's in Musicology from Oxford University and his Bachelor's, with a double major in in Mathematics and Music, from Harvard University. He has been tutoring students for over eight years.

Allison H.

Allison graduated cum laude from Williams College with a BA in Arabic Studies. She accepted a full-ride scholarship to the University of Oxford, where she earned a MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies and graduated with first class honors. She currently works for an international non-profit in Washington, D.C.

Julia Cr.

She completed a PhD at Harvard, specializing in Japanese Buddhism (and Buddhist art). Her academic path continued with prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at Yale and Stanford, where she crafted and taught intimate seminar courses for undergraduate and graduate students, presented at international conferences, and published. In addition to her teaching, Julia has served as an editor for university professors and bilingual publications, peer-reviewed scholarly articles in the US and Asia, and authored several peer-reviewed articles.

Priyanka N.

Priyanka attended Harvard College for her undergraduate education and Weill Cornell Medical College for her medical education. She recently moved back to Boston, MA to begin her pediatrics residency at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Ernesto R.

Ernesto is an MD/PhD candidate at UCSF. He graduated with all available honors from UCLA with a BS in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Sarah Y.

Sarah graduated from Brown with a BA in History & International Relations. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Pennsylvania.

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.

Ivy D.

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.

Sam D

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.

Scott L.

Scott majored in Classics and Spanish at Bates College, where he wrote two theses. After working in several Special Collections libraries, he is completed a PhD in Romance Languages at UPenn.

Daniel Fr

Daniel is a PhD candidate in Chinese History at UC Berkeley. He holds a BA in English & French literature and Chinese language (University of Texas), a JD (Yale Law), and an MA in Sinology (University of London).

Gus

Gus is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and is currently completing a doctoral internship at UCLA, conducting psychological research using experimental and survey methods. At Columbia, he served as the doctoral student leader of the Internet, Disclosure & Psychotherapy Lab.

Michaela W.

Michaela is an MD/PhD at Harvard-MIT. She holds a BS in Biochemistry with minors in Philosophy and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Colorado (summa cum laude), where she was an NCAA Division I, All-American track athlete.

Tong

Thomas earned his BS in Chemistry at Duke. He is currently an MD/PhD at Harvard-MIT. In the Harvard Immunology Program, he is studying how the immune system responds to severe viral infections such as COVID-19

Debbie S.

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.

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.

Alicia C.

Alicia is a PhD student in Linguistics at NYU. She graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, with a BA in Linguistics and Data Science and a BA in Spanish with a minor in Music.

Sheela

Sheela earned her BFA in Vocal Performance and BS in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. She earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Performance from the Royal College of Music and an MSc in Cognitive & Decision Sciences from University College London. She also holds a JD from Yale Law School.

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.

Allegra S.

Allegra spent 5 years working in commercial and investment banking at JP Morgan in New York, Houston, and London. She completed a Master's in Education Policy & Management at Harvard, and then pursued her MBA at MIT Sloan. She now works at a fintech startup.

Donald L.

Donald graduated with a BS in Physics at California Polytechnic Polytechnic State University. His research in machine learning led to a staff research scientist position at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He's currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Michigan.

Grey A.

Grey received his BA in English from Reed College, and his MA in French and his PhD in History from Yale. His dissertation, published in French in 2018 and under contract in English with Verso Books, examines the military coup that returned General Charles de Gaulle to power.

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.

Seth S.

Seth earned his BA from the University of Michigan, where his senior thesis on Brazilian welfare politics won the Sahlins Award for best thesis in the Social Sciences. After working as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, he began his PhD in Political Science at Harvard University.

Hudson L.

Hudson earned an AB in Physics from Princeton. Next, Hudson worked as a quantitative trader and researcher at DC Energy. Now, Hudson has returned to studying physics as an astrophysics graduate student at MIT's LIGO labs.

Juliet R.

Juliet studied Playwriting and Biology at Northwestern University with a focus on Biochemistry and Biophysics. She worked for several years as a research scientist after graduation, eventually pursuing an MS in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern

Trinh T.

Trinh holds a BA in Political Science from Yale and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. She is an incoming JD candidate at Yale Law School.

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.

Nate L.

Nate earned a triple major in Biochemistry, Cognitive Sciences, and Psychology at Rice University, his MD/PhD at Georgetown University, and his PhD in Neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health. After completing his neurology residency at Stanford, he will begin his fellowship in neuroimmunology at Johns Hopkins.

Hunter B.

Hunter studied Physics and Computer Science at Harvard College. In 2019, the Chicago Cubs drafted Hunter, and he’s been playing pro baseball ever since.

Emily F.

Emily is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Utah Tech University, specializing in philosophy and religious studies. After living abroad for several years post-college, she returned to New York - her home state - to earn her PhD in Philosophy of Religion at Columbia University. During that time, she served as a Teaching Scholars Fellow at Columbia and taught several courses in the Philosophy and Critical Thought department at SUNY Purchase.

Udodiri

Udodiri holds a PhD in History of Science at Harvard University; she previously earned a BA in the same field at Harvard College. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University.

Davis E.

Davis holds a PhD in Mathematics from MIT. His research focused on the interface between fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics. He previously graduated from Penn State University, earning a Master’s Degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics, and graduating at the top of his class for his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science.

Sarge

John has been a professional writer, editor, and teacher for almost 40 years, working with everyone from students to corporate executives to help them get their good ideas down on paper in a clear and comprehensible way. He has taught at St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, CT., and at Moses Brown School, in Providence, RI.

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.

Roland

Roland is an award-winning author and illustrator. His biography of Arthur Ransome won a Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature and the HW Fischer Prize from the Biographer’s Club. His illustrations for Lev Grossman’s best-selling Magicians trilogy were published in the New Yorker. Roland is currently writing and illustrating a series of novels for children.

Nathan B.

Nathan is a lecturer in The Writing Seminars, the creative writing program at Johns Hopkins University. He earned his MFA at Hopkins, and also attended Emory University in Atlanta, majoring in English literature and creative writing and graduating summa cum laude.

Yen

Yen majored in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University with a 3.93 GPA. Currently, she is a DMD candidate at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and is passionate about reducing oral health inequities.

Noah S.

Noah graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Point. He next studied in the Space Propulsion Laboratory at MIT, receiving a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics. His work to design and test plasma thrusters for nano-satellites forms the basis of a currently pending patent.

Philip R.

Phil graduated from the US Air Force Academy in 2020 as a Distinguished Graduate, with a BS in Physics. He was then selected to attend pilot training, but as a first assignment he is earning a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from MIT, where he works on improving ion-trapping systems for quantum computing.

Haley V.

Haley went to Bryn Mawr College, double majoring in Mathematics and Chemistry and completing an AB/MA degree in Chemistry. She was recognized as a 2018 Barry Goldwater Scholar for her efforts in and out of the laboratory. Her dual passions for biophysical and chemical pathogens research led her to the Harvard-MIT MD/PhD program, where she is currently a NIH-funded MSTP student in the Health Sciences and Technology track.

Isaiah B.

A lifelong Midwesterner, Isaiah attended Iowa State University, graduating summa cum laude with honors (Phi Beta Kappa). After graduating, Isaiah committed a year of service as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Columbus, Ohio. He is currently a first-year Master in Public Policy Candidate at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Hamzah

Hamzah is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin in the Aerospace Engineering department. His interests span distributed control and planning, game theory, robot safety, and autonomous vehicles.

Rhea T.

Rhea majored in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University, where she completed her thesis research on studying the effects of m6A RNA modifications on blood system development and leukemia. She is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School in the Pathways Program and is passionate about improving mental health care and resources.

Smriti K.

Smriti is currently a PhD Candidate at Harvard studying Buddhist philosophy of mind and epistemology. While pursuing her PhD, she has consistently scored above divisional average on overall instructor quality and has earned several Certificates of Distinction in Teaching.

Jadyn

Jadyn is a Physics PhD student at Stanford University. Previously, he earned his MA in Education and BS in Physics from Villanova University.

Sunny

Sunny is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she spent seven years researching neurodegenerative diseases. Notably, she was a part of a group studying cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease which, in 2021, entered a Phase I clinical trial for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease

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.

Wony

Wony holds a PhD in Applied Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in the field of dynamical systems and partial differential equations. His thesis is about nonconvex optimization techniques using underlying geometric structures.

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,

Arun

Arun is a PhD candidate in Mathematics at MIT. Previously, He he received a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics, and an MS in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, all in four years.

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.

Marta

Marta is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to matriculating at Harvard, Marta headed to Bonn, Germany as a Fulbright scholar. There, she conducted research related to Parkinson's disease and expanded her German language skills.

Jack Ra.

Jack graduated from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a BA in Chinese and a BA in Linguistics, graduating summa cum laude in both degrees. During undergrad, Jack received the Global Ambassador Summer Program Scholarship and studied at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan. Jack is currently pursuing his PhD in Linguistics at Harvard University.

Baoqing

Baoqing was born and raised in Beijing, where she graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University with a BA in English, before moving to the US in 2014. In the US, Baoqing taught at the Western Michigan University before getting her MA in teaching Chinese at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Baoqing is currently a lecturer of Chinese at Boston University.

Claire Ca.

Claire is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemistry at Harvard University. She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with summa cum laude honors (3.96/4.00) in three years.

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.

Xavier

Xavier graduated from Yale College in 2019 with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He went on to earn his PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia University, where he worked at the intersection of organic chemistry and pharmacology. Currently, Xavier is a scientist at Alpha Genesis, Inc., the largest primate breeding and research facility in the United States, where he advances biomedical research through pre-clinical trials and collaborations with pharmaceutical companies and academic research labs.

Isabel T.

Isa designed an independent major at Williams College titled “Critical Health Studies,” combining philosophy, sociology, and anthropology with the goal of complementing her science-oriented pre-medical education with a humanist and critical exploration of health and medicine. After graduating with Highest Honors, she is now an entering MD-PhD student at the University of Michigan where she will complete her doctoral work in sociocultural anthropology.

Wilton

Wilton is pursuing an MD at Yale School of Medicine (expected graduation in 2026). Previously, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Mary S.

Mary is a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and an incoming Stanford dermatology resident. She received her MD degree from Yale School of Medicine and her BS in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Yale 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.

Rasheca

Rasheca was a Robertson scholar who attended Duke University and also had the opportunity to simultaneously major at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. At Duke, Rasheca majored in Public Policy and at UNC Rasheca majored in Nutrition. She graduated in 2020 summa cum laude, with distinction, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing a medical degree at Harvard Medical School.

Sam C.

Sam holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Princeton University and an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently works at Frederick Oster Fine Violins, where she repairs, appraises, and sells fine and rare instruments.

Michael S.

Michael graduated with honors from Swarthmore College with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. He next acquired a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, specializing in parallel and distributed systems. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the RENCI Supercomputing Center at UNC Chapel Hill.

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.

Joe Z.

Joseph is a Cyber Warfare Officer in the United States Army. In 2023, he graduated from Harvard University, earning his MS in Data Science as a member of the Draper Scholars Program. In 2021, he graduated summa cum laude from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning his BS in Mathematical Sciences along with a minor in Cybersecurity.

William N.

William is a PhD candidate at NYU, writing a dissertation on the philosophy of logic. He previously majored in political science and film production at the Macaulay Honors Program at Brooklyn College, he. His thesis film, “Sugar Packet”, was selected to screen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and won two awards.

Liz P.

Liz has been a professor at Harvard College (English) and Bates College (Theater and Dance). She holds a PhD and MA in English from Harvard University and a BA in English and Dramatic Art from UNC (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Sasha

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.

Iggy

Iggy majored in Mathematical Sciences at West Point. He now studies machine learning and applied mathematical techniques at MIT, working at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory to develop algorithms that predict the impact of cyber-attacks on national defense systems.

Robert S.

Robert holds a BSc in Physics from Jacobs University and a PhD in Physics from Harvard University. For his work as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard, Robert won the Harvard University Physics Department’s White Prize for excellence in teaching introductory physics

Julia Ra.

Julia graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a major in cell and molecular biology. She is currently a PhD student at MIT studying the interactions between bacteria and bacteriophages, which are the viruses that infect bacteria.

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.

Emily V.

Emily is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Currently, she is being funded by the National Science Foundation to research conditions in which the gut microbiome may behave in a way that is adaptive to the host. Prior to graduate school, Emily graduated from Harvard College cum laude with a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Chemistry.

Ravi

Ravi graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Management. He then was accepted to Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program. He spent three years as a healthcare investor and obtained the CFA designation before matriculating at HBS. He’s since worked for Khan Academy, Flexport, and Chime – the most recent of which he was Lead Data Scientist & Data Engineer. Ravi currently works for Anduril, a defense company.

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.

Tarika

Tarika graduated with dual degrees in Philosophy and Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin. She then spent a year as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Boston to pursue her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Brandon H.

Brandon currently teaches at Georgetown University. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton, a JD from Georgetown University, and an MA and BA in Latin American Studies from UT at Austin.

Austin T.

Austin is a writer and soon-to-be law student. Her debut novel, NOTES ON INFINITY, will be published by Celadon and Penguin Michael Joseph summer 2025. She is a PW Spring 2025 Writer to Watch, and NOTES ON INFINITY has been featured on Goodreads’ Hottest Debuts of 2025 and PM’s Buzz Books. She has been admitted to Stanford, UChicago, Harvard, Duke, NYU, Columbia, and Berkeley schools of law.

Jacob K.

Jacob holds a BS in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, where he graduated magna cum laude. After working on data analytics for the NBA team the Oklahoma City Thunder, he is now a data analyst for CVS Health.

Layla

Layla is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and a minor in Islamic Studies. Her post-grad fellowship conducting ovarian cancer research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Science culminated in her choice to pursue a career in medicine.

Max S.

Max has a BA in French from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in French Literature from New York University, where he also taught undergraduate language courses. He currently teaches French at St. Andrew's School.

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).

Matthew J.

Matthew is a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Medical School, where he developed a passion for teaching and mentoring students in healthcare. His career interests include cardiology, medical education, clinical research, and healthcare leadership. Matthew has long been involved in tutoring and mentorship in general science, medicine, and medical school applications.

Maya C.

Maya graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Religious Studies and Political Science and minors in French and Conflict Studies from DePauw University. As a Fulbright grantee, Maya taught English to over 200 students in Morocco. She's currently an MPP Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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.

Romina

Romina is currently a student at Yale Law School. She graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Social Studies and African American Studies. Prior to enrolling at Yale Law, Romina worked as a public finance analyst at Barclays Capital Inc. in New York City.

Josh V.

Josh is a PhD student in Physics at MIT, supported by a National Science Foundation GRFP and a Dean of Science Fellowship. Previously, he worked in industry as a Data Scientist and graduated from Harvard with an AB in Physics.

Michae O.

Michael holds a BA in Mathematics and American Studies at Wesleyan University, and a PhD in American Studies at Harvard University. His studies focus on 19th century US history and the history of the life sciences.

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.

James W.

James is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow, where he is writing a dissertation on a Venetian painter from the late 16th century named Palma il Giovane. He holds an MA in Art History (NYU), an MA in Art Business (University of Manchester), and a BA in Art History (Vassar).

Benjy

Benjy graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College, where he majored in English, acquired Language Citations in Spanish and German, and minored in Music. He is a recent graduate of the Dutch National Master's in Orchestral Conducting, a degree program offered between the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague!

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).

Akhil

Akhil holds a BA and MA in Political Science from Yale University. He is currently pursuing his MS in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar. Following his time in Oxford, he will begin studying for his JD at Yale Law School.

Virginia C.

Virginia graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in accounting and finance, obtained her CPA, and went on to work in public accounting and financial consulting in New York City. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Anna Tw.

Anna holds an MFA in Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre Company/George Washington University and an MA in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Previously, she earned her BA in Creative Writing from Stanford University.

Michael T.

Michael is a current JD Candidate at Harvard Law School. He previously graduated from Brown University with BA degrees in Economics and International Relations (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa).

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.

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.

Max R.

Max holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, prior to which he received his AB in Mathematics from Princeton University. He has done research across multiple areas of machine learning and statistics, notably natural language processing, fine tuning for neural networks, probabilistic modeling, and statistical theory.

Lauren Q.

Lauren is pursuing her DMD at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She previously he graduated cum laude with a BS in Psychology and Neuroscience from Yale, where she also received a certificate of advanced language study in Spanish.

Brian H.

Brian holds a BA in Mathematics from Boston University, and an MS and PhD in Mathematics from Northeastern University. He's now a mathematician with a focus on the algebraic geometry and topology of complex analytic spaces.

Ian D.

Ian holds a PhD in Physics from Harvard University. While pursuing his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Mathematics at James Madison University, he was awarded Most Outstanding Researcher in the Physics Department.

Amalia Gr.

Amalia completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Biology (Honors) where she graduated with High Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa. After earning her MD/MBA at the University of Michigan, she is now a Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins.

Maxwell Z.

Maxwell graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Physics and Government. After graduation, he worked at Dcode in Washington DC, applying his technical knowledge to connect the federal government with emerging technologies needed to solve critical problems. He's currently pursuing an MPP at Yale.

Winston L.

Winston is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he pursued an undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Jason L.

Jason is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he conducted research as a Fulbright Fellow in China, and graduated with honors from Stanford University, where he earned his BS in Human Biology.

Courtney P.

A recent JD and MSW graduate from the University of Michigan, Courtney currently teaches at the University of Michigan Law School in a human trafficking problem-solving and social innovation lab. She received her BA in Sociology and Religious Studies from Grinnell College with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

Lily H.

Lily graduated from Brandeis University with a BS and MS in Neuroscience, summa cum laude and with highest honors. She's currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at Harvard, studying the stinging behavior of anemones and jellyfish.

Hana F.

Hana graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She is currently a PhD student and Dean of Science Fellow at MIT in the Biology department.

Kiran

Kiran holds a PhD from the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds a Master’s in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford, and a BA in Political Science from Barnard College.

Kendall G.

Kendall is a doctoral candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford with a specialization in political theory. Before moving to the United Kingdom as a Marshall Scholar, Kendall attended Tulane University, where she graduated summa cum laude in two degrees – a BA in Political Science and a BSM in Legal Studies in Business.

Isaac Jf.

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.

Kirby C.

Kirby holds a PhD in French with a concentration in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a Senior Lecturer of French at Boston University.

Rozalyn

Rozalyn is pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Previously, she worked in philanthropy at The Ford Family Foundation in community economic development and in finance as a loan officer. She holds an Honors Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy and an Honors Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.

Alex S.

Alex holds a PhD in English Literature and an MA in English from Rutgers. Previously, he graduated from Rice University with a BA in English, magna cum laude. He is now an assistant teaching professor in the English Department at Rutgers.

Alexandra F.

Alexandra holds a BA in Social Studies Education from Miami University and Master of Arts degrees in History from Miami University and University of Reading (UK), where she was a 2019/2020 Fulbright Scholar. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in History of Science from Harvard University, where she is pursuing a PhD in African American Studies.

Devin D.

Devin graduated from the University of Notre Dame as the valedictorian, studying Neuroscience and Education, Schooling, and Society. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied school-based mental health interventions. Devin is now an MD Candidate at Columbia University.

Anneclaire

Anne Claire is a postdoctoral fellow in clinical child psychology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.

Alex P.

Alex graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2022 with a degree in Biological Engineering and a minor in Science, Technology, and Society studies. She is now completing a PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Ed P.

Edward holds a JD from Columbia Law School and a MAT in 7-12 Math Education. Previously, he graduated magna cum laude from Boston University. He is currently a high school math teacher in New York City.

Ozioma

Ozioma earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering at Rice University. She is is now pursuing the MS/PhD track in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where her research focuses on haptics and robotics.

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.

Chenguang

Upon graduation from Dartmouth, Chenguang received the James B. Reynolds scholarship to study for an MPhil at the University of Cambridge in Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience. She is now pursuing a PhD at Harvard in Biophysics.

Erin M.

Erin received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Elon University and completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Virginia in 2020. While at UVA, she also received specialized pedagogy training.

Nina P.

Nina is a PhD Candidate in Inorganic Chemistry at Harvard. She was recently awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching by the Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

Beck

Beck received their PhD in Chemistry from MIT in 2020, where they designed and applied peptides to deliver large biomolecular drugs. Prior to that, they received a BS in Chemistry with a Biology minor, summa cum laude, from Baylor University.

Miriam S.

Miriam is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to medical school, Miriam majored in majored in Sociology and minored in Chemistry at Duke University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Hannah L.

Hannah earned her BA from Yale University, where her undergrad poetry thesis won her Yale’s Frederick Mortimer Clapp Fellowship. Hannah got her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2015 and is currently an English PhD candidate at the University of Virginia.

Jessica G.

Jessica attended Middlebury College, where she majored in Neuroscience and graduated summa cum laude. After a gap year split between clinical work in interventional psychiatry and management consulting, she is now pursuing an MD at Duke.

Reggie

Reggie holds an MS in Product Development from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Bard College. He now works as a computational designer.

Jahnavi

Jahnavi is an emergency medicine resident at UCSF. She previously earned her MD at UCSF, her MPH at UC Berkeley, and her BA in Neurobiology and Global Health & Health Policy at Harvard College.

Darja

Darja earned her MD/PhD from Harvard/MIT, graduating cum laude. She was a resident in general psychiatry at Yale and is presently a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at LIJ/NUMC in New York.

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.

Giselle

Giselle is a Master Lecturer and the Arabic Coordinator in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences. She holds an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics.

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.

Victor M.

Victor attended the University of Arizona, where he majored in Microbiology and minored in Biochemistry. He enjoyed research so much that he decided to pursue a PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University; he currently works in Andrew Kruse’s lab located at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

Marycaroline

Mary Caroline is a Marshall Scholar who holds an MSc in Neuroscience and is pursuing an MSc in Medical Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Neuroscience.

Luke H.

Luke is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to medical school, he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he worked as an EMT and studied drug delivery systems, and authored numerous peer reviewed articles.

Emmett K.

Emmett attended Amherst College, where he majored in English. After college, Emmett spent five years working as a journalist and television producer. Next, he received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.

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.

Amy T.

Amy attended Stanford University, where she majored in Urban Sustainability and minored in Italian, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Amy went on to receive her MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University, where she was a Dillard Fellow and received the Andrew James Purdy Prize in Short Fiction.

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.

Pallavi

Pallavi attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a BA in Biology, a BSc in Economics, and an MS in Biology. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After pursuing an MSc at Oxford University, Pallavi is now an MD Candidate at Johns Hopkins University.

Dom

Dom is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Harvard University. Previously, he graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in Political Science and Statistics.

Brent J.

Brent is an MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan. Previously, he spent five years working at Wellington Management in Boston and earned his BS in Business Administration from Boston University. He has successfully passed all three levels of the CFA.

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.

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.

Quinn B.

Quinn graduated from MIT with two degrees in Physics and Mathematics. She received the Joel Matthew Orloff Award in both Research and Service in Physics upon graduating, and was awarded with the MIT Math Award for her teaching service.

Farita

Farita earned her BS in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MS in Biomedical Engineering at the MIT Media Lab. She is now a PhD Candidate working on the Theoretical Physics of Living Systems at the MIT Media Lab.

Elizabeth Be.

Elizabeth received her PhD in English from New York University, where she specialized in eighteenth-century British literature and Romanticism. Before NYU, she received an MA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a BA in English from the University of Central Florida.

Haley H.

Haley graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in History. She recently graduated from California State University, where she earned a degree in Speech Language Pathology.

Angela R.

Angela attended Duke University, double majoring in Global Health and Biology with a Chemistry minor; she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She is pursuing her interests in health in the MD program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Siva

A first-generation US college student, Siva studied Mathematics and Molecular/Cellular Biology at Harvard College, graduating in three years with highest honors in field and Phi Beta Kappa distinction. He is now a MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Jesse Pv.

Jesse studied Movement Science and Biochemistry and was a four-year member of the U-M Men’s Rowing Team at the University of Michigan. He is now pursuing his MD at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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.

Emily Y.

Emily is now pursuing an MD degree from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program. Previously, she graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Biomedical Engineering (4.0/4.0 GPA, Research Honors) and was selected as her program’s 2020 Outstanding Leader and Scholar.

Ritvik

Ritvik graduated with a BSE from the University of Michigan, majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science. He has been accepted to and will be attending either Johns Hopkins School of Medicine or Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Olivia M.

Olivia is a 2016 graduate of Harvard University (cum laude) in English and Mind/Brain/Behavior. She also holds a Master of Studies in English (1900-present) from St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford (2017). Olivia works as both a professional tutor and theatre director in the UK.

Tim Z.

Tim is a PhD Candidate in Physics at MIT. He studied Mathematics, Physics, and Economics at Vanderbilt University, where he received the Underwood Award for the most promising senior in physics, earned highest honors for his thesis, and graduated cum laude.

Helen W.

Helen is an MD Candidate at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Previously, she studied Arabic and graduated from the University of Michigan with a major in Middle Eastern Studies and minor in Biology.

James Pa.

James graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University, majoring in Biology and minoring in Portuguese. He is now pursuing his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Carl S.

Carl is a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tokyo to engineer tools for brain imaging. Before moving abroad, he majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry at the University of Houston, receiving distinction for his research accomplishments and graduating with a 4.0 GPA.

Gift

Gift graduated with a 4.0/4.0 GPA from the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in Honors Biology and obtained a certificate in creative writing. Toting a Dean’s Distinction in research and multiple recognitions in academics, Gift is now an MD candidate at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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.

Ryan L.

Ryan is a PhD student at MIT researching material properties and how AI can be used to solve problems in science. Previously, he attended UC Santa Barbara as a physics major where he was part of a small, accelerated program of study designed for highly motivated students.

Yurigrace

Yuri-Grace is presently a Clinical Science PhD Candidate & NSF GRFP fellow at Harvard University. Originally from Peachtree City, GA, she graduated from Harvard College in 2021 with a BA in Psychology (highest honors) and a secondary in Classics.

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.

Prateek

Prateek is a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Center for Arts & Language at the Rhode Island School of Design. He holds a Master’s in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from RISD and a BA in Architectural Design from the School of Planning and Architecture (New Delhi).

Lauren J.

Lauren graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dickinson College with a BS in Environmental Science and a minor in Biology. She obtained her MS in Marine Microbiology from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and is now a PhD candidate in Environmental Molecular Science and Technology at the University of Maryland.

Nadia C.

Nadia majored in Environmental Science at UCLA, where she graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings scholarship. She is now a PhD candidate at Harvard in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science.

Ben Vr.

Ben graduated magna cum laude from Boston University, receiving the Robert E. Bruce prize in Mathematics. He next earned his PhD in Applied Math at UNC and received a fellowship from the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education to conduct research on the fluid mechanics of flooding.

Lucas A.

Lucas holds a BS in Physics from MIT. He is currently a Technical Associate at MIT's Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy, where his work focuses on the intersection of physics and mathematical modeling.

Sabrina W.

Sabrina graduated from Harvard College with High Honors in Economics and a minor in Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights. She is currently pursuing an MBA at Harvard Business School and an MPP at Harvard Kennedy School. Sabrina is also experienced as a Management Consultant at both Bain & Company and the Boston Consulting Group.

Sam H.

Sam graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature. She has professional experience working as a paralegal and a classroom English teacher. She is now pursuing her JD at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rob F.

Rob holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University. Previously, he worked for Bain & Company and graduated from Stanford with a major in Political Science. He currently writes poetry, fiction, and art criticism.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Maggie G.

Maggie is an Associate Professor of English at Skidmore College. She holds a PhD in English from Emory University and a BA in English from Agnes Scott College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Her first book, Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration from Einstein to the Present, was released by Oxford University Press in 2023.

Elijah F.

Elijah studied homogeneous dynamics at Yale University, graduating in 2023 with a PhD in Mathematics. Previously, he earned his BA in Mathematics and Biology at Williams College, where he received the Witte Problem Solving Prize.

Salman

Salman is an MD Candidate at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously attended UNC Chapel Hill, majoring in Biology and graduating with highest distinction and Phi Beta Kappa honors.

Kirsten M.

Kirsten is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and PhD candidate at Harvard University, where she studies Psychology with a minor in Data Science. Previously, she earned her BA in Psychology and Cognitive Science at Swarthmore College.

Varna

Varna earned her BEng in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University and then spent over four years working as a Software Engineer. She graduated with an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, specializing in Sustainability and Business Innovation.

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.

Nathan M.

Nathan graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS and MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minors in Bioethics and Music. Selected for a 2023 Marshall Scholarship, he will be studying for a DPhil in Paediatrics at Oxford through 2026 (researching tuberculosis diagnostics), after which he will attend Harvard Medical School to pursue his MD.

Ania

Ania attended Emory University, graduating with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. They received the Levitas Award for outstanding scholarship in Political Science. They are currently a JD Candidate at UCLA School of Law.

Caroline Be.

Caroline attended Yale College where she majored in History of Science and Medicine. She graduated with Latin Honors, Distinction in her major, and a 3.92 GPA. She was awarded the Heinrich von Staden Cup for her contribution to the social and intellectual conscience of the college.

Abdelaziz

Abdelaziz graduated cum laude from Boston University with a BA in Physics. After commencing his PhD program in Physics at MIT, Abdelaziz shifted his focus to astrophysics in his persistent quest to understand dark matter.

Chima

Chima holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the Harvard-Center for Astrophysics, where he studied the atmospheres of planets hundreds of light years away using a technique called transmission spectroscopy. He is currently working as a postdoc at Harvard.

Alan C.

Alan attended Princeton, where he studied Mathematics, focusing on Probability Theory and Machine Learning Theory. He is now a PhD student at Harvard in the Department of Statistics, where he works on establishing mathematical foundations for machine learning tools that have had empirical success.

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.

Duncan H.

Duncan attended college at the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude. Driven by his passion for space, he is now working on a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering through Georgia Tech.

Nate O.

Nate attended Harvard College before completing a five-year Fellowship appointment in the Harvard Department of Philosophy, where he developed a research-backed method of teaching logical reasoning skills to high school and college students.

Johnson E.

Johnson holds an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, a Master’s in International Trade & Finance from the Harvard Kennedy School, and an MBA from MIT. He has worked for Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve, and Harvard Business School.

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.

Diane J.

Diane studied history at Yale College, focusing on the acceptance of western medicine in East Asia. After working at a boutique consulting firm in New York, she went on to earn her MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Alena

Alena studied electrical engineering at Stanford. After graduation, she worked for a cybersecurity startup before spending four years at Google as a software engineer.

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.

Charlotte Z.

Charlotte holds a PhD in Physics Education at the University of Washington. She has received numerous teaching awards, including the Excellence in First Year Teaching Award (with distinction) in 2018 and the Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021.

Amber N.

Amber holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and an MA in ESL. She has won several national awards for her exceptional teaching skills, and has held teaching positions at a number of esteemed universities.

Catarina

Cata earned a degree Organismic & Evolutionary Biology with a secondary in the History of Art & Architecture at Harvard College. She also holds an MA in Environmental Management from Duke University and currently works as an environmental consultant in Boston.

Jack S.

Jack graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Government. He completed coursework for an MPhil in Political and Economic Sociology at the University of Cambridge, which he attended as the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar. Jack is also a graduate of the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School.

Kate K.

Kate holds a BA in Biology and Philosophy from Williams College. After working with Minds Matter Boston and Clarion Healthcare, she is currently an associate director in corporate development at Relay Therapeutics.

Irving

Irving is pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School, where he was awarded the Dean's REACH Scholarship. He seeks to merge his passion for neuroscience and advocacy to increase access to behavioral healthcare in underserved populations.

Olivia W.

Olivia holds an BA in Chemistry from Princeton, and an MSt in General Linguistic and Comparative Philosophy from Oxford. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi with a focus on endangered language documentation and computational linguistics.

Frances

Frances holds a PhD from Harvard in the History of Art and Architecture and a BA in Art History from Bard College. Her research focused on imperial and late Roman memorial art and the “afterlives” of these types of objects.

Mindy

Mindy holds a BA in Computer Science from Brown University. After working as a professional software engineer for 3 years in London, she decided to pursue an MSc in Urban Spatial Science at University College London.

Anupam

Anupam graduated at the top of his law school at King’s College London with First Class Honors. Since graduating from King’s, he has worked as a Growth Lead in the tech, finance, and film industries. He is now beginning an MPhil in Economics at the University of Cambridge.

Denisse

Denisse graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Physics. After her gap year, she will start a PhD in MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department.

Morgan

Morgan holds a JD from Vanderbilt University Law School and a BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University. She is a former lawyer admitted to practice in the State of New York (having worked in both government and BigLaw), and most recently was the Script Coordinator on a Netflix TV show.

Maddie

Maddie holds a BA in English Literature and Human Rights from Barnard College and an MA in Public Policy and Management. She is currently pursuing her JD at Columbia Law School.

Greg C.

Gregory is a GEM PhD fellow and a PhD candidate in Applied Physics at Harvard University. Previously, he received his undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Claire H.

Claire holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Bowdoin College. After working in a pediatric oncology research lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, she is now pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Science at the University of California San Francisco.

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.

Katie H.

Katie is a NYC-based actor, musician, composer, and music director. She holds a BA in Theatre (Musical Theatre and Acting, with a certificate in Classical Voice) from Temple University, summa cum laude.

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.

Brian P.

Brian holds a PhD in English Literature at Rutgers University, where his research was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Modern Language Association, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. His prize-winning personal essays have appeared in Avidly, Literary Hub, TriQuarterly, and Electric Literature.

Torrin

Torrin triple majored at Oberlin College in Music Composition, Horn Performance, and Mathematics. He holds a Master's from the Manhattan School of Music and recently completed an additional Master's degree from the Yale School of Music.

Leon

Leon graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College. He is currently pursuing his JD at Harvard Law School, where he serves as Treasurer of the Harvard Association of Law and Business and the pre-law Resident Tutor of Mather House.

Tom S.

Tom earned master’s degrees in economics and statistics from the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Previously, he completed four undergraduate degrees in mathematics, economics, statistics, and philosophy at Indiana University.

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.

Hyaewon

Hyae Won graduated from University of Washington with a double degree in Bioengineering and Biochemistry. She's currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Claudia

Claudia is a PhD Candidate in biological anthropology the CUNY Graduate Center. She has taught human evolution and anatomy at Harvard, NYU, CUNY Lehman College, and CUNY Hunter College.

Liam T.

Liam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with three majors in Physics, Biophysics, and Biochemistry. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Physics, he is now a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Albert A.

Albert holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford, an MFA in Fiction from NYU, and a PhD, focused on the theory of comedy, from the University of New South Wales. He is a published novelist and a playwright.

Cary

Cary graduated from Loyola University Chicago summa cum laude with a BS in Environmental Science and minors in Biology and English. She next earned a PhD from Harvard’s Human Evolutionary Biology Department.

Karina

After graduating from UCLA with triple honors for her BA (summa cum laude, college honors, and departmental honors), she took a gap year, during which she trained in the rigorous Columbia Publishing Course in New York City. She is a fiction writer and PhD candidate in English at Harvard University.

Erica S.

Erica attended Stanford University, where she majored in International Relations and double minored in Economics and Modern Languages (French and Arabic). As a Marshall Scholar, she completed an MA in Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS University of London and an MA in Conflict Resolution at King’s College London.

Eric J.

Eric attended Harvard, concentrating in Environmental Science & Engineering with a Government secondary (cum laude). He is now a JD Candidate at Yale Law School, where he focuses on Energy & Environmental Law, Tax, and Data Privacy.

Aarthi

Aarthi attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with a BS and MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She is currently pursuing her MD in the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program.

Annie L.

Annie earned her BA in Economics and Cell Biology from Rice University, graduating cum laude. She is now a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

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.

Maddie El.

Maddie is currently pursuing her PhD in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department at MIT. Previously, she earned a BA in Neuroscience and Psychology from Smith College, graduating with Highest Honors.

Alina

Alina graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She is currently a Biology PhD candidate at MIT studying chromosome pairing and segregation in reproductive cells.

Amber F.

Amber holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She will be will be working at Cooley LLP before clerking for a judge of the Southern District of New York.

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.

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 is now a PhD Candidate in Physics at the University of Washington.

Taylor Y.

Taylor is a resident in emergency medicine at Emory University. Previously, she earned her MD at Duke University School of Medicine.

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. She is now an Assistant Professor of History at Wesleyan University, where she teaches the history of the Middle East.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Alex L.

Alex graduated summa cum laude from Duke University. She then took a year off to pursue research and clinical work before enrolling at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Alex is now a resident in otolaryngology at Oregon Health.

Clara E.

Clara holds BS and MA in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

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.

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.

Robert

Robert holds both a BA and MA in Chemistry from Harvard University. He is currently applying to PhD programs in the field. Robert’s research experience is in synthetic organic chemistry, specifically in the field of drug design.

Ian M.

Ian is a third-year student at Yale Law School. He previously graduated from Stanford University, where he studied Philosophy, History, and South Asian Studies. He graduated with Distinction, Honors in the Program in Ethics in Society, membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and received the Stanford Alumni Association’s Award of Excellence.

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.

Julia F.

Julia earned a degree in Neuroscience at Pomona College, graduating with a 3.92 GPA and Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.

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.

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.

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.

Sydney D.

Sydney holds a degree in Political Science from Yale College and is pursuing a JD from Yale Law School.

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.

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.

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.

Ephraim

Ephraim graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was selected as a Barry Goldwater Scholar, BP-ENDURE scholar, and regional finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. He is currently an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Hattie

Hawthorne graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021, where she majored in English and Political Science. She next received her Master’s from Cambridge University in Politics and International Studies.

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.

Kyra

Kyra is currently pursuing an MPhil in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. She previously earned her LLM in International Law at SOAS, University of London (Marshall Scholarship) and her BA in History at Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa).

Kaiz

Kaiz graduated from Williams College, where he pursued a dual major in biology and psychology. He is currently pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.

Yooni

Yooni graduated from Harvard College with a double concentration in computer science and psychology. She has interned primarily as a front-end developer at several companies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lauren K.

Lauren is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chemistry. After studying Pharmacology at the University of Oxford as a US Rhodes Scholar, she is now pursuing an MPP at Oxford.

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.

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.

Aaron A.

Aaron attend Harvard for undergrad, where he studied biology and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After Harvard, Aaron moved from one Cambridge to another, studying for a Master's in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge as a Harvard-Cambridge Fellow. Aaron is now pursuing an MD at Stanford University as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Katie P.

Katie is an MS Candidate in Water Science, Policy, and Management at Oxford University. Previously, she graduated from Cambridge with an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development, and from Arizona State University, where she earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering, a BA in Global Health, and a minor in sustainability.

Michelle W.

Michelle graduated with high honors from Princeton University, majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Global Health & Health Policy and Neuroscience. Currently, she is working as an associate consultant at Trinity Life Sciences.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kavya

Kavya graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with a joint degree in Chemical & Physical Biology and Statistics. After earning his MPhil in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar, he is now pursuing an MPP at the University of Oxford.

Anamaria

Ana Maria earned her Bachelor's in Applied Computational Physics, graduating summa cum laude, from New York City College of Technology (CUNY). She next earned her PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from Harvard University. Ana Maria is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University.

Reyanna

Reyanna holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Yale and an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS University of London. Currently, she works as a Research and Editorial Associate at The Institute For Policy Studies and its project site Inequality.org, producing insights on economic inequality and policy solutions.

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.

Julia M.

Julia holds a BA in Economics (summa cum laude) from Harvard College. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Statistical Science at Oxford University.

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. Sophia is currently a student at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

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.

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.

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.

Eugene L.

Eugene is an incoming JD candidate at Harvard Law School.. He is currently a Manager at Capital One and works primarily on strategies to apply machine learning to new areas of the business.

Eugenia

Eugenia is a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is completing a dissertation. She earned an MA in Humanities at the University of Chicago and a BA in Philosophy at Yale University.

Robert L.

For decades, Robert has been helping students pass tests in the brokerage industry from Series 3 to 87. He's built on a background of regulatory and brokerage experience to augment classroom and tutoring sessions, working with senior executives and those breaking into the field. He holds an MBA (finance track) from NYU Stern and a BA in Economics from Georgetown University.

Sonya G.

Sonya holds a BA in Biological Sciences and a BA in Russian from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MA in Regional Studies from Harvard. She's pursuing her MD at Stanford.

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.

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.

Henry L.

Henry is an MPhil Candidate in Latin American Studies at the University of Oxford. Previously, he earned his BA in Spanish and History at Yale.

Cynthia L.

Cynthia holds a BA in Public Policy from Brown. After graduation, she lived abroad in Madrid, Spain for two years pursuing a US Department of State Fulbright Scholarship and a Master’s degree in Marketing. She has worked in the NBA’s marketing department and now works at a sports agency in brand partnerships.

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.

Meena

An avid problem solver, Meena earned national recognition for qualifying at age 16 for the USA Math Olympiad (USAMO). From there, she found her passion in teaching mathematics. Meena relishes breaking down a complex concept and celebrating the “aha” moment when everything clicks. She was on the mathematics faculty at Boston’s Commonwealth School, teaching advanced courses spanning calculus, statistics, and computer science. Meena earned her Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her A.B. in computer science from Harvard College. Her approach combines patience with rigor, focusing on conceptual understanding over drilling and formulas.

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.

Serena S.

With a Bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and a Master’s Degree in Chinese Language Pedagogy from Middlebury College, Serena specializes in teaching Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and American Sign Language.

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.

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.

Gianni

Gianni is an MD/MBA candidate at Weill Cornell Medicine and Harvard Business School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University, where he double majored in Public Health and Natural Sciences while double minoring in Financial Management and Entrepreneurship.

Humberto

Humberto is currently an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of South Florida and Section Head of Thoracic Pathology at Moffitt Cancer Center. He holds and MD from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (summa cum laude).

Judy

Judy pursued her bachelor’s degree in History of Science at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She subsequently earned her master of science degree in History of Science, Medicine and Technology from the University of Oxford.

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.

Elle

Elle pursued a Writing Seminars and History double major and a French minor at Johns Hopkins University, graduating with honors for her history thesis and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Currently, she is a student at the London School of Economics pursuing her MSc in Global Media and Communications.

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.

Myeongseo

MyeongSeo received a Bachelor’s degree with High Honors in the field of Mathematics at Harvard College, with a secondary field of Computer Science and a language citation in Mandarin Chinese. They will begin a Ph.D. program in Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University in the Fall of 2024.

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.

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.

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.

Rebecca L.

Rebecca graduated from 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.

Sam J.

Sam earned his MBA from the Yale University School of Management, and his BA in Philosophy & Psychology from Wesleyan University as a member of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. He is currently working as a private business consultant.

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.

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.

Neetij

Neetij graduated from St. Olaf College with a major in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. He developed a love of research as an NIH IRTA fellow and as a scholar within the Fulbright US Student program, and he is now pursuing an MD at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Andrew L.

Andrew is a current DMD candidate at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Previously, he pursued his undergraduate studies at the College of the Holy Cross, where he graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Biology.

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.

Jt

JT graduated magna cum laude from Yale with distinction in his major of Ethics, Politics, and Economics, alongside a certificate in Statistics and Data Science. Currently, he is a Master’s student at the University of Oxford studying Criminology and Criminal Justice on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Cecilia Y.

Cecilia graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2021 with a starred first-class degree in Classics, scoring the year’s highest mark on the Latin and Greek textual criticism exam and graduating third in her class. After obtaining her MPhil in Latin literature the following year, she won a scholarship to study at Harvard for as a Herchel-Smith fellow, an opportunity she used to study American history and English literature.

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.

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.

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.

Rochelle

Rochelle graduated from Barnard College, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in Neuroscience & Behavior. After working as a Research Assistant in Mount Sinai’s cardiovascular surgery department, she is now an MD Candidate at Columbia University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Victor W.

Victor holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University, where he was awarded the John Hawkes Prize for fiction. He also earned an MA in philosophy from the University of Miami where he was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award, along with the Martha S. Weeks Graduate Excellence Award, and the Gerrit and Edith Schipper Award in philosophy.

Rienna

Rienna is pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology and MS in Biostatistics at Harvard. She received a Cancer Research Training Award to complete part of her dissertation research as a predoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute. Previously, she attended Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in Public Health and Cognitive Science.

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.

Amy L.

Amy attended Wellesley College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa pursuing a double major in Chemistry and German Studies. She is currently a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).

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.

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.

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 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.

Emilio

Emilio holds an M1 and M2 in Lettres Classiques, an M1 in Classical Philology, and a BA in French. Latin, and Greek Literature from the Université de la Sorbonne.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Andrea T.

Andrea graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. She is now pursing an MD at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in NYC.

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.

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.

Kyra G.

Kyra attended Brown University, where she studied English and Nonfiction Writing and graduated with honors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Nonfiction Writing at the University of Iowa.

Doug

Doug has enrolled in the UC Berkeley – UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP), where he will earn an MS in Health and Medical Sciences from UC Berkeley in 2026 and an MD from UC San Francisco in 2029. He also holds a BA in Neurobiology from the College of Wooster.

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.

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.

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.

Laura M.

Laura graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with BA degrees in History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She is currently a JD candidate at Harvard Law School.

Varun

Varun graduated from Princeton summa cum laude with a degree in neuroscience. He is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and will be graduating in 2025.

Amisha

Amisha studied Sociology and Economics at Harvard College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with Highest Honors. She is currently pursuing a two-year Master's in Political Theory at Oxford University, and will attend Yale Law School in the fall of 2025.

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.

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.

Priscilla

Priscilla is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Dental Medicine (DMD) at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is a Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) recipient in the US Army and will serve as dentist in the Army after completing her dental degree.

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.

Anchith

Anchith graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a dual major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Social Policy Analysis. He is currently pursuing an MD at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jackie

Jackie graduated from Yale with a double major in History and Classical Civilizations. In November 2023, Jackie was selected as a Rhodes Scholar to pursue a graduate degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture at Oxford University.

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.

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.

Eli Uk.

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.

Eduardo L.

Eduardo is currently a faculty member in the Minnesota State system, where he teaches interdisciplinary composition, writing, and literature courses in the English department. He has previously worked as a high school English Language Arts teacher in New York City, in the English department at CUNY Queens College, as a business consultant in the Human Capital practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and as a consultant and tutor for students of every age and ability. He holds an MA and PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, a BA in English literature, summa cum laude, from CUNY City College of New York, and an MA in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education.

Anna M.

Anna holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University. She will next pursue her PhD in Applied Mathematics at Princeton University.

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.

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.

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.

Shi Ke.

Shi-Ke holds a BA in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT. After MIT, they went on to be a Software Engineer at Google.

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.

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.

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.

Olivia R.

Olivia double majored in Mathematics and Economics and minored in Computing at Notre Dame, graduating summa cum laude as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is now an Associate at Boston Consulting Group.

Nikole

Nikole studied Chemistry at Davidson College, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is now pursuing her PhD in biology at MIT.

Korinna

Korinna studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. She will soon be starting her PhD in Computer Science at CMU.

Stephanie Mu.

Stephanie graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Notre Dame. She is now pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Jacob E.

Jacob is in his fourth year of a physics PhD at the University of California Berkeley. He previously earned a BS in Physics and Mathematics from UC Santa Barbara.

Alexander B.

Alexander is a JD Candidate at Columbia University. He holds a PhD in the History of Art and Archaeology from NYU and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from UC Berkeley.

Ivar

Ivar is a PhD Candidate in Applied Physics at UC Berkeley. Previously, he earned his BS in Engineering Physics at Santa Clara University.

Brians

Brian holds a BS and MS in Mathematics from Yale University. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Jonah

Jonah holds a BSc in Mathematics from Brown University. He is currently a PhD in Theoretical and High Energy Particle Physics at Columbia University.

Zoe

Zoë is an MD/PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at UCSF. She earned her B.S. in Neuroscience from UCLA, graduating summa cum laude and receiving highest departmental honors in neuroscience.

Drew K.

Drew holds a BS in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Christine

After graduating with a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience in 2017, Christine studied novel therapeutics for HIV treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is now an MD-PhD candidate at the University of California, San Francisco where she is studying neuro-infectious diseases.

Annie U.

Annie is a PhD student in Statistics at UC Berkeley, where her work on fairness and robustness in machine learning lies at the intersection of statistics and computer science. She previously earned her BS from Yale University, where she majored in Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering.

Katherine J.

Katherine holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Virginia and a BA in Literary Arts from Brown University. She is a 2024-25 Fulbright Grant Awardee to France, where she will work at the intersection of text and textile, researching the history of silk manufacturing, learning to weave, and writing poems.

Marc Z.

Marc is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at Harvard University. He previously graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biochemistry from UC San Diego.

Veda

Veda holds an MS in Biostatistics from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She is next pursuing her PhD at NYU, where she will apply AI and machine learning methods to organize diverse medical data and develop predictive risk stratification algorithms for clinical use.

Atharv

Atharv is currently pursuing his Master’s in Social Science of the Internet at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to Oxford, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he received his BS in Foreign Service.

Nathaniel

Nathaniel earned a quadruple major in Biology, History, Political Science, and Applied Quantitative Science at Arizona State University as a Flinn Scholar, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He next earned his MS in Biological Sciences before pursuing his MPhil in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Riya D.

Riya graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Math, a BS in Computer Science, and a Certificate in Applied Statistical Modeling. She is now a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

Jeremy E.

Jeremy holds a BA in History from Grinnell College, an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA, and an MA in Urban Planning from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He is now working as a freelance consultant in urban development and as a journalist covering European politics.

Aaron Gr.

Aaron graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Music and Chemistry from Brown University. He is currently taking a year to pursue Public Health research and runs marathons at the competitive level, representing Austria at international races.

Victorm

Victor holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics and an MS in Computer Science from UNC Chapel Hill. After working for Microsoft, he returned to academia to pursue a PhD in Computer Science (Robotics) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Thomas R.

Thomas holds a BA in Classical Mediterranean Archaeology from Dartmouth College (magna cum laude) and an MA in Classics with a focus in Greek Archaeology from UT Austin. After earning his MA, he lived in Greece for a year as a member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Ethan L.

Ethan attended the University of Pittsburgh, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in Physics. He is now a PhD Candidate in Physics at Princeton, where he is researching topics related to dark matter.

Rikhav

Rikhav holds a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from MIT. He is now working towards a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Andrew E.

Andrew holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School. His stories and essays have since been published by the nation’s leading literary magazines. He has also worked as a freelance editor and ghost writer for various book projects.

Iliana

Iliana attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude with her BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. She is wrapping up her JD at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jasleen

Jasleen is a current DDS Candidate at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. Previously, she graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Biology from Adelphi University.

Lyndsey

Lyndsey graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology (summa cum laude, Goldwater Scholarship, Sophia Freund Prize). She is now pursuing a Master’s in Science in Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Alan P.

Alan is pursuing a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley, where he studies number theory and algebraic geometry. Previously he obtained a BS in Mathematics at MIT.

Kirt

Kirt holds a BS in Accounting from Purdue University. He is an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Indiana and is currently pursuing his MBA at Harvard Business School.

Chris H.

Chris attended Tufts University, where he double majored in Math and Philosophy. After working as a computational research assistant at the Stanford Cognitive Systems Neuroscience Lab and completing a PhD at the Harvard Vision Sciences Lab, Chris now works as an AI researcher at FAR labs.

Ainsley

Ainsley graduated from UCSD with degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Rhonda

Rhonda received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She moved east to teach, first at Tufts University, and then Bryn Mawr College, where she worked for over thirty years

Kevin C.

Kevin holds a BS in Mathematics from MIT. He is now a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at Columbia University, where he conducts research in algebraic geometry.

Devashish

Dave holds a BA in Political Science and Public Policy from Hunter College and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. As a Rhodes Scholar, Dave is presently pursuing his MPP at the University of Oxford.

David B.

David attended Penn State for his BS in Math and Economics, and MA in Economics. After spending one year each at Yale and Princeton as a research fellow, David began his PhD in Public Policy and Economics at Harvard.

Rishi

Rishi graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Biochemistry from Bates College. He is now an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Jenne

Jenne completed a double major in history and mathematics, a senior thesis in European intellectual history, and a PhD dissertation at Princeton in the history of mathematics.

Justin H.

Justin is a graduate student in economics and Rhodes scholar at the University of Oxford. Previously, he earned his BS in Economics and BA in Applied Physics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Rachel T.

Rachel graduated magna cum laude with high honors in American History & Literature and a citation in Mandarin Chinese from Harvard. She next attended Yale Law School, before becoming an attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts.

Suman

Suman earned his JD from Harvard Law School. He previously graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University. Suman is currently an attorney at a prominent trial-focused law firm in New York City.

Connor D.

Connor is a PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He previously received an MS from Princeton University in Molecular Biology and a BA from Williams College in Biology and Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience.

Dody

Dody graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in Economics from Harvard College and is currently pursuing an MBA on a full merit-based scholarship at the University of Notre Dame.

Erica L.

Erica majored in Biology and minored in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, graduating magna cum laude. Now, she is an MD/PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.

Libby

Libby holds a BA in English from Mount Holyoke (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She is now a PhD candidate in English at UC Berkeley, where she uses Transpacific literature and film to ask questions about social reproduction, gendered labor, and affective life in the global economy.

Phoebe O.

Phoebe holds a BA in English and an MA in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University. After completing her MFA in Creative Writing and Johns Hopkins University, she is now a Senior Editor at The Hopkins Review.

Beck B.

Beck is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Yale University. They previously received their BA in History and English from Amherst College and their JD from The University of Chicago Law School.

Alex U.

Alex holds an BA from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied English and Music and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a PhD in English from UC Berkeley and is currently the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry at Washington University in St. Louis.

Larson

Larson graduated summa cum laude with a BA in English from the University of New Mexico. He went on to earn an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa, where he has taught composition, creative writing, and creative nonfiction.

Rumur

Rumur holds a BA in English from Harvard College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an MSt from the University of Oxford. He is currently a PhD Candidate in English at UC Berkeley.

Anna B.

Anna is a PhD Candidate in History at Harvard University. She previously spent a year in Poland on a Fulbright US Student grant, working on her research and observing how higher education works in Central Europe. She also holds a BA in Government from Wesleyan University.

Jason B.

Jason attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the English department’s citation award, the highest distinction conferred upon a graduating senior. A year later, he returned to UC Berkeley to begin his graduate studies.

Sophia Sc.

Sophia holds a BA in History from Northwestern University and an MS in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She is now a PhD Candidate in History at Columbia University.

Marierose

Marie-Rose is a Rhodes Scholar pursuing her MPhil in Modern European History at the University of Oxford. She previously earned her BA in History at Princeton University, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Nick K.

Nick holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Brown University. He previously earned his BA in English and French at Haverford College. He has taught several courses at Brown and other colleges in Rhode Island, covering the disciplines of Comparative Literature, Academic Writing, French and Italian Language, Literary Studies, and History.

Ians

Ian holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Iowa and BA degrees in History and Italian Studies from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was the recipient of the Italian Studies Concentration Prize.

Cole S.

Cole holds an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia and a BA in Chemistry form Princeton. Currently, he works as a R&D Scientist for MacDermid Alpha.

Karl B.

Karl is a published author and has worked as a public policy consultant and policy analyst for a wide range of organizations. He holds a PhD in Sociology from UC Davis and a BA in Philosophy from San Francisco State University.

Sergio

Sergio holds a BS in Physics and Math from Emory University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is currently a PhD student in Physics at MIT.

Cassie

Cassie graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineerig from Johns Hopkins University. She is now pursuing a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at MIT and Harvard Medical School as part of the Health Science Technologies (HST) program. Her research focuses on fair machine learning for underserved health conditions.

Roberto

Roberto holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Columbia University. He is currently pursuing an MBA and an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT.

Lena

Lena holds a BA in Physiology and Organismal Biology from Barnard College and an MPhil in Biological Sciences from Columbia University. She is currently working on her PhD in Biological Sciences from Columbia University.

Vaithish

Vaithish is an MD candidate at Stanford University School of Medicine. He holds a PhD in structural biology from the University of Cambridge and previously earned bachelor’s degrees in Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology from the honors program at Kansas State University. Vaithish is a recipient of Gates Cambridge, Knight Hennessy and Goldwater Scholarships, and is an elected Fellow at Caius College, Cambridge.

Tuyen

Tuyen holds degrees in International Business Communication from CELSA Paris IV La Sorbonne and a Master of Fine Arts in Communication Design from the Dynamic Media Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Currently, Tuyen teaches Design Thinking & Research, Intro to Interactivity, and Graphic Design Techniques for Sneaker Innovation at Lesley University.

Michael W.

Michael earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, where he double-majored in history and political science and graduated summa cum laude. He is a PhD Candidate in History at Yale University, where he is researching migration and labor in the early English Empire.

Anu

Anu is a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. She holds a PhD in Organic and Materials Chemistry from Northwestern University and a BA in Chemistry and Spanish from the Washington University in St Louis.

Jack H.

Jack double majored in mathematics and economics at Yale, where he published three articles in mathematics journals and won the Charles Heber Dickerman Prize for the best economics thesis. He is now in his third year of his economics PhD at Harvard, working on a variety of problems in theoretical microeconomics.

Skylarbree

Skylar holds a BA in English and History & Literature from Harvard College. She graduated with a 3.9 GPA and wrote a creative thesis – a half-hour pilot for a magical realism animated series entitled Blackgirljuju – that won the Lee Patrick Award for Drama, awarded annually to the student who shows the most promise in the dramatic arts.

Katerina

Katerina earned her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, where she later stayed to pursue her degree in medicine. Currently, she is working as a cardiovascular research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center while applying to residency programs.

Chris G.

Chris holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, an MS in Neuroscience and Education from Columbia University, and a BS in Biology from St. Francis College.

Lola

Lola holds a BA in History and Visual Art from Brown University. She is currently working in Kyoto as a Fulbright Fellow, where she is continuing her research on contemporary Japanese history.

Gabe S.

Gabe is a PhD student in Economics at Cornell University, focusing on theoretical Microeconomics. He graduated from Haverford College in 2022 with majors in Mathematics and Economics, winning honors in Economics and the Michael M Weinstein Prize in Economics.

Maddie S.

Maddie graduated from Harvard and completed an honors thesis on resting-state functional connectivity in infant macaques, receiving two summer fellowships (HCRP) to fund her research during college. She next earned her PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley.

Jonah G.

Jonah graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a BA in Art History from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Currently, he is a PhD student in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, where he studies the intersection of theater history and the history of science between 1500 and 1800.

Conor

Conor pursued a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics at the University of Maryland and holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Last year, he started the Leaders for Global Operations program at MIT, where he is pursuing an MBA and (another) MS in Mechanical Engineering.

Ali

Ali earned his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, followed by a Master's degree in Biological Science Education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. He then completed his PhD in Science and Math Education through the SESAME program at UC Berkeley. Currently, Ali is an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UC Santa Cruz.

Louise

Louise is a recent graduate of the University of Oxford, where she read for a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics as a Rhodes Scholar. She previously earned a BS in Biochemistry from Clemson University, summa cum laude, where she was named the College of Science’s Top Graduating Student.

Danielle Dr.

Danielle received her PhD in Theater and Performance from Columbia University in 2021. Her multidisciplinary research focuses on the intersection of theater, labor, feminist theory, and politics. She also holds an MPhil in Renaissance Literature from Cambridge University and an AB in English from Harvard University. After working as a postdoctoral associate with Kilachand Honors College at Boston University, she is now a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University in the Theatre, Dance, and Media Department.

Amber S.

Amber holds a BA in Human Evolutionary Biology. She's currently a PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology at Emory University.

Mason

Mason pursued a dual degree in economics and mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from UT, Mason was a senior research assistant in the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Currently, Mason is an economics PhD student at Cornell University.

Adam G.

Adam is pursuing a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA at MIT. He previously served as an infantry officer with the historic 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade in Vicenza, Italy, and as a Special Forces (Green Beret) Detachment Commander.

Keerthana

Keerthana graduated with honors from UC Berkeley, majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology and minoring in South Asian Studies. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Biology at MIT studying how bacteria defend themselves against viral attack.

Sydney

Sydney attended the University of North Dakota, double majoring in Physics (with a focus in Astrophysics) and Mathematics, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to receive an MS in Space Systems Engineering at the University of Southampton. She now studies Nuclear Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

Shivam

Shivam earned his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Brown University. He is currently a PhD student at Harvard University in the SSQB program.

Leena

Leena is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis studying Economics with minors in Gender Studies and Environmental Studies. She is originally from Baltimore, Maryland, and looks forward to returning to the East Coast to pursue her JD at Harvard Law School, where she was admitted through the Junior Deferral Program.

Lydia

Lydia studied Business and Psychology at the College of William & Mary, passed her CPA exams, and kicked off her career with PwC’s Advisory team. She then headed to Yale for a Master’s in Public Health, which brought her to ECG Management Consultants.

Claire S.

Claire graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota, where she majored in Sociology and Policy Analysis. She is now a third-year law student at Yale.

Rehan

Rehan holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Sussex and an MPhil in Computational Biology from the University of Cambridge. He is now advancing to a PhD in Cancer Research, where he will continue to explore the cutting-edge application of AI in understanding and combating cancer.

Amytess

Amytess is a Rhodes Scholar and PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford. Prior to her PhD, Amytess received her BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MPhil in Politics and Comparative Government from the University of Oxford.

Fernando G.

Fernando graduated from the University of New Mexico with a BS in Chemistry and minor in Spanish. Currently, Fernando is pursuing a PhD from Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.

Baker

Baker attended Stanford University and studied Computer Science with a minor in Education, spending three years as a teaching assistant for Stanford's famous introductory computer science courses. He now lives in Los Angeles working as an instructor and CS education consultant for Snap (Snapchat) and an independent school.

Jackson V.

Jackson earned a BEng in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Anjali M.

Anjali double majored in Neuroscience and Global Affairs at Yale, graduating with Distinction in both majors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now pursuing an MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing at the London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Lizzy

Lizzy graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College with a double major in English Literature and Art History (Visual Arts concentration). After earning their MFA in Sculpture/Interdisciplinary Media from Yale, they now teach digital media and design at SUNY Old Westbury and graduate writing for artists at Columbia University.

Elaine

Elaine graduated from the University of Florida with a dual BA in Linguistics and Spanish Language and Culture and a minor in Russian Language and Culture. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, she received a Fulbright English Teaching Award and a Critical Language Enhancement Scholarship. She holds an MA in Russian Literary Translation and a PhD in Slavic Languages from Columbia University.

Ally

Ally graduated from Oberlin College, where she studied English and Biology. She recently earned her PhD in English with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies from the University of California Davis.

Caleb

Caleb graduated with honors and distinction from Stanford University with a degree in American Studies. He is currently a law student at Harvard Law School.

Navid

Navid earned a BA in Anthropology with a minor in History from the University of Chicago as a QuestBridge Scholar and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. They are now pursuing an MA in French Studies at New York University with a full tuition scholarship.

Madison Ha.

Maddie recently graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she majored in English, minored in Human Rights through a program at Yale Law School. Currently, she is a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she studies journalism and how the industry has historically reported on conflicts between Israel and Palestine

Kit

Kit completed a BS in Biology (Biomedical focus), a BS in Chemistry, and a BA in Sociology, with additional certificates in global engagement at the University of Hawaii. He is now pursuing a Master’s in Public Health at the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship.

Tim R.

im studied math and economics at Vanderbilt University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a 3.98/4.0 GPA. After spending some time in the working world at the Boston Consulting Group and the World Wildlife Fund, Tim is now a student at Harvard Business School.

Simon

Simon received his JD from Yale Law School and his BA in History and German studies from Brown University. Between law school and college, Simon worked as a magazine editor in New York, in public-policy research at Princeton University, and at a climate-science organization.

Sam

Sam graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell College with a BA in History with Honors, and he was selected as the Charles Payne Scholar in History during his final year. He went on to get his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.

Maria Eh.

Maria majored in chemistry and mathematical sciences at Barnard College. After Barnard, she continued her education at Columbia Engineering, majoring in chemical engineering through the GEM Fellowship with NASA as the employer sponsor.

Yen P.

Yen holds degrees from Harvard, where she studied English and graduated magna cum laude, and from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar and completed degrees in world literatures and gender studies. Most recently, she attained an MFA in Fiction from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop as an Iowa Arts Fellow.

Andres

Andres holds a PhD in Algebraic Topology from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Mathematics from Bard College. He will begin as an Isaac Newton Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2025.

Matei

Matei received his JD from Yale Law School, his MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and his BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Tes

Tes graduated from the College of William and Mary with a BA in Literary and Cultural studies and then followed her passion for Irish traditional music to Ireland, where she earned an MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Limerick. After cofounding the Blue Ridge Irish Music School, a nonprofit in Charlottesville, Virginia, she returned to school and received her doctorate in Music from New York University in 2010.

Krysta

Krysta is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School, where she specializes in transactional law, artist representation, and arts advocacy. Prior to law school, she graduated with honors from New York University with a BM in Cello Performance and a BA in Politics.

Sarah X.

Sarah attended Columbia University in New York City, where she majored in Chemistry with a concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies. After graduating, she moved across the pond to the United Kingdom to complete an MPhil in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. She is now pursuing a PhD at Harvard University in the Chemical Biology Program.

Greg M.

Greg holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and a BMus in Composition from Oberlin Conservatory.

Viviana

At Harvard College, Viviana majored in Classics and minored in Integrative Biology, graduating with highest honors in Classics and cum laude overall. She is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford through Harvard’s Arthur Deloraine Corey Fellowship.

Aya

Aya attended Johns Hopkins University, where she graduated in 3.5 years with a 4.0 GPA, earning BAs in Public Health and Natural Sciences, as well as a minor in Writing Seminars. She earned a 523 on her MCAT and is currently in her gap year before she pursues her MD.

Sydney N.

Sydney pursued a double major in international affairs and organizational sciences at George Washington University. After graduating summa cum laude, Sydney worked at Deloitte Consulting. She's now a JD Candidate at Harvard Law School.

Susan P.

Susan earned her BA in International Economics and Chinese from the University of Notre Dame. After working as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan and pursuing a master’s fellowship at the Yenching Academy of Peking University, Susan is now a JD Candidate at Harvard Law School.

Maeve

Maeve attended the Georgia Institute of Technology on the Stamps President’s Scholarship (full ride awarded to the top 1% of the incoming class) and recently graduated with a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with Highest Honors. She is currently pursuing a DPhil in Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.

Emma K.

Emma is a recent graduate of Yale Law School and a current Legal Fellow at the US Senate Judiciary Committee. Before law school, Emma attended Harvard College and concentrated in Social Studies.

Matthew D.

Matthew graduated as a Phi Beta Kappa early inductee from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in Honors Mathematics and Physics, and with a concentration in Advanced Physics. He is now a PhD student in Physics at NYU.

Jocasta

Jocasta graduated from MIT with a BS in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, exploring research in visual neuroscience and machine learning. This interest carried her to Stanford University, where she earned an MS in Bioengineering.

Katieh

Katie studied biology at Reed College, where she focused on genomics and evolution and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She next earned an MPhil in Earth Sciences at Cambridge UniversityPhD in Chemical Oceanography at MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, funded by a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG).

Phoebe

Phoebe studied Statistics at Harvard College, graduating cum laude. Now, she is continuing her research on forest inventory estimation as an Alex G. Booth Fellow working with the Peruvian Forest Service.

Alleah

While a senior in high school, Alleah completed her AA degree from Lake Sumter State College, graduating summa cum laude before the completion of her high school coursework. Alleah then pursued her BS in Psychology and BA in Data Science at the College of William & Mary, where she graduated with honors in both degrees in under three years. She is now a JD Candidate at Harvard Law School.

Reina

Reina is a JD student at Columbia Law School. She graduated cum laude from Seoul National University with her BA in Hispanic Language & Literature. After earning her MA in Latin American Studies from UT Austin, she worked at Meta, Inc. and an immigration nonprofit in legal capacity.

Aditya S.

Aditya majored in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan, crafting a self-made honors major (HELA) and graduating with a 4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa, and highest honors for his HELA defense. He is currently an M1 at Harvard Medical School.

Dominik

After completing his undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Computer Science and Economics alongside a Master's in Computational Science at Harvard, Dominik graduated magna cum laude with a 4.0 GPA and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He is now at Oxford on the Von Clemm Fellowship, awarded to one Harvard student annually, where he is pursuing a Master’s in the Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science.

Evie

After completing her BA in Economics and American Studies, Evie moved to New York to work for the Columbia University Justice Lab. She next pursued a PhD in Sociology at Northwestern University.

Leah

Leah holds a BA in Literature and History from Bennington College, an MFA from Columbia University, and and MA from California State University.

Rob H.

Robert graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics & Economics. He is a 2024 Marshall Scholar, and he is currently studying towards an MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy from the University of Oxford.

Avantika

Avantika graduated from Columbia University with a double major in English and Art History. After pursuing an MSt in Medieval Studies at the University of Oxford, Avantika received her doctorate in Art History from Harvard University in 2024.

Maddy

Maddy graduated from NYU in 2023, where she majored in Psychology and double minored in Law & Society and Politics. She is currently a JD Candidate at Harvard Law School.

Maryam H.

Maryam graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Physics and Chemistry. She is currently an MD/PhD Candidate in Biophysics at the Harvard-MIT Health Science & Technology Program.

Kenny

Kenny is a software engineer currently working for Amazon in the Bay Area, CA. He graduated with distinction from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BS in Business Administration from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School, as well as a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Data Science.

Janelle

Janelle graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Political Science and minors in French and Survey Research and Data Analytics. After spending a year teaching high school students in the north of France, she decided to pursue a master’s degree in French Studies at NYU.

Nina

Nina is a 2022 Marshall scholar with a BA in English from Pomona College, an MA in English from the University of Exeter, and an MA in Creative & Life Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2021, she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona, receiving Pomona’s annual creative writing prize for her thesis, a hybrid-genre work about autoimmune illness.

Emily

Emily majored in Economics and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a 3.9/4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon). She is now pursuing a PhD in Economics at Princeton University.

Elyse

Elyse graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Biology and Psychology. After spending a year working as an office administrator for a dental practice, she is currently a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, where she received the Dean’s Scholarship in recognition of her academic achievements.

Elena

Elena holds a BS in Chemistry from Yale. She is now a PhD student at The California Institute of Technology, where she studies inorganic chemical synthesis for quantum information science and carbon dioxide conversion.

Jessica O.

Jessica holds a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago. Having done three years of research in undergrad, which amounted to numerous research presentations and two awards from the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students, Jessica decided to pursue a PhD in Harvard’s Virology program, where she is currently a second year.

Anna P.

Anna is a current PhD student at Yale University and graduate of Duke University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Markp

Mark studied engineering at Northeastern University, where he and a colleague designed, patented, manufactured, and brought to market an innovative skateboard suspension and braking system. His dedication to mechanical design and manufacturing has led him to his current role as Director of Product Engineering at an electric motor company.

Charles Z.

Charles majored in Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a minor in Philosophy. After graduating, he worked for a few months as a software engineer at Amazon before he began as a post-baccalaureate researcher at Harvard University.

Matt B.

Matt holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA from Brown University (magna cum laude). After spending three years working as an economic consultant, he is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at UC Berkeley.

Haaris

Haaris attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, earning both a Stamps President’s Scholarship (full ride merit award for top 1% of incoming class) and a National Merit Scholarship. He is now completing a Master of Research in Bioengineering at Imperial College London, where he is a Marshall Scholar.

Grace L.

Grace graduated from Barnard College with a double major in Computer Science and English. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Chicago, where she conducts research at the intersection of AI and Education to better support student learning with new technologies.

Karen A.

Karen attended the University of Connecticut in the Honors College. She graduated with a major in Physiology and Neurobiology, with a double minor in Human Development & Family Sciences and Molecular & Cell Biology. She is currently a second-year student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Talia

At MIT, Talia was an avid math major and minored in computer science, graduating with a perfect GPA and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now working on her PhD in Mathematics at Stanford University and is sponsored by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Aliciac

Alicia is a former Growth Equity Investor and Investment Banker from the Raine Group, where she specialized in Media & Entertainment. She holds an MBA from the London School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Gregc

Gregory holds a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from Amherst College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an Msc in Mathematics from Oxford. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Harvard University.

Carlos H.

Carlos earned a double major in Aerospace Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science while leading the Men’s Varsity Soccer team as captain at MIT. He capped off his MIT journey with a Master’s in Computer Science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

Michelle S.

Michelle graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College with a degree in Comparative Literature. She was named a Rufus Choate Scholar for top 5% of GPAs, a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, and a Gamma Sigma Alpha Honor Society member. She also received the Phi Beta Kappa Sophomore Prize for being within the top 20 highest GPAs at Dartmouth.

Maia

Maia is currently an MD/PhD student at UCSF. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2023, where she studied Biology and Anthropology of Global Health.

Maddie D.

Maddie holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she graduated with a GPA of 3.98. She next earned her MS in Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT.

Steve

Steve pursued his passion for biology through a major at Canisius College before completing a PhD in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Ecology and Systematics at Fordham University. He then moved to Michigan to complete a postdoctoral research fellowship exploring the genetics and ecology of Dame’s Rocket.

Carter

Carter attended Iowa State University, where he graduated summa cum laude with degrees in chemistry and applied mathematics. Currently, he is pursuing his DMD at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Mando

Mando holds a BS in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of California, Irvine. They're now working toward a master’s degree in nuclear engineering while continuing their radiobiological research at the Institute of Science Tokyo.

Lizzie

Lizzie graduated from Ohio State with a BS in Biology (magna cum laude) and high school with honors simultaneously at the age of 18 in 2022. She is now a first year MD-PhD student at UCSF.

Leah F.

After graduating from Yale University with distinction in her major (Theater Studies), Leah worked in marketing and non-profit development before attending NYU-Tisch, earning her MFA in the Dramatic Writing program. Leah next received her PhD in Creative Writing from Georgia State University and her fiction novels, America for Beginners, Mother Land, and After the Hurricane, have all been published through William Morrow.

Gus B.

In just seven semesters at the University of Pennsylvania, Gus earned both a bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physics. Now a PhD candidate in Astronomy & Astrophysics at Harvard University, he uses computer simulations to uncover how the Milky Way evolved into the galaxy it is today.

Hakim

Hakim attended Boston University, earning his BA in Mathematics, with minors in Philosophy and Spanish. Before continuing to graduate school, Hakim served as an admissions officer and research analyst at MIT, where he worked to recruit, select, and mentor high-achieving STEM students from around the world. Eventually, Hakim went on to earn his MA and PhD in Mathematics at George Washington University, with a focus in logic and computability theory.

Ayelet

Ayelet majored in physics at Yale, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Currently a Marshall Scholar, Ayelet is studying the intersection of synthetic biology and AI at Imperial College London.

Farhad

Farhad graduated from the University of Texas, finishing pre-med and with four majors: biology, history, Middle Eastern studies, and Persian. He next attended the University of Chicago for his MA in Middle Eastern Studies and Harvard University for his PhD in History and Middle Eastern studies.

Erin C.

Erin attended the University at Buffalo; she majored in English and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After her undergraduate studies, she earned an MA and PhD in English from University of Texas at Austin, where she wrote her dissertation on American literature and silent film. Currently, Erin is a full-time author; her books are published by Simon & Schuster.

Nicks

Nick earned a degree in Biochemistry at Temple University, where he graduated summa cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Before starting dental school, Nick spent a year as a full-time assistant for several endodontists, gaining valuable hands-on experience that he now puts to use as a second-year student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Nicola

Nicola has been teaching and tutoring French since 2011. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she received her BA in French, and the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris, where she received her MA in French, with a concentration on the history of theatre.

Seda

Seda is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience at Harvard University, where she recently completed her PhD in the same field. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she earned a BA in Psychology from Bogazici University and an MSc in Cognitive Psychology from Koc University.

Romina R.

Romina graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Biophysics and a minor in Environmental Studies from Johns Hopkins University. She is currently an MD candidate at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Aisha H.

Aisha holds a BA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson. She's currently is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft.

Jackson W.

Jackson attended Harvard College, where he studied Applied Mathematics with a secondary concentration in Global Health and Health policy (cum laude). He now studies at the UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program, earning his MD from UCSF alongside an MS in Health and Medical sciences from the Berkeley School of Public Health.

Jovan

Jovan is an MD-PhD student at Yale School of Medicine. He previously graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with Research Honors from the University of Chicago, where he studied Biological Sciences.

Robert I.

Robert earned a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and an MSE in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is currently employed as an R&D Engineer.

Annesophie

Anne-Sophie earned her BA in Comparative Literature from Stanford, her MA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne, and her MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute. Her short films, Cherubs and Dog Lover, earned awards like Brooklyn Film Festival’s Best New Director and a spot in CAA’s Moebius Showcase.

James

James studied Economics at Harvard College. After graduating cum laude in 2022, James spent two years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and worked at a startup non-profit focused on utility regulation reform. He will begin law school at Stanford in the fall of 2025.

Myra

Myra graduated from the University of Chicago with degrees in Law, Letters, and Society & Gender and Sexuality Studies. Currently, she is a 1L at Harvard Law School to further her interests in reproductive justice and public interest.

Isabella

Isabella earned a Bachelor's degree in Classics from the University of Edinburgh. In January 2025, Isabella completed her Master's degree in Classics at New York University, with a 3.95 GPA. She is currently preparing her PhD applications, where she hopes to research Greek Tragedy, intersected with Greek Sculpture and contemporary Literary Theory.

Moira

Moira holds a joint PhD/MPH in Medical Anthropology from Northwestern University and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, where she was awarded grants by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to conduct reproductive health research on a range of topics. She holds a faculty appointment at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

David O.

David pursued a BS in Biostatistics at Saint Louis University, completing his degree in just five semesters before continuing his studies at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he earned his Master's in Biostatistics.

Eric S.

Eric attended Brown University, double-majoring in Applied Mathematics/Economics and Education Studies. After college, Eric became a research fellow in the Economics of Education at Yale University, where he started his PhD in Economics two years later. Eric hopes to become a professor after his PhD and is excited to teach and advise students of the future.

Becca B.

Becca graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Government and Romance Languages & Literatures. She received a Harvard post-graduate fellowship and is now living in Turkey, where she works for an NGO that serves refugee youth along the Turkish-Syrian border.

Ellens

Ellen recently graduated from Princeton, where she obtained her BS in Computer Science with a certificate in Applied Math. She is currently PhD candidate in Data Science and Machine Learning at NYU, where she studies intelligence in humans and machines.

David H.

David earned degrees in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Virginia, graduating summa cum laude. He co-authored a research paper featured at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy but more recently works as a software engineer on a generative AI team at Amazon.

Nick

After graduating from Lehigh University with a BS in Industrial Engineering, Nick joined the analytics team at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center. In his 12 years at MSK, he worked throughout the hospital, using data science to solve problems ranging from long-term facilities planning, to predicting surgical complications, to optimizing scheduling so that cancer patients could access treatment faster. In the middle of all of this, he received a MS in Operations Research from Columbia University.

Jie

Jie (pronounced like "Jay") grew up in New Jersey and completed his undergraduate studies in Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Afterwards, he worked at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, where he developed a strong interest in computational biology. He returned to school, completing a Biomedical Informatics Masters at Columbia University before joining the Biomedical Sciences PhD program at Mount Sinai.

Saml

Sam holds a First Class Degree in Philosophy and Modern Languages from Oxford University and an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. He has been a full-time lecturer at UC Irvine, NYU, Bard College, and Rhode Island School of Design, teaching courses in composition, literature, philosophy, multi-disciplinary writing and studio practice.

Michael

Michael received his bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with a 4.0 GPA, majoring in Physics and minoring in Aerospace Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Physics at Caltech.

Josh B.

Josh earned a degree in Statistics with a minor in Pure Math at UC Berkeley. After graduating, he began working in the insurance industry, where he applies probability theory in his day-to-day work.

Surya

Surya’s journey began at Boston University, where he pursued undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Human Physiology. After graduating summa cum laude and as valedictorian, he is now pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School.

Sophiek

Sophie graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she majored in American Studies. She is an alum of Yale's year-long Grand Strategy program and a former Yale Law School Arthur Liman Fellow. Currently, she is completing a Master's program in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford as a Rotary Global Scholar.

Jonah L.

Jonah graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a degree in Neuroscience and a minor in Biology. After graduating from Dartmouth, he applied to medical school and felt incredibly fortunate to be accepted into 11 programs. He ultimately chose to attend NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he is now a third-year MD candidate.

Damilola

Damilola graduated as the salutatorian of her high school class of 600 students before earning her BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, where she researched iron-oxidizing bacteria for mining applications. She then earned an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia, completing her master’s thesis on phase field modeling of the solidification of high-temperature alloys during additive manufacturing. Currently, she is a PhD candidate and Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies the gelation and fracture mechanics of 3D-printable hydrogel composites.

Andrewc

Andrew attended Columbia University, graduating summa cum laude with a major in Chemical Engineering and minors in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. They are now pursuing their PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where they investigate the mechanics of embryonic development using fruit fly embryos as a model system.

Victoria W.

After graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis University, Victoria went on to complete a PhD in English at Columbia. After Columbia, she returned to the Boston area to teach as a Lecturer at Harvard’s History & Literature program. She has since joined DePauw University as an assistant professor.

Daphne

Daphne earned her BA in 2019 from Yale University, where she double-majored in Classics and the History of Art. She has since gone on to be awarded a PhD in Classics from the University of Cambridge, working as a senior team member for two archaeological excavations in Greece.

Ben Z.

Ben holds a BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics, as well as an MEng in Computer Science from MIT. Since graduating, Ben has worked as a Software Engineer at Google and as the research engineering lead for MIT/IBM joint project in Bayesian artificial intelligence.

Alexa C.

Alexa holds a BA in Mathematical Economics from Colgate University (magna cum laude) and a dual MS in Computer Science and Technology Policy from MIT. Currently, Alexa is a Product Manager and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Subject Matter Expert for the United States Federal Government.

Sarahw

Sarah studied at Yale University, where she double-majored in Computer Science and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, earning early induction into Phi Beta Kappa and graduating magna cum laude with a 3.95 GPA. After college, she spent two years as a software engineer at Facebook before pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Connorw

Connor is a third-year PhD candidate in high-energy theoretical physics at Brandeis University. Previously, he earned his BA in Computer Science ad MS in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

Bella

At Vanderbilt, Bella majored in Biology with minors in Spanish and Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS), graduating magna cum laude and earning membership in Phi Beta Kappa. She is now in her first year at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Charlie

Charlie is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with majors in Economics and Political Science. He is excited to be joining the Stanford Law School Class of 2028 this fall.

Ethan F.

Ethan graduated magna cum laude and Alpha Sigma Nu from Gonzaga University with a BS in Biology and a concentration in research. Having discovered a passion for medicine and cancer immunology as a Nathan Schnaper Scholar and Research Associate at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Ethan will be continuing his journey in the combined MD-PhD program at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the coming year.

Eve H.

Eve is a Research Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge, where she is writing a book about sixteenth-century fiction and the beginnings of the English novel. She holds a PhD from Yale University, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from Yale College.

Zachsl

Zach graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in Neuroscience and from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with an MEd. He is now an MD Candidate at Brown University.

Isaac E.

Isaac graduated from UC Berkeley with highest honors in Geography and American Studies. He is now an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa nonfiction writing program.

Colin B.

After graduating with a degree in Chemistry from Fruman University, Colin started his PhD at the Tri-Institutional Program in Chemical Biology offered by Weill Cornell, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Rockefeller University. He now works to engineer chemical tools to understand protein interactions that drive disease progression.

Ella

Ella moved to New York City for her undergraduate studies at Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College. Now a medical student at Weill Cornell, Ella is pursuing a career in psychiatry, drawn to its focus on human connection, complexity, and healing.

Vish

Vishruth is a third year MD-PhD student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is developing non-invasive methods for early cancer detection. Originally from Long Island, NY, he graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in Biology from Stony Brook University.

Dora W.

Dora graduated from Harvard (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) with a math degree in 2024, collecting the Friends Prize for her undergraduate thesis and the Mumford Prize for mathematics. Currently, she's a PhD student in math at MIT, where her main area of interest is combinatorics.

Elliot

Elliot received his BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Philosophy from Princeton University in 2017, his MPhil (with distinction) in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 2018, and his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University in 2024.

Thomas L.

Tom is an MD-PhD candidate at Harvard Medical School and MIT, currently pursuing his PhD in the Harvard Immunology PhD Program. He previously attended Harvard College, where he majored in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics, with a secondary field in Global Health and Health Policy (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Jake S.

Jake majored in Classics at Swarthmore and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He also minored in Education and earned a Pennsylvania Teaching Certification. After completing a fully funded PhD in History at the University of Cambridge, Jake is now a visiting Fellow in the Harvard History Department.

Josh A.

Joshua received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis in Political Science and American Cultural Studies (summa cum laude), before starting graduate school at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He recently completed his JD at Yale Law School. Currently, Joshua is PhD Candidate in History and African-American Studies at Yale.

Jess Z.

Jess graduated from Wesleyan University with high honors in Government before receiving her Master's in History at Brown. She attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School on a full tuition merit scholarship, and graduated cum laude.

Jai

Jai is an incoming MD candidate at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology program. He graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in History of Science and a concurrent MA in Chemistry.

Adam S.

Adam finished his PhD in English at Cornell University, where he completed his graduate coursework in English, psychology, sociology, history, and political science. An interdisciplinary scholar, his first book, "That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing," will be published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press and distributed by Penguin Random House this fall.