Alumni Stories
Science and Engineering Research Program
Our Science and Engineering Research Mentorship Program consists of mentors from Brown University, Caltech, University College London and more.
Our students have gained admissions to Ivy League and selective universities such as Duke University, Brown University, New York University and more. Our Mentorship Program allows students to explore projects in Science and Engineering research discipline and prepares them for college-level research.
To protect students’ privacy, all names have been changed.
Dhevan Kalra
Residence: Hyderabad, India
School: Osmania University
Intended major: Biomedical Engineering
Age during program: final year undergraduate student
Dhevan possesses the enthusiasm to learn, as well as outstanding motivation and excellent self-reliance and independence. He participates in several extracurricular activities which includes the roles of Vice-Chair, Co-Director and Event Organizer. Prior to this mentorship program, he has published a research paper “Blind Mate: A Friend to The Blind” on “IEEE -Xplore Digital Library”.
Through the program, he wrote a stellar final research paper that is to be published in Springer's Inventive Material Science and Applications.
His university acceptance includes JHU, Brown and Cornell
Xavier Wu
Residence: Shanghai
School: Shanghai International School
Intended major: Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Age during program: Grade 11
Xavier is very passionate about electrical and mechanical engineering. He has a lot of ideas, however there was a need for him to focus on the main relevant factors contributing to his design paper.
Through the program, he took part in the International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019 competition with his final research paper, and has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
His university acceptance includes UChicago Full Merit Scholarship, Caltech, UC Davis Regents Scholarship USD30K, UC Irvine Directors Scholarship USD20K, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego USD5K.
Kimberly Zhu
City of residence: Shanghai, China
School: Lee Academy
Intended major: Environmental Science
Age during program: Grade 11
Kimberly has an amazing score of 1530 for her SAT score. She scored 99% in her Environmental Science last year. She is interested in pollution and habitat conservation.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Her university acceptance includes Barnard College of Columbia University.
Gabriel Hu
Residence: Shanghai, China
School: Shanghai American School
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 12
Gabriel loves Computer Science and Machine Learning topics. In school, he manages the Computer Science Club and enjoys sharing his machine learning projects with his peers. He has published two Computer Science research papers on Google Scholar.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation.
His university acceptance includes Imperial College London.
Emma Zhu
City of residence: Virginia, US
School: Foxcroft School
Intended major: Civil Engineering
Age during program: Grade 12
Based on her past experience working in a stream monitoring project conducted by her high-school team for an environmental NGO (Goose Creek), Emma would like to work on a multidisciplinary project which has both engineering and financial aspects.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Her university acceptance includes UC San Diego
Warren Su
Residence: Shanghai
School: Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 10
Warren has huge interest is achieving artificial intelligence through his game concept. During the course of the program, he had to overcome any overwhelming feelings of potentially creating and using his own graphics.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
His university acceptance includes UC Irvine, Penn State University.
Tommy Yan
City of residence: Shanghai, China
School: East China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Middle School
Intended major: Computer science or electrical engineering
Age during program: Grade 12
Tommy is ranked top 20% of his class across all subjects. He has previously taken courses in C, Python, and Java as well as automated process control. He has done a beginner-level build of a temperature control system circuit board project.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and the mentor has agreed to write him a letter of recommendation.
His university acceptance includes Vanderbilt University, University of Liverpool, University of Birmingham
Freddy Fang
Residence: Shanghai
School: Shanghai American School
Intended major: Biology/Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 10
Freddy is a student at one of the best international schools in Shanghai. He has high grades and is passionate about biology (neuroscience, DNA, environmental science). He is also into coding and has taken courses in Python and attended a Java summer program at Columbia.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
His university acceptance includes Northwestern University.
Brandon
City of residence: Nanjing, China
School: Nanjing University
Current major: Physics
Age during program: Undergraduate student
Brandon is passionate about Physics. He is currently studying at Nanjing University majoring in Physics. His aim in this program is to gain more project experience in order to apply for a PhD program in the US.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and the mentor wrote him a number of recommendation letters
His university acceptance includes Duke University, University of Rochester.
Ahana Baidwan
Residence: Uttar Pradesh
School: Archies Higher Secondary School
Intended major: Biology
Age during program: Grade 11
Ahana is a responsible student who shows dedication and joy in her projects. She is highly zealous in Biology, especially towards human physiology. Coupled with her compassionate, caring and motivated attitude, she is a perfect fit for any health profession.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and the mentor would be happy to write a recommendation letter for her.
Her university acceptance includes New York University
Stacy Shao
City of residence: Shanghai, China
School: Shanghai YK Pao School
Current major: Environmental Sciences
Age during program: Rising 12th grade
Stacy is in the top 10% of her class (39/42 GPA, International Baccalaureate curriculum). She was in the finals of the China Thinks Big competition for their project - a game they designed to teach students about green energy and sustainability.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and her mentor has agreed to write her recommendation letters.
His university acceptance includes USC, UIUC and University of Wisconsin.
Ishika Madhok
Residence: Tiruchirappalli, India
School: National Institute of Technology
Intended major: Data Science
Age during program: Graduate student
Ishika is currently working as a Data Analyst for Novartis. She is an aspiring graduate applicant for MS in Data Science. Her goal in this mentorship program is to gain more academic experience in Data Science, which will be invaluable in shaping his academic and professional journey.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and her mentor wrote a letter of recommendation for her.
Her university acceptance includes Cornell University.
Aabi Sachar
Residence: Bengalaru, India
School: Sri Kumaran Children's Home of Educational Council
Intended major: Data Science
Age during program: Final Year University Student
Aabi is at the top of his class with a 97.2/100 GPA. His primary academic interests are Data Science and Computer Science. Amongst many other awards, he recently won the Silver award in the International Youth Mathematics Challenge and is ranked top 1% Internationally in the "Mathematics Olympiad."
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
His university acceptance includes New York University.
Aria Chaloli
Residence: Bangalore, India
School: PES University
Current major: Bio-engineering
Age during program: Final Year University Student
Aria is a Computer Science final year undergraduate student. She has experience in programming languages such as Python and is interested to bring her skills to the next level.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Her university acceptance includes Georgia Tech
Nina Zhang
Residence: Shanghai
School: Shanghai American School
Intended major: Biomedicine
Age during program: Grade 11
Nina is passionate in building a better world through healthcare and medicine. She has basic concepts of biotechnology/life sciences and would like to take it further to the next level with an experienced professor.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Her university acceptance includes Emory University.
Justin Lai
Residence: Shanghai, China
School: Concordia International School
Current major: Biochemistry/Physics
Age during program: Grade 11
Justin is an award winner in the Shanghai Science Fair and he has interned with a chemical company, Henkel, working on developing new plastics. He co-authored a Chemistry-related paper which will soon be posted in the International Journal of High School Research.
His university acceptance includes University of Southern California, University of Wisconsin–Madison and Case Western Reserve University.
Maanika Qassem
Residence: Bhakrota, India
School: Jayshree Periwal International School
Intended major: Biochemistry
Age during program: Grade 12
Maanika’s primary academic interest is Biochemistry. She has taken Biology and Chemistry classes at school in her International Baccalaureate curriculum (earning the best possible score of 7). She has also written two Biology review papers (one on how radiation impacts plant growth), taken a Neuroscience course on Coursera, and is also currently working on an extended essay on plant enzymatic activity.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from her mentor
Her university acceptance includes UC San Diego.
Kanak Dabral
Residence:
Vellore, India
School:
Vellore Institute of Technology
Intended major:
Computer Science and Engineering
Age during program:
Undergraduate student
Kanak’s primary academic interests are Statistics and Data Science. He's a dedicated student with great communication skills. He has strong experience working with R, MATLAB, Python. He has taken several advanced courses in Data Science, Machine Learning and Data Mining.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letters of recommendation from her mentor
Aswar Chennapraganda
City of residence: Hyderabad, India
School: Delhi Public School Nacharam
Intended major: Physics/Aerospace Engineering
Age during program: Grade 11
Aswar is proficient in programming languages of C, C# and Python. He has represented his school for technological festivals in Raspberry Pi Smart Parking Lot and Arduino Rocket Stabilization System.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor. Read more to view his testimonial about this mentorship program.
Daakshya Thakur
Residence:
San Francisco
School:
San Francisco State University
Intended major:
Data Science
Age during program:
BS graduate
Daakshya is graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, specializing in Information Systems and Management. During her school time, she was involved in various leadership programs.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from her mentor
Eena Jangra
School: Brentwood School
Intended major: Computer Science / Physics
Age during program: Grade 11
Eena has excellent grades in school. She enjoys coding and learning C, C++, Java, HTML, CSS and Python. She has interest in artificial intelligence and has designed a tele-operated rover that moves with hand signals. In her free time, she plays tennis and does Kathak dancing.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Abigail Lu
Residence: Shanghai, China
School: Shanghai High School International Division
Intended major: Public Health
Age during program: Grade 12
Abigail is actively involved in various extracurricular activities and she absolutely loves being a part of them. Some of the roles she takes on include the president of Live2Drama Shanghai, Leader of Associated Students Body, Student Coach and Assistant Director of International Affairs Association (Model United Nations).
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor
Ekada Jain
Residence: Pleasanton, CA
School: Foothill High School
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 11
Ekada enjoys participating in computer science related activities, including YTS (Young Technology Scholars) and Project Euler. At YTS, he made a tele-rover that works on gyro controls via bluetooth. He enjoys solving mathematics problems and puzzles.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Rina Yan
Residence: Nantou, Taiwan
School: Putai Senior High School
Intended major: Biology / Business
Age during program: Grade 10
Rina aspires to get into NYU and BU. She is currently at the stage of exploration, having interest in both Business and Biology, she is also a member of a Robotics Club at school.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Aisha Sarraf
Residence: India
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 12
An enthusiastic student, Aisha is a high achiever, very intellectually curious, and always went above and beyond. She is always excited by the subject and always attentive.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Samvel Kulkarni
Residence: Bengaluru, India
School: Greenwood High ICSE Campus Sarjapur Road
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 10
Samvel has participated in various related competitions such as Hackathons and Robocup Robotics Competition 2018. With certain foundation in computer science, Samvel would like to deep-dive into aspects of machine learning and learn advanced coding skills.
Through the program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Saavi Bhoola
Residence: Orlando, Florida
School: Father Lopez Catholic High School
Intended major: Biology
Age during program: Grade 12
Saavi excels in math and science classes in school and has been part of learning opportunities with UCF. Her passion lies in the field of biology and medicine, as well as neuroscience.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Marcus Meyer
Residence: St. Ignatius High School
Intended major:
Robotics
Age during program: Grade 11
Marcus’ primary academic interests are mechanical and aerospace engineering. He is a member of his school's robotics club, and he has taken courses in physics (honors level) and computer science. He has also written several high quality reports for social sciences courses.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and his mentor will write recommendation letters for him.
Sadik Chaganti
Residence: India
Intended major:
Cyber Security
Age during program: Graduate student
Sadik is a Network Consulting Engineer at Cisco Systems India and she is preparing to apply to a Graduate program in the US. She has been fascinated with networking and security since the sophomore year of her university. She is interested to explore Routing and Switching, Network Automation, Network Simulation and Design, Information Security, Vulnerability Testing and Cyber Security.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Anna Zhu
Residence: Shanghai
School: St James School
Intended major: Structural Engineering
Age during program: Grade 10
Anna is in the top 10% of her cohort in terms of GPA grade. She is interested in structural engineering and she’s also a member of the Maker Club in school. Her goal is to be accepted into either Swarthmore College or Northeastern University.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Rathik Maheshwari
Residence: Hyderabad, India
School: Delhi Public School
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 12
Rathik is a bright and curious student who attends various Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning workshops out of interests. He also likes designing electronics in his free time and is very passionate about technology. He would like to apply for a science and engineering research program to broaden his knowledge.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
He Ling
Residence: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
School: Garden International School
Intended major: Chemistry
Age during program: Grade 12
A high achiever in school, He Ling scored all As in her subjects. She has excellent extracurricular records but with none in Chemistry. She needed a strong portfolio in Chemistry to help her in university applications.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Charles Jiang
Residence: Wuxi, China
School: Wuxi Big Bridge Academy
Intended major: Physics
Age during program: Grade 11
Charles is an independent student who always goes above and beyond of what is expected of him. He has great interest in the field of physics and is ready to plough through any difficulties that come his way.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and the mentor has agreed to write him a letter of recommendation.
Gaura Gaspar
Residence: Tamil Nadu, India
School: Notre Dame of Holy Cross School
Intended major: Cosmology
Age during program: Grade 12
Gaura has a Merit certificate from NASA and has achieved best performance in International Space Science Competition. In school, she is a joint secretary in English Club, vice president in Nature Club and an assistant school pupil leader, demonstrating an extensive leadership skill.
Through our Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Hanita Palanichamy
Residence: Tiruchirappalli, India
School: International High School
Intended major: Computer science
Age during program: Grade 10
In the top 5% of her class, Hanita is passionate about AI and machine learning in health care. She’s student council representative and was recently given the award for highest academic achievement in her grade. She has earned certificates for both game and app development.
Through the program, she has received a positive evaluation and developed an android app.
Conor Wee
Residence: Chongqing, China
School: Chongqing BI academy
Intended major: Biology/Chemistry
Age during program: Grade 11
His main academic interest is in Chemistry and Biology, and he excels in all subjects but especially STEM fields. He has taken AP Chemistry and has been a part of numerous science competitions. He would very much like to work with you in a Mentorship focused on deeper learning of Biology and/or Chemistry.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Amulya Gupta
Residence: Georgia, United States
School: Chattahoochee High School
Intended major: Bio-engineering or neuroscience
Age during program: Grade 10
Amulya is passionate about anything related to the field of biology. He scored an honours in biology at school and took part in the Science Olympiad competition.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and the mentor has agreed to write him a letter of recommendation.
Jacob Mai
Residence: Massachusetts, US
School: Wayland High School
Intended major: Computer Science
Age during program: Grade 11
Jacob is an active member in his school’s Math, Robotics and CS clubs. He is enrolled in a Computer Science course in school and has completed several basic projects. His grades are near the top of his class with 3.8 GPA and 1370 PSAT.
Through our research mentorship program, he received a positive evaluation and recommendation letters for college applications.
Jayda Liu
Residence: Virginia, United States
School: Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School
Intended major: Public Health
Age during program: Grade 12
Jayda is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-in-Training student. She is particularly passionate about urban health, which is an interdisciplinary area of public health, urban planning and design, and public policy. She aspires to enter the medical or public health sector. Her aim in this mentorship program is to learn to use statistical data to apply to her area of interests.
Through our research mentorship program, she received a positive evaluation and her mentor offered to write recommendation letters for her.
Hamesh Narzary
Residence: Tamil Nadu, India
School: SRM University
Intended major: Computer science
Age during program: Master’s degree applicant
Hamesh has just completed his Bachelor's degree in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. As an avid programmer and a Masters degree aspirant, he is keen on learning and developing his skill sets by exploring the various applications in the field of Machine Learning and AI.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation for his master's application.
Chloe Chen
Residence: Santa Barbara, California
School: Cate School
Intended major: Chemistry
Age during program: Grade 11
A science enthusiast, Chloe is currently taking classes for Advanced Chemistry and Honors Biology at school. She has taken Honors Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Computer Science outside of school, receiving As in all classes. She is exceptionally interested in the field of chemistry and how it is innately interdisciplinary in the applications of that field.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she received a positive evaluation and recommendation letters for college applications.
Manvi Mehta
Residence: Gurugram, India
School: The Shri Ram School, Moulsari
Intended major: Environmental Studies
Age during program: Grade 11
Passionate about environmental studies, Manvi is a member of the Environmental Club at school and has volunteered in various social initiatives. She was awarded subject excellence in Global Perspectives, Business Studies, Biology, History and English Literature.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Aashvi Baker
Residence: Tennessee, US
School: Madison Academic Magnet High School
Intended major:
Wildlife Biology
Age during program: Grade 11
Aashvi is interested in biology and how the environment impacts animals and their behavior, especially with endangered species.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, she has received a positive evaluation and letter of recommendation from the professor.
Sadhana Ganatra
Residence: Ontario, Canada
School: Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School
Intended major:
Biology
Age during program: Rising 12th grade
Sadhana is at the top of her class with a GPA 96/100. She has taken an advanced Biology course in grade 11 and will take another in grade 12. She is also a leader in her school's volunteering organization called Create Markham which focuses on improving her local environment.
Through our research mentorship program, she has received a positive evaluation.
Luke Keller
Residence: Florida, US
Intended major:
Physics
Age during program: Grade 12
Luke’s two main interests outside of academics are building computer and producing music. He is in his school robotics team and he enjoys the process of designing and manufacturing of robots. He is currently taking AP Mechanics to pursue his academic interest of majoring in Physics.
Through our science and engineering research mentorship program, he has received a positive evaluation and his mentor will write recommendation letters for him.
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