
About Me

Independent Contractor; 1600 College Entrance Exam, 1520 College Entrance Preparatory Exam, Pre-College Advanced Chemistry, and Pre-College Advanced Biology Instructor
November 2023 - August 2024
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Worked for company as independent contractor
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Expanded a company's prospects in the standardized preparation market by offering high quality services at a low rate
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Praised by company employees and by my clients for services and teamwork skills
Mentor
The Science Squad
June 2023 - August 2023
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Mentored a pair of rising 11th-graders over the summer to help design, develop skills for, and contact researchers for a bioinformatics research project
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Worked with my mentees to have them accepted into top labs in protein biology at Vanderbilt University, the University of Washington, and Columbia University
Research Mentor
Roaring Cubs Collective
June 2023 - July 2023
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Mentored two high school students to build their skills in literature-based STEM research over the summer in pilot program by this non-profit organization
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Praised by program leader for having my students produce exceptionally well-written and comprehensive research papers
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Invited to hold an executive board position at the program
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Head Tutor, Founder
Ask Samvat - Predecessor to Current Services
April 2021 - May 2022
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Launched the first free tutoring program in my hometown’s local public library.
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Developed and disseminated advertisements to market the tutoring services.
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Available to students K-11 as a supplement to education during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Offered tutoring in a range of academic content areas, including but not limited to vocabulary acquisition, mathematics, social science, English, and natural science.
Experience
Below I've listed my scores for college entrance, pre-college advanced course, and national scholarship exams, whose names I can't use until I obtain copyright permissions. Please let me know via my contact form if you have any questions.
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College Entrance Exam: 1550, Math: 800, Reading and Writing: 750; March 2021
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National Scholarship Exam: 1500/1520, Reading and Writing: 740, Math: 760; January 2021
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Biology: 5
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Have taken the most prestigious introductory biology course in the country: Intro Bio sequence, Columbia University
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Columbia University's general chemistry sequence is one the country's most prestigious chemistry course sequences.
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General Chemistry I, Columbia University: A
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General Chemistry II: B--With Dr. Laura Kaufman, one of Columbia's most rigorous professors
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Chemistry: Passing Score
Expertise
Education and Honors
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Columbia University, New York, NY; Expected 2026
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Major: Neuroscience and Behavior, Premedical curriculum
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Dean’s List, Fall 2022
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Earned the merit-based scholarship associated with the National Scholarship Exam, 2022
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Yale Young Global Scholar – Literature, Philosophy, and Culture, 2021