About Me

​Expertise

• SAT® Score: 1550, Math: 800, Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 750; March 2021

• PSAT/NMSQT® Score: 1500 out of 1520, Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 740, Math: 760; January 2021

• AP® Biology: 5 

• Intro Bio sequence, Columbia University: Have taken the most prestigious introductory biology course in the country​

• Columbia University, Intro to Statistical Reasoning: A — Equivalent to AP® Statistics

• General Chemistry sequence, Columbia University: Columbia University's general chemistry sequence is one the country's most prestigious chemistry course sequences. ​

  • General Chemistry I, Columbia University: A 

  • General Chemistry II, with Dr. Laura Kaufman, one of Columbia's most rigorous professors: B

• AP® Chemistry: Passing Score

• AP® English Language and Composition: 5

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Education and Honors

• Columbia University, New York, NY; 2022-2026

  • Major: Neuroscience and Behavior, Premedical curriculum

• National Merit Scholar, 2022

• Yale Young Global Scholar – Literature, Philosophy, and Culture, 2021

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Experience

SAT®, PSAT/NMSQT®, AP® Chemistry, and AP® Biology Instructor at Another Company

November 2023 - August 2024

• Worked for company as independent contractor

• Expanded a company's prospects in the standardized preparation market by offering high quality services at a low rate

• Praised by company employees and by my clients for services and teamwork skills

 

Mentor
The Science Squad
June 2023 - August 2023

• Mentored a pair of rising 11th-graders over the summer to help design, develop skills for, and contact researchers for a bioinformatics research project

• 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

• 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

• Praised by program leader for having my students produce exceptionally well-written and comprehensive research papers

  • 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

• Launched the first free tutoring program in my hometown’s local public library.

• Developed and disseminated advertisements to market the tutoring services.

• Available to students K-11 as a supplement to education during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Offered tutoring in a range of academic content areas, including but not limited to vocabulary acquisition, mathematics, social science, English, and natural science.