Cezar is an artist and programmer born in Romania and working in Brooklyn. His software-based practice uses video, 3D rendering and the web as a means of understanding and recontextualizing the spaces between humans and computers. His work often involves the creation of humane digital environments that juxtapose elements native to our computers wit...

Magi’s main scientific interests are within the area of Mathematics, Statistics and their application. After a successful competitive maths high school career, she went on to study an integrated (BA+)Master in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Oxford. There she developed a strong interest in applied maths research and ultimately proce...

David was born and raised in Georgia where he currently lives. He is a sophomore at Harvard University and plans to concentrate in applied mathematics with a secondary in physics. Given his major, his favourite subject in school was mathematics. David loves to read historical books and play chess in his free time. Additionally, he enjoys running an...

Baihan studies at Stanford and has yet to declare a major. He graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School, a boarding school in Connecticut, where he competed in the National History Day, American Mathematics Competition, International Olympiad of Philosophy, and the Ayn Rand Institute Essay Competition. Baihan enjoys performing in Shakespearean theat...

Ioana is currently studying Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. She has earned a scholarship to study her last 2 years in the UK. During her time at Oxford University, she has taken multiple leadership roles such as the year representative in the Joint Consultative Committee of her degree and the International Students Representative at her c...

Jannah graduated from the International School of Choueifat - Egypt and is currently studying Economics and Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam. Beyond her academic work, Jannah spends her free time reading and watching sports like football and Formula One.

Oana is currently studying Political Science at the University of Amsterdam while being a debate mentor for high school students in her hometown. She proudly represented her country at the World Schools Debating Championship in both 2020 and 2021. In addition to this, Oana is part of the Machiavelli Student Council at her university and contributes...

After being admitted to Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, Durham in the UK and Harvard, UPenn (University Scholar), Rice, Vanderbilt, Richmond (Richmond Scholar’s Scholarship), Colgate in the US, with full scholarship everywhere, Tinu chose to study Mathematics at Harvard University. After working in the financial sector for a while, he founded Upgrade Edu...

Sonia is currently doing her second year of Law at University of Cambridge. In the meantime, she also works for Amicus, an NGO in the US that seeks to ensure legal aid to prisoners on death row. Because this is not challenging enough, she also has two incoming internships lined up for her with two of the biggest law firms in the world - Dentons, an...

Yvonne graduated in Politics and East European Studies with First Class Honours from UCL. Recently, she was accepted at Oxford University to study for a master’s in Russian and Eastern European Studies, starting in October 2021. She represented UNICEF Romania at UNICEF Children Wash Forum in Tajikistan in 2015. She was the Students’ Council represe...

My name is Adina and I am currently studying Law at UCL. The study of Natural Sciences in an elite high school has allowed me to employ a logical and well-structured approach to studying which I now use for Law. Multiple National Olympiads, Model United Nations conferences, as well as different academic summer programmes across the UK and China hav...

Selin is a third-year student studying Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. She is following the ‘Developmental’, as well as the ‘Brain and Cognition’ specialization track. She transferred from Erasmus University Rotterdam to the University of Amsterdam back in 2019. Selin will apply for Masters’s in Neuroscience in the upcoming year. In addi...

Teodor is an international merit scholar in Economics and Finance at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. His primary academic interests have long been finances and mathematics, and he was a laureate of the Romanian Economics Olympiad. He has extensive experience in education, especially in developing and teaching courses. He served as President of ...

Tana is a Sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Cognitive Science and minoring in Consumer Psychology. She is Co-VP of Internal Affairs Committee at the Wharton Alliance, Social Media Chair at the WQHS Radio and Research Assistant at the Neuroscience Community Education Lab at Penn. Tana is also a member of different societies, su...

Shakila graduated from the University of Oxford in 2021 with a BA Hons in Jurisprudence (Law). After graduation, she went on to work as an English Teacher at an independent boarding school in West Sussex. Part of her role involves helping students with university applications and the Oxbridge process. Beyond her studies, she is a keen hockey player...

After winning and participating in many mathematics competitions and olympiads in high school, Radu was admitted to the University of Oxford and other two Liberal Arts colleges in the US namely, Amherst and Williams College. Currently, he studies Mathematics and Philosophy at the University of Oxford, which combines two of his passions he would lik...

Radu is a teacher at the Center of Excellence in Philosophy at UCL, where he has been teaching for three years. He reached the national phase of the olympiads of Logics and he is currently representative of the faculty and member of the society of Philosophy at UCL in London. His main focus of interest is Mathematical Foundations and the Philosophy...

Osman obtained his Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Oxford. He is currently reading for his Master of Letters in Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews. Alongside his academic work on the history of political thought, Osman kept busy in the running of student politics and debating societies.

Nora studies Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. She participated in the National Olympiads of both Mathematics and Astrophysics and has undertaken 2 years of research at the Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, Institute of Space Science, Magurele, where she wrote an article under the coordination of her mentor. She published se...

Nikita graduated with the department and general honours in Cognitive Science from Johns Hopkins University. In college, she conducted research on pediatric migrant health and volunteered at a clinic that addresses the social determinants of health for Baltimore residents. After graduation, Nikita has moved to rural Alabama to work at a healthcare ...

Mihai was part of the top ranking in theoretical exams. He obtained numerous prizes for academic achievement and essay competitions. He was also involved in research, publishing it in peer-reviewed journals. He taught younger peers in medical school and he was also mentoring younger peers admitted for the Academic Foundation Programme of which he h...

Lara was awarded several prizes at various Olympiads during her high-school years - she qualified at a national level for Biology, English and Mathematics. She won the 1st prize in the international student conference EuroMath in Greece. She graduated with First-Class with Distinction in Architecture from the University of Cambridgein 2019, ranking...

Iulia is a second-year student at TU Delft. After her first year of studies, she chose to specialize in Big Data where, for example, she implemented recommender systems similar to the one that Netflix is using. She also took classes in Computer Graphics that involved doing projects such as a dynamical simulation of the solar system or a non-real-ti...

Ina is currently a student at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL and a summer intern at West Group Architecture in Bucharest. She attended design and architecture classes from the beginning of her high school years. Ina has projects exhibited in the Bartlett Summer Show 2021 and she is one of the writers and editors of the B-Asia Magazine, a B...

Ion graduated in 2015 with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Oxford University. He has been a software engineer ever since, having worked at Morgan Stanley in London and as a software contractor in Bucharest. He has been involved in teaching since 2017, having volunteered both with Code Club, teaching youngsters how to code, and in ...

Ilinca graduated with a degree in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, and since then she has been working in Climate & Sustainability policy. Starting high school she has been involved in numerous extracurricular projects such as co-founding an Interact Club, acting in Selwyn College Cambridge JCR, Presiding ove...

Henry graduated with First Class Honours in Russian and Czech from the University of Oxford. He is currently studying for a master’s degree in Conflict and Development at the University of Ghent, in Belgium, which has also given him, a half-Belgian, the opportunity to finally learn Dutch.

Georgi is a first-year chemistry student at Oxford University. He is a two-time participant in the International Chemistry Olympiad. His interests are in self-development, finance and economics. In his free time, he enjoys meeting new people, playing football and exercising at the gym.

George is currently studying Mathematics at Imperial College London and has been involved in the world of olympiad mathematics for many years. He studied at The International Computer High School of Bucharest and had the opportunity to meet a lot of students who went through the process of admission to European universities. His outgoing personalit...

After graduating as a valedictorian from high school, Gabrielle is currently a Political Science Honours student specialising in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Apart from academics, Gabrielle is actively involved in student politics. In 2020, she co-founded 020, a student political party that became the second-large...

Francesca was accepted to Tufts University as a Neubauer Scholar. She studied Clinical Psychology, worked as a research assistant in several research labs, while also volunteering for a suicide helpline and working with kids in an underserved community. In her senior year, she completed an internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a Seni...

Francesca graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a degree in International Relations and Sociology. During her undergraduate studies, she spent her year of Erasmus+ in Rovaniemi, Finland, enjoying nordic skiing every morning before her classes. Soon after her bachelor's degree, she obtained an MSc. in International Development Studies with ...

During her bachelor's in Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente, Fatema completed an honours programme whilst directing the marketing of a start up incubator. In the interest of applying her technical interests to the market, she is now doing her master’s in Business Administration at the Unversity of Amsterdam. After following the hig...

Elli graduated from the University of Bath in the UK with second class honours first division Bachelors’ degree in Chemistry. Currently, she is studying at the University of Amsterdam to obtain a Masters’ degree in Chemistry with a focus on Energy and Sustainability. After she completes the Masters’ degree, she plans to work in the field of chemist...

Destinee graduated in Molecular Environmental Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, she is studying to attend medical school in order to become a Medical Scientist in the future. She has a passion for art, learning and growth and is excited to work toward achieving educational and personal goals with her students.

Dawn is a student at the University of Amsterdam pursuing an Economics and Business Economics degree. Before this, she studied at Brandeis University while working as a Peer advocate to provide psychological and practical help to students. She also worked for a non-profit organization called Give Orange to support the people at the margins in Korea...

Daria is in her second year at King’s College London, studying the LLB Politics, Philosophy and Law. She is currently acting as Debates Officer in the KCL Law Society, while also being part of the university’s European Law Moot Court team. Daria gained experience in the legal and political field after her internships at the Senate and the Governmen...

Danielle Mikaelian attended Columbia University, where she was named as Columbia University's Student of the Year. She graduated at the top of her class with a BA in English Literature. At Columbia, Danielle served on eleven university executive boards. She oversaw Columbia’s wellness programming, managed sixteen university publications, and spearh...

Daniel graduated in Liberal Arts with a major in Architecture from Yale University. In college, he worked at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies as an archivist and translator. He was also an assistant at the Yale Summer School Painting and Drawing Seminar in Auvillar, France in 2013 and 2014. After college, he joined Teach for Ro...

Cristiana graduated from the University of Cambridgein 2021, obtaining First Class Honours in her Masters of Engineering Degree. Although she initially enrolled in the Natural Sciences Tripos, she decided to change her course in her second year of university to study Engineering. She won several academic awards, with the most important one being th...

Cami graduated with First Class Honours in Aerospace Engineering from University of Cambridge. She also pursued a master’s in partnership with Rolls Royce at Cambridge. After an internship at the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, she became an Upgrade Education mentor. Cami is truly passionate about education, which can be seen from her re...

Bogdan is a law student at the University of Cambridge, the University of Bucharest and La Sorbonne. He has finished his first year at the University of Cambridgewith a First Class and has been very active in the legal community at Cambridge. He has published in Per Incuriam, the Law Society’s Review has been Publicity Officer of the Law Society as...

After completing high school at UWC Red Cross Nordic in Norway with a full scholarship, Bianca studied Philosophy and Modern Languages and Literatures at Kenyon College. During college, she was an associate for the literary magazine The Kenyon Review and worked in student mental health support as a Peer Counselor. After spending a year abroad in To...

Alex graduated magna cum laude in History from the University of California, Berkeley. Since graduating, he has worked as a tutor for both high school and university students. An avid guitarist and singer, he spends much of his free time writing, performing, and recording music with his twin brother.

Alexandru was a Physics National Olympiad winner in high school. He did a BA/MEng in Information and Bioengineering and an MRes in Sensor Technology and Applications at the University of Cambridge. He is now a Ph.D. Student funded by EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technology and Applications. He is working towards developing AI syst...

Andrei is in his final year of his bachelor in International Business Administration at Rotterdam School of Management and his bachelor in Philosophy at Erasmus School of Philosophy. He is currently also working for a business technology consulting firm in Romania, dealing with marketing and sales. He is driven to boundless curiosity no-matter the ...

Andrei is a former international olympiad participant in chemistry and other sciences during high school. He was two times gold medalist at the International Chemistry Olympiad. He graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude in 2020 with a degree in Chemistry. During his studies, he conducted chemistry and environmental science research at ...

After reaching the National Olympiad in Biology in 11th and 12th grade, Ana was admitted to Oxford University for a degree in Biological Sciences, where she became a Rabi Scholar -a finance and research scholarship for STEM- and to Columbia University, US, choosing to study at the latter one. She has researched for three years at Molecular Biolog...