Top 5 Strengths

If you had to distill me into my 5 greatest strengths overall, this is what I'd put down.

#1 Creativity. I can invent my own ideas and flow freely in my mind. It's 举一反三 but times 5000.

#2 Learning Speed. Just like ethernet, I am wired to absorb information and interpret it quickly.

#3 Enthusiasm. I possess a strong energy field and it's contagious in groups. People pick up on this often.

#4 Leadership. I'm like Alexander the Great. I'll lead us into battle, and I'll fight alongside my soldiers.

#5 Curiosity. I just want to know, and I don't want to stop; I'll keep on seeking knowledge, up until I drop.

Top 5 Academic/Knowledge Strengths

If you asked me to write down my 5 greatest knowledge areas, this is what I'd write.

#1 Mathematics. It's the core of my existence, the key to success everywhere.

#2 Geography. It's the merger of shapes, colors, and numbers—the three concepts I am most sensitive to.

#3 Music. To me, music flows naturally, a direct consequence of emotion, spirit, and love.

#4 Languages. It's the merger of shapes, strategy, and numbers, fitting perfectly into the Triplex Mindset.

#5 Optimization. The subject of a research project, it combines math and CS onto another planet.

MIT Research

I have performed 5 research projects, or UROPs, at MIT. See summaries here, or click on a project!

#1 Two-Stage Optimization for ICT Routing: Jobs and Coverage Vehicles. (Optimization/Management)

#2 Simulation of Radiation Defects. (Nuclear Science)

#3 WikipediaBase: NLP and Question-Answering. (Computer Science)

#4 Ottoman Music: Oud Corpora Analysis. (Music/Humanities)

#5 Space-Filling 3d Tetrahedra. (Mathematics)

Piano

I will always hold on to music and never let it go.

(TCL is Trinity College London, a UK-based worldwide examination board in the performing arts.)

May 2018: LTCL with Distinction. A 45-minute formal recital, equal to last-year undergraduate studies.

May 2017: ATCL with Distinction. A 40-minute formal recital, equal to first-year undergraduate studies.

May 2016: Advanced Certificate Exhibition Award. Highest score (perfect 100) out of all performers.

NJMTA: 7x High Honors, 2x Honors. Awarded for brilliant, memorized performance of piano pieces.

Olympiads (High School)

From a previous lifetime.

#1 Mathematics. USAMO x2 ('19, '20). USAJMO x1 ('18). AIME x4 ('17 - '20). AMC 12: 132; AMC 10: 144.

#2 Computing. USACO Gold '18-'19.

#3 Linguistics. NACLO Invitational '19. The top 10% in the Open Round go to the Invitational.

#4 Physics. USAPhO '20. High school team won Physics Bowl '19; I was a team member (top 5 in school).