Justin attends Emory University and is on track to receive a Bachelor of Science in Business. He graduated as Valedictorian, ranked #1 in his senior class. During Justin’s first year at Emory, he was on the Dean’s List and inducted into Phi Eta Sigma’s Honor Society. Justin graduated from Baruch High School, located in Manhattan. Justin’s coursework in high school included: Forensics, Honors Literature, Regents Algebra, Geometry, Biology, Chemistry, and Spanish. In his first year of college, he excelled in his classes: Business Economics, Calculus, Middle Eastern Civilizations, Intermediate Spanish, Financial Accounting, Anthropology, and a Rhetorical Composition class. In his second year of college, he took multiple high-level classes, including; Stocks, Bonds, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Informational Systems of Management, and Managerial Accounting. Besides school, Justin also attended a Civil, Environmental, and Alternative Energy Engineering Program at Syracuse University – Syracuse.edu. The program entailed exploring the properties of materials and the fundamentals of structural engineering. It also included a hands-on component to study the stress and behavior of certain materials under varying conditions.
Justin took many Advanced Placement classes, including AP US History, AP Physics, and AP AB Calculus. He received an Advanced Regents Diploma. In addition, he has received many awards like the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America Scholarship Award, the Hanley Medal from the School Art League, a Semi-Finalist for the Posse Scholarship, and a member of the National Society of High School Scholars. Justin was involved in multiple activities, such as being a part of the Lemelson MIT Invent Team. While there, he and his team won a $10,000 grant to build a cost-efficient washing machine designed with solar power. The device his team developed served underprivileged families who do not have access to a washer or dryer.
Additionally, Justin was a leader on his high school’s Math Team. He met with members to work through complex problems at the Lorax Environmental Club, where he had multiple fundraisers to help raise awareness about the environment. He was a part of the Varsity Soccer Team, where the team traveled throughout the city.
More recently, Justin has been a part of multiple business clubs, such as Algory Capital Group and Emory Impact Investing Group. He also came in 3rd place at a stock pitch competition where he had to pitch a stock with certain criteria before venture capitalists. He is in the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, where he has been heavily involved in every semester since joining. In this first semester after joining, he was the recruitment chair, where he was helping to expand the brotherhood of the fraternity. This previous semester he was the president of the fraternity, where he participated in weekly chapter meetings and regular social events designed to foster the community and make members of principle. Justin has been a part of multiple Jewish programs from the Meor Organization at Emory, such as the Maimonides Jewish Program and the Jewish podcast fellowship.
Justin has experience as an SAT and SHSAT tutor. Justin has taught classes at Kweller Prep for a few years now and is excited to work with the students at Kweller Prep this summer and beyond. Before joining Kweller Prep, Justin tutored middle school and high school students in Regents Algebra 1, 2, and Biology. When not at Kweller Prep, Justin enjoys skiing, golfing, and spending time with his friends, many of whom work at Kweller Prep.