RAJ attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He graduated from the High School of American Studies at Lehman College (HSAS), one of the two specialized high schools in the Bronx. Raj scores in the 99th percentile on his SAT with 1530/1600, with an 800/800 on the Math section.
Since the 6th grade, Raj attended Kweller Prep for both Kweller’s Hunter and Baccalaureate Prep classes. Raj was ultimately accepted to Baccalaureate (BSGE) but decided to transfer to HSAS at Lehman for High School two years later. He scored a 616 on the SHSAT.
As a high school senior, Raj took one of the hardest courseloads in his school with classes such as AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, and AP Spanish Language, adding on to his past 3 AP courses, such as World History, US History, and English Language, all of which he scored 5/5 on. Additionally, Raj excelled on his SAT 2 tests with a 790/800 on his Math 2 test and a 780/800 on his Physics and World History tests.
Throughout his high school summers, Raj participated in many prestigious summer programs such as the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, the Summer Humanities and Engineering Academy at Columbia University, and was one of 24 seniors chosen out of thousands to attend the intensive “Brain Camp” neuroscience scholarship program at Muhlenberg College, where he learned about neuroscience and led hands-on research studies of the Neural Reuse Theory with his fellow campers. At HSAS, Raj was a Co-Captain for his school’s Varsity Tennis team and HSAS’s Model United Nations Team. Raj was the Treasurer of his Spanish Honors Society and his school’s Math Club Co-Founder.
In his spare time, Raj helped those in his community, whether volunteering weekly as a Youth Mentor at his local Hindu Temple or helping out his working-class parents in their small greeting cards store. Additionally, Raj is proficient in speaking Marathi, his family’s native language, and Spanish, Raj is a former student and tutor at Kweller Prep. We are very lucky Raj will help host Kweller Prep’s QuestBridge webinar.