Shafiul is currently an undergraduate student attending Brown University. He is planning on double majoring in Applied Mathematics and Economics. Some of the coursework that Shafiul be taking in the upcoming semester include Principles of Economics, Introduction to Scientific Computing, and Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory.
Shafiul attended Stuyvesant High School and graduated as an AP Scholar with Distinction and as a member of ARISTA Honors Society. He was a Kweller Prep student preparing for the SAT during the Spring and Summer SAT sessions. He achieved a 1540 SAT score and a 34 ACT score, putting him in the 99th percentile of all test takers for both respective exams. At Stuyvesant, Shafiul took several rigorous courses, such as AP Computer Science, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, and Software Development.
Outside of coursework, Shafiul was a Managing Board member and head editor of the sports section of the Stuyvesant Spectator. In his time with the newspaper, Shafiul wrote many articles, led a social media page and a magazine project, and managed meetings with a group of 50 students. Shafiul served as Outreach Director for a non-profit organization called Second Hand Literature, where he collected over 1000 books for underprivileged groups, led partnerships with ten educational facilities, and helped to organize a summer literacy program. Shafiul was also a writer for the Stanford Daily Summer Journalism workshop, an intern and podcast producer for the Museum of Art and Design, a volunteer worker for Elmhurst Hospital’s Information Technology department, and an event leader for his high school’s Muslim Student Association. Shafiul has also won first place in the MIST New York 2022 Math Olympics and MIST New York 2023 Logic and Algorithms competitions, and as part of MAD’s Recess Teens, he has received an Honorable Mention with the National Public Radio for an interview with MAD Artist Studios Fellow Mia Wright-Ross.
Shafiul is always yearning to expand his knowledge on cutting-edge topics such as artificial intelligence. In his free time, he likes to watch sports games (especially soccer) and read mystery novels of any kind.