Hi, I'm Will, a history major at Princeton University from Richmond, VA. As the son of two teachers, I have always aspired to pursue a career in education, and I am beginning to make that dream a reality. During the summer of 2019, I served as a teaching assistant in two English courses at the Phillips Academy Andover Summer Session, where I will be returning again this summer. In August of 2020, my postgraduate career will begin as a Teaching Fellow at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. Through the fellowship program, I will simultaneously earn a master's degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania. My strongest subjects are history and English, but I also enjoy helping students with standardized tests. Outside of the academic world, my passions are sports (especially soccer), the outdoors, traveling, and listening to 70s and 80s "yacht rock."
College:
Education: Princeton University
Undergrad Major: History
High School:
Class Rank: 1
Awards & Honors: Valedictorian, English "10" (top ten English students in grades 9-12), Harvard Book Award (spring 2015), Wilbur Davis Bailey Award for Literature and Composition (spring 2015), British Literature Prize (spring 2014), AP Scholar with Distinction (fall 2015), National Spanish Exam Gold Key (spring 2013, 2014, 2015), Spanish Honor Society (fall 2015), Advanced Mathematics Competition School Winner (spring 2014)
Interests & Activities: Honor Council Chairman, Peer Advisor, Varsity Futsal (X4), JV Soccer Co-Captain, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce Intern (summer 2015), City Saints Camp for Inner-City Youth volunteer (summer 2015), Anna Julia Cooper School volunteer (fall 2015), Connor's Heroes volunteer, "Buddy" for New 9th Graders
SAT Scores: 770 Math, 800 Critical Reading, 800 Writing
ACT Scores: 35 Composite, 36 English, 34 Math, 35 Reading, 35 Science, 36 Writing
AP Exams: English Literature & Comp 5, Mathematics: Calculus AB 5, Calculus AB Subscore 5, Calculus BC 5, Spanish Language 5, Spanish Language 5, Statistics 5, Government & Politics: U.S. 5, US History 5, World History 5
SAT Subject Tests: US History 760, Math Level II 760, Spanish 760
Other:
Other Awards: Phi Beta Kappa Early Inductee (Sep. 2019); Lawrence Stony and Shelby Cullom Davis Prize for Senior Thesis Funding (Apr. 2019); Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence (Sep. 2018); Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence (Sep. 2017)
Other Interests & Activities: At Princeton, I'm involved in: Princeton Conservation Society (co-social chair), Cloister Inn (intramural sports chair + ICC), Wawa United (travel soccer team in Garden State Soccer League), Pickup Soccer Club (founder), Southern Society
Location: Princeton University