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Emily
Three-Year Gold Tier | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Insight: Emily was solving gene sequencing problems in Python… but didn’t think it mattered because it wasn’t for a formal research lab. We quickly realized she needed help connecting her skills to real-world impact and aligning her application accordingly.
Strategy & Execution
Research Coaching
Identified PI matches, pre-reviewed her cold-emails, and held weekly debriefs to translate lab jargon into admissions language.
Project Amplification
Added teacher dashboards, wrote unit tests, and open-sourced code on GitHub with MIT-style documentation standards.
Impact Framing
Branded her CRISPR toolkit as “Rural-GENE,” crafted a one-pager for school boards, and recorded a demo video viewed 3 k+ times.
Publication & Conference Sprint
Fast-tracked an abstract to the AAAS High-School Poster Session; coached her 3-minute lightning talk until it ranked “Top 5 most engaging.”
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