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Awards

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Writing Awards

  • Iowa Young Writers’ Studio Summer Residential Program, Selected participant with writers worldwide 

  • National High School Poetry Contest - Just Poetry! Certified National Winner; Published in anthology 

  • National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing, Superior Distinction 

  • Teen Writing Contest - Morristown Festival Books, Short Fiction Winner  

  • Harvard International Review, Bronze Medal & Outstanding Writing Content Award 

  • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Gold Key in Personal Memoir; Silver Key in Short Story; Honorable Mentions in Poetry 

  • National History Day, New Jersey Regional and State Paper Category, Finalist (10); Exhibition Category, Finalist (11)   

  • Society of Classical Poets International High School Competition, Winner; Published 

  • Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Scholarship, Interlochen Arts Academy, Finalist 

  • Lionfish Literary Magazine: Poets House, Selected for Publication 

  • Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, Selected Participant 

  • Yale Daily News Summer Journalism Program, Selected Participant

  • Paul-Victor Winters Memorial Creative Writing Contest, Second Place in Prose; Published  

  • Sejong Sijo Writing Competition, Finalist 

Music Awards  

  • Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Young Musicians Competition, National Finalist (11) & Semifinalist (10)​

  • Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Cello Workshop - Selected Participant​

  • New York Youth Symphony Chamber - Cellist of Selected Representative Quartet​

  • American Protégé International Music Competition, First Place ​ 

  • Young Artists International Premiere Competition, First Place ​

  • New York Young Virtuoso Competition, First Place  ​

  • Prodigy International Music Competition, First Place

  • Charleston International Romantic Music Competition, First Place 

  • Berlin International Showcase Music Competition, First Place 

  • International Schubert Competition Vienna, Finalist 

  • ​Prima Volta Music Competition, First Place ​

  • International Grand Music Competition (IGMC), Winner

  • VIVO International Music Competition, First Place

  • Elite International Music Competition, First Place 

  • ​Tri-M Music Honor Society

  • Interlochen Arts Camp, Cello Intensive Workshop & New England Conservatory Summer Orchestra Institute - Selected by audition 

Others

  • Columbia Science Honors Program (Social Science Research Technoques)

  • Daily Point of Light Award, George H. W. Bush Foundation  

  • National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student 

  • Chinese National Honor Society

  • Tri-M Music Honor Society

  • Bergen County Gold Level Service Award

  • AP Scholar with Distinction 

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