This is adapted from a post on oneskillaweek.com
Being the best in your class is cool and all but are you hungry for more?
This is a list of advice, opportunities, resources, competitions, and programs that I wish I had at the beginning of my high school career. It will be updated as I discover more 😁
Life advice:
- Alex Guzey (THIS IS A BANGER)
- Y Combinator CEO
- The Angel Philosopher
Big Competitions:
- Paradigm Challenge ($)
- Microsoft Imagine Cup (😁 Currently North America Regional Finalist with Synbiolic)
- IOI, IMO, IPhO, IChO, IBO, and other International Science Olympiads
- Breakthrough Junior Challenge (Placed Top 30 in 2019)
- The Diamond Challenge (synbiolic made finals)
- CES Young Innovators to Watch (Submitted deepdev.tech)
- Google Science Fair (Aryan Misra and I did something fun 😉)
- MIT SOLVE (This is legit)
Grants/Funding:
- Pioneer grant (I currently edit videos for them and place top 100 globally)
- Emergent Ventures
- Thiel Fellowship
- 1517fund grant (I have a meeting with them :D)
- Helium Grant
- Y Combinator startup…