4 · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018 TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Colin Aikins
School, grade:
Central Catholic
High School, 12
Parents: Bill and
Maria Aikins
Academic
achievements:
High Honor Roll
since freshman
year and recognized at the Central
Catholic Honors Convocation in 2015
and 2016; GPA 4.33; Vocal Music
Award for freshman, sophomore and
senior years; 2014 President’s Educa-tion
Award for Outstanding Academic
Excellence; 2014 Pennsylvania Junior
Academy of Science (first place state
award and first place region award);
2014 Pittsburgh Regional Science and
Engineering Fair (third place earth/
space/environment division).
Extracurricular activities: Crew
team, swim team, masque club,
photography club, liturgical music
ministry, classical music club.
Community involvement: Nursing
home volunteer, started Music with a
Mission to raise money for charities.
Plans/goals: I hope to purse a career
in music with a focus on opera stud-ies.
I have already been offered early
acceptance into the Curtis Institute of
Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard
School in New York City.
Caitlin Allen
School, grade:
Yough Senior
High School, 12
Parent: Terri Allen
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society; National
Art Honor Society;
High Honors; honorable mention by
National Merit Scholarship Program;
highest score in school, bronze metal
for National Spanish Exam; West
Newton’s Women’s Club Student of
the Month; Rotary Club Student of
the Month; Yough Rocks recipient;
Women in Science Award and Schol-arship
from Seton Hill University.
Extracurricular activities: Var-sity
lacrosse; Bowl in a league; CAP/
SADD; Student Council; Envirothon
team captain; Journalism member.
Community involvement: Hostess
at Cracker Barrel, part-time nanny/
babysitter, private tutor.
Plans/goals: I have accepted my
offer of admission at Penn State,
University Park, where I will pursue
a bachelor’s degree in biology and
a minor in either astrobiology or
sustainability. After undergraduate
school, I plan to pursue a doctorate,
conduct original field research and
help conserve biodiversity.
Indrani Alagar
School, grade:
Pittsburgh Mil-liones
(Univeristy
Prep), 12
Parents: Mary
Beth, Ravi Alagar
Academic
achievements:
Homeschooled;
National Merit semifinalist (finalist
application submitted); National AP
Scholar and AP Scholar with Distinc-tion
awards; four consecutive gold
medals and summa cum laude na-tional
Latin examinations, Levels I-IV,
Cum Honore Maximo Egregio award
for perfect paper in 2015.
Extracurricular activities: The
Congressional Award: Gold Medal
(highest award given to youth by U.S.
Congress); tennis; music; swimming.
Community involvement: Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh volunteer; Free
Homework Help Pittsburgh, co-founder
and co-director.
Plans/goals: Being born extremely
premature as one of a set of quadru-plets,
in addition to my experiences in
conducting biomedical research, has
had a profound influence on my desire
to pursue a career in medicine. I hope
to engage in opportunities in global
health and scientific writing to help
people from diverse backgrounds.
Clara Almeter
School, grade:
Serra Catholic
High School, 12
Parents: Eileen
and Brian Almeter
Academic
achievements:
Highest Honor
Roll; Dean’s List;
National Honor Society; Quill and
Scroll Honor Society; Spanish Na-tional
Honor Society; Science National
Honor Society; class merit awards.
Extracurricular activities: Soccer,
basketball, musical stage crew, Junior
Achievement, Serra Catholic Eagle
Ambassadors, St. Bernadette Junior
Ladies of Charity; Interact Club.
Community involvement: McGinnis
Sisters Specialty Foods Store, em-ployee;
St. Bernadette Parish Festival
volunteer; St. Bernadette Parish Fish
Fry volunteer; St. Bernadette Parish
altar server; University of Pittsburgh’s
Special Olympics volunteer.
Plans/goals: I plan to attend a col-lege
or university to pursue a degree
in environmental engineering. I hope
to travel to impoverished regions
within the United States or other
countries, in order to provide clean
water systems, proper sanitation,
ample food and shelter options and
improve overall public health.
Rajan Alagar
School, grade:
Pittsburgh Mil-liones
(Univeristy
Prep), 12
Parents: Mary
Beth, Ravi Alagar
Academic
achievements:
Homeschooled;
National Merit Semifinalist (Final-ist
application submitted); National
Merit Semifinalist (finalist application
submitted); AP Scholar with Distinc-tion
Award; National Latin Examina-tion,
Level IV, Maxima Cum Laude,
Silver Medal; University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute Summer Academy
Scholar; USA Biology Olympiad.
Extracurricular activities: The
Congressional Award: Gold Medal
(highest award given to youth by
U.S. Congress); CocaCola Scholars
Program, national semifinalist.
Community involvement: Volun-teering
(over 1200 hours total):
Free Homework Help Pittsburgh,
co-founder and co-director of a free
tutoring service, 4 years.
Plans/goals: I intend to pursue a
career in medicine, as I am a compas-sionate
person who enjoys helping
people from all walks of life. I also
intend to do lab research and commu-nity
outreach projects in college.
Brinna Babich
School, grade:
Vincentian
Academy, 12
Parents: Angela
and Michael Babich
Academic
achievements:
National Honors
Society; High
Honors; A+ Awards for maintaining a
97% average throughout the school
year; Parsons College Summer Design
Course; IB Diploma Candidate.
Extracurricular activities: Field
hockey; musical crew; piano; sewing
lessons; art lessons; Silver Key Award
for an art piece in scholastic com-petition;
Vincentian Academy Royal
Ambassador; Yearbook Club.
Community involvement: Leaders
Now International, several ser-vice
projects completed within the
program including visiting The Little
Sisters of the Poor, Light of Life, Op-eration
Christmas Child, volunteering
at Re-purposed, Lutheran Passavant
nursing home, and Beverley’s Birth-days;
Hope for Houston.
Plans/goals: I plan on attending a
university to study business manage-ment.
After graduating, my goal is to
earn my MBA and work my way up to
gaining an upper-management posi-tion
in the fashion industry.
Krishnan Alagar
School, grade:
Pittsburgh Mil-liones
Maria Arlia
School, grade:
North Hills Senior
High School, 12
Parents: Angela
and Nick Arlia
Academic
achievements:
Class officer, vice
president, presi-dent,
president of the senior class;
National Honor Society; AP Scholar;
French National Honor Society.
Extracurricular activities: Penn-sylvania
Junior Academy of Science
(PJAS); Society of Women’s Engineer-ing
Award; University of Pittsburgh
Center for Engineering Swanson
School of Engineering Award.
Community involvement: St. Teresa
of Avila Roman Catholic Church altar
server; North Hills Food Bank volun-teer.
Plans/goals: I will be attending
the University of Pittsburgh, main
campus, in the fall of 2018, and I will
be majoring in pre-pharmacy, with
a PharmD guarantee for admission
to the University of Pittsburgh’s
Graduate School of Pharmacy. I plan
on joining many organizations on
campus to stay involved in my com-munity,
and I hope to study abroad to
further develop international connec-tions.
(Univeristy
Prep), 12
Parents: Mary
Beth, Ravi Alagar
Academic
achievements:
Homeschooled;
National Merit Semifinalist (finalist
application submitted); AP Scholar
with Distinction Award; National
Latin Examination, Level IV, Maxima
Cum Laude, Silver Medal; Pennsyl-vania
Delegate Pennsylvania School
for Global Entrepreneurship, Iacocca
Institute, Lehigh University (A former
Pennsylvania Governor’s School).
Extracurricular activities: The
Congressional Award: Gold Medal
(highest award given to youth by
U.S. Congress); CocaCola Scholars
Program, national semifinalist.
Community involvement: Volun-teering
(over 1300 hours total):
Free Homework Help Pittsburgh,
co-founder of a free weekly tutoring
service, 4 years; tennis volunteer.
Plans/goals: I intend to pursue
a career in business, international
finance or economics. I enjoy working
with people in a team environment
and envision working with nonprofit
organizations.
Jayalakshmi Alagar
School, grade:
Pittsburgh Mil-liones
(Univeristy
Prep), 12
Parents: Mary
Beth, Ravi Alagar
Academic
achievements:
Homeschooled;
National Merit Commended Student;
National AP Scholar Award; AP
Scholar with Distinction; Telluride As-sociation
Summer Program Finalist;
Maureen O’Donnell Oxford Classical
Dictionary Award.
Extracurricular activities: The
Congressional Award: Gold Medal
(highest award given to youth by
U.S. Congress); Coca Cola Scholars
Program, national semifinalist.
Community involvement: Hospital
volunteer; summer academy research
scholar and participant in seven-week
program; University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute volunteer.
Plans/goals: Being interested in the
intersection of science and history as
it relates to present day, I envision
using my communication, writing,
and leadership skills towards a career
in international law. Also, I intend to
continue performing scientific labora-tory
research and photographing
historical re-enactments in college.
Garison Andolina
School, grade:
Greensburg Salem
High School, 12
Parents: Kerri and
Jake Andolina
Academic
achievements:
Greensburg Salem
Hockey Academic
Award; 12th Grade AP Spanish,
Honors Advanced Chemistry, AP
American History, Honors Law and
Economics; AP Calculus; Honors
Modern Physics, Honors International
Studies, Honors PreCalculus.
Extracurricular activities: Con-gressional
Nomination to US Naval
Academy and US Air Force
Academy; ice hockey; baseball;
Physics Club; Robotics Club.
Community involvement: Firefight-er
with Forbes Road VFD; Completed
Essentials of Fire Fighting Training,
volunteer, over 130 hours of training;
Participated in mock crash demon-stration
for high school students.
Plans/goals: My aspirations and
goals are to attend the US Naval
Academy or US Air Force Academy
with the goal of graduating as an
officer with a mechanical engineering
degree. Following the academy, I hope
to enter flight school and become a
pilot for the US military.