Class of 2028
A variety of highschool college students from Uzbekistan obtained acceptance letters from Ivy League universities, reminiscent of Brown, Harvard, Princeton, as properly as Vanderbilt College and New York College (NYU) in the 2023−2024 utility cycle.
Abdulaziz (Harvard College)
Abdulaziz Sobirov, 17, was admitted to Harvard College with a scholarship price $366,000. He intends to pursue his undergraduate research in Mechanical Engineering. Initially from Khiva, he is presently a highschool senior at Presidential College (PS) in Tashkent following the A-level curriculum.
“As I was studying your utility, I started to respect your mental drive and dedication to science and math competitions, love of robotics and engineering, and your [engineering projects] that will assist [those in need]. Clearly you might be all the time on the outlook for tactics to enhance the lives of others by means of innovation,” mentioned the e-mail that Abdulaziz obtained from his utility reader and shared with Gazeta.uz.
Abdulaziz famous his participation in Zakovat, a nationwide quiz bowl in Uzbekistan.
Staff “Et cetera” at Zakovat quiz bowl College students League. Abdulaziz Sobirov is the second from the left. October 2023. Photograph: PIIMA
“With my workforce, we gained three College students League seasons in a row, and have been champions of the 2022−2023 Zakovat College students’ League. We additionally acquired the primary place in the PIIMA (Company for the Growth of the Presidential, Creativity and Specialised Colleges below the Cupboard of Ministers of Uzbekistan — Gazeta.uz) Zakovat regional stage, and second place in the nationwide stage. Past that, I have participated in many regional, nationwide and worldwide science and math olympiads, interned at an worldwide engineering firm, and labored with a PhD robotics professor,” he commented.
Earlier, Abdulaziz has given an interview (video) to Farangiz Murodiy, extensively protecting his school admissions journey.
Alloma (Brown College)
Allomakhon Fayzullaeva, 18, obtained an acceptance from Brown College with a scholarship price $376,000. She intends to pursue her undergraduate research in Political Science and Gender Research.
In Could 2023, Allomakhon graduated from the Tutorial Lyceum below the College of World Financial system and Diplomacy, in a group with a focus in actual sciences and German language. Following her curiosity in German language, she gained the PASCH-Youth Programs scholarship by Goethe-Institut to attend a language studying summer time camp in Benediktbeuern, Bavaria, Germany in 2022. At the lyceum, she was awarded dean’s scholarship for educational accomplishments, Allomakhon shared with Gazeta.uz. Earlier, till the ninth grade, she studied in a public college No. 178 in Tashkent.
“I spent the summer time after commencement engaged on enhancing my SAT rating, researching schools, and enhancing my utility essays. As a result of I didn’t examine in a college that supplied IB/AP/A-levels or every other internationally acknowledged program, I determined to take on-line school programs on Coursera to proceed rising academically. Throughout my hole 12 months, I was additionally working as a personal IELTS tutor,” Allomakhon commented.
“In the long run, I hope to use my instructional background in political science and gender research to enhance gender equality in Uzbekistan, specializing in rising feminine management and political participation,” she concluded.
Allomakhon Fayzullaeva. Photograph: Private archive
Allomakhon Fayzullaeva. Photograph: Private archive
Asad (Vanderbilt College)
Asad Abdrshin, 18, acquired admitted to Vanderbilt College with a scholarship price $384,000. There, he is aspiring to delve into Arithmetic all through his undergraduate research.
Asad is an alumnus of United World Faculty Purple Cross Nordic (UWC RCN), an worldwide highschool in Norway, the place he pursued the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP).
“Being a high-school pupil from Tashkent, the pivotal second for me was the choice to the UWC program. The UWC expertise has remodeled me, having helped to develop academically, spiritually, culturally, and usually as a individual. Embarking on my journey in the US, I aspire to carry all of the information I had a nice likelihood to purchase in the worldwide atmosphere the UWC has surrounded me with. In the long run, I aspire to contribute to the betterment of humanity by means of making use of arithmetic in varied fields of the ever-changing fashionable world,” Asad shared with Gazeta.uz.
Asad Abdrshin with a UWC commencement certificates. Photograph: Private archive
Asad and UWC RCN head. Photograph: Private archive
UWC RCN campus. Photograph: Private arhive
UWC RCN campus. Photograph: Private archive
Husniddin (NYU Liberal Research)
Husniddin Qironov, 19, acquired admitted to the primary campus of New York College, Liberal Research college, the place he is aspiring to main in World Liberal Research program through the undergraduate years.
Husniddin is an alumnus of Goal Worldwide College, a personal college in Tashkent, the place he pursued Uzbekistan’s nationwide instructional curriculum.
Sayfullo (Princeton College)
Sayfullo Saidov, 17, was accepted to Princeton College with a $357,000 scholarship. Sayfullo intends to pursue his undergraduate research in Chemical and Organic Engineering. All through his admissions preparation, Sayfullo was guided by Freshman Academy, a school admissions consulting company. Gazeta.uz earlier revealed an interview with Freshman’s founder Valera Arakelyan.
A present highschool senior at PS in Tashkent is initially from Bukhara, though he spent a appreciable quantity of time dwelling in Japan together with his household.
Sayfullo Saidov. Photograph: Private archive
Salim (NYU Tandon)
Salim Abdusamatov, 17, obtained an acceptance letter from the primary campus of New York College, Tandon College of Engineering the place he intends to pursue his undergraduate research in Civil Engineering. All through his school utility course of, Salim was additionally guided by Freshman Academy.
Salim is a present highschool senior at Cambridge Worldwide Faculty in Tashkent following the A-Stage curriculum.
Salim Abdusamatov. Photograph: Private archive
Class of 2027
Final 12 months, highschool college students from Uzbekistan additionally obtained provides to pursue their undergraduate research in a few of the extremely selective universities in the USA.
Gulrukh (College of Pennsylvania)
Gulrukh Sodikova, 18, a PS in Tashkent alumna, acquired admitted to the College of Pennsylvania with a full-ride scholarship. She is at the moment pursuing her curiosity in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) as a freshman in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, aspiring to proceed her graduate research at a legislation college.
Staff “Et cetera” at Zakovat College students League, Could 2023. Gulkrukh Sodikova is the third from the left. Photograph: Digital 207 Telegram channel.
Moreover PS alumni, college students from public faculties and lyceums paved their methods to the famend greater instructional establishments in the USA as properly.
Farangiz (Stanford College)
Farangiz Murodiy, 21, acquired accepted to Stanford College with a full-ride scholarship protecting her tuition, meals, housing, and flight tickets to the US. An incoming sophomore intends to main in Symbolic Methods, concentrating in Human-Centered Synthetic Intelligence.
“My favourite factor about Stanford is its individuals. In Stanford, your classmates are one of the best in their subject coming from all all over the world: olympiad winners, celebrities, start-upers and passionate people who find themselves main a change in the world. Outdoors of Stanford, I like how shut it is to Silicon Valley, which is essentially the most entrepreneurial place in the world, the place Google, Apple, Microsoft headquarters are positioned. Due to this, I was capable of meet inspiring individuals just like the founders of OpenAI, Khan Academy, Coursera, and NVIDIA,” Farangiz shared with Gazeta.uz.
Farangiz is one among the members pioneering a Central Asian Pupil Affiliation at Stanford. Following the college acceptance, she joined a number of pupil associations on campus, the place she noticed the rigorous choice procedures for membership.
From left to proper: present MBA pupil at Golden Gate College Hikmatullo Umarhojiyev, director of the Analysis Institute for the Growth of Digital Applied sciences and Synthetic Intelligence below the Ministry of Digital Applied sciences of Uzbekistan Anvarkhodja Kadyrov, Farangiz Murodiy, and deputy head of the IT Funding Venture Workplace at Ministry of Digital Applied sciences of Uzbekistan Farrukh Abduvakhidov. Photograph: Private archive.
Khosilmurod (Yale College)
Khosilmurod Abdukholikov, 20, obtained a school admission supply from Yale College with a full-ride scholarship. There, Khosilmurod pursues his undergraduate research in Laptop Science and Philosophy, as properly as studying German as a international language. He was guided by Freshman Academy all through his utility course of.
Coming from Bakhmal district of Jizzakh area, he attended public highschool No. 60.
“Together with my research at Yale, I’m hoping to contribute to the increasing instructional alternatives for youth from villages with restricted sources,” Khosilmurod informed Gazeta.uz.
Parizoda (Columbia College)
Parizoda Assatilloyeva, 18, an alumna of a public college in Samarkand, obtained her acceptance letter from Columbia College as a a part of the John Jay Students Program.
She is at the moment pursuing her educational curiosity in Political Science as a freshman at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Parizoda was guided by Freshman Academy all through her utility course of.
Class of 2026
Earlier, extra college students from Uzbekistan have been granted acceptances to Ivy League establishments as a a part of the Class of 2026 cohort.
Feruza (Princeton College)
Feruza Mukhammadieva, 21, an alumna of college No. 32 in Kokand, was admitted with full-ride scholarships to Princeton College, New York College in Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Georgetown College, and Carnegie Mellon College. She pursues a main in Laptop Science with a minor in Machine Studying as a sophomore at Princeton College.
Amongst her extracurriculars on campus, Feruza is concerned in Society of Ladies Engineers Princeton as a profession improvement chairperson, Entrepreneurship Membership as a speaker outreach, as the coed shared with Gazeta.uz. She additionally co-founded Princeton Central Asian Pupil Affiliation.
Feruza Mukhammadieva. Photograph: Private archive
Iroda (Dartmouth College)
Iroda Abdulazizova obtained an acceptance letter with a full-ride scholarship from Dartmouth College. As a present sophomore, Iroda pursues her undergraduate research in Economics and Arithmetic.
Iroda is a scholarship alumna of Tashkent Worldwide College (TIS), the place she adopted IB DP curriculum.
“Dartmouth is well-known and distinguished from many different main universities as professors right here prioritize participating with undergraduate college students. Subsequently, alternatives to work with them on analysis are comparatively accessible. For instance, throughout my freshman 12 months, I labored as a analysis assistant in machine studying as a part of my normal curiosity in AI. At present, my pursuits span a wide selection of matters. Thankfully, Dartmouth’s liberal arts instructing mannequin permits me the pliability to discover varied fields by means of programs. By the tip of my sophomore 12 months, I can declare my main. I am additionally actively concerned in packages supplied by the Dartmouth Irving Institute for Vitality and Society, the place I attempt to incorporate sustainability in my work. I participated in the Clear Vitality Finance Bootcamp, the Electrical energy Grids and Markets Bootcamp, as properly as Vitality Hackathon. Observing the environmental scenario in Uzbekistan, I hope for the elevated public discourse in this matter and hope for extra initiatives to emerge aimed toward spreading public consciousness and educating professionals in this subject,” Iroda shared with Gazeta.uz.
“Reflecting on my admissions journey, it began at a common college in Tashkent. In the primary place, I am grateful to my dad and mom who inspired me to dream with out boundaries, believed in me greater than I believed in myself, and instilled the worth of training. I sincerely hope that extra dad and mom in Uzbekistan, particularly these of women, will nurture boundless assist of their youngsters’s ambitions,” she concluded.
Iroda Abdulazizova. Photograph: Private archive
Library room at Dartmouth. Photograph: Private archive
Baker Tower at Dartmouth. Photograph: Private archive
Umid (Yale College)
Umid Usmanov, 21, an alumnus of public college No. 17 in Samarkand, was supplied admission to Yale College with a full-ride scholarship throughout 2020−2021 utility cycle. Umid was guided by Freshman Academy all through his school utility journey.
Following the primary two years of his undergraduate research, Umid obtained a scholarship from Yale to pursue the examine of the Chinese language language throughout his hole 12 months at Tsinghua College in Beijing, China. He will return to Yale campus in the upcoming fall to proceed the final two years of research, double majoring in Economics and World Affairs.
“At Yale, I do analysis for a Professor at Yale College of Administration and lead Asian Crossroads at Yale (ACY), the primary student-led group at Yale that fosters conversations round Central Asia. Past school, I mentor highschool college students in their U.S. school utility journeys. Since becoming a member of the Freshman Academy workforce in 2020, we have collectively contributed to dozens of profitable school admissions tales, together with these resulting in Ivy League faculties,” Umid shared with Gazeta.uz.
Umid at the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington D.C. throughout a journey organized by a Yale pupil group. Photograph: Private archive
ACY occasion at Yale College with ambassador Javlon Vakhabov as an invited visitor. Photograph: Private archive
Umid Usmanov. photograph: Private archive
Class of 2011
Ulugbek (Stanford College)
Ulugbek Baymuradov, 37, is a graduate of Stanford College Class of 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics.
Ulugbek obtained a full-ride scholarship from Stanford and a monetary award for his training from John Kent Cooke (JKC) Basis as a JKC scholar. He was additionally elected as an Worldwide Officer (2007−2008) for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
He transferred to Stanford from Treasure Valley Neighborhood Faculty with an Affiliate of Arts (AA) diploma in Enterprise Administration and Accounting. Ulugbek is additionally a Future Leaders Change Program (FLEX) alumni (2002−2003). The Stanford alumnus is initially from Karshi, Kashkadarya area and is at the moment residing there.
“My present skilled occupation is associated to growing software program merchandise for startup firms innovating in the biotechnology subject and analysis establishments working in the genomics subject. Outdoors work, I wish to sail and surf,” Ulugbek shared with Gazeta.uz.
Ulugbek Baymuradov. Photograph: Private archive
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