Those who know Erika Yu (‘23) even in passing will no doubt describe her as the perfect extrovert. The debate team’s president, she’s vibrant, cheerful, brimming with energy, and is never at a loss...

Responses were edited for length and clarity.  Why did you choose to apply to this college?  I am planning to study history at the College of Arts & Sciences, and the courses in the catalog...

Playing ice hockey since he was just three years old, Hunter Selkow (‘25) is no stranger to the rink.  With over a decade of experience, including recruitment to elite programs, Selkow has built...

Tyler Kubo (‘23) recently committed to Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA to pursue his baseball career. Kubo is a senior at Amador Valley who has spent the majority of his life training and playing...

Ever since he was young, Vivaan Vora (‘25) had a passion for programming. His interests in computers and software inspired him to create the Bay Area Hacks Society, a non-profit organization that tutors...

As Yatin Bayya (‘25) worked on his French homework, he frequently struggled to find the commands for accent marks, which pushed him to code his own google extension, “Easy Accent Marks.” Now, all...

Over the past summer, Simran Khemlani (‘24) was browsing through fashion posts on social media when she stumbled across a program mentioned in a TikTok comment section: the Nordstrom Ambassador Program.  The...

AV Alumni Lauryn Marie ('20) released her first song when she was just 15 years old. That song is called The Romantic, which now has over 2.7 million streams on Spotify. Today, Marie has taken the statement,...

For Angad Bhargav (‘24), with the ability to code comes the ability to solve a limitless set of problems. Bhargav creates new, rising apps to aid students, most notably BetterQ and StudyKit.  BetterQ...

Amador Valley’s standout Tight End James Rothstein has committed to play football for the Army Black Knights and serve in the United States Military Academy. Rothstein visited West Point over the summer...

Sharanya Javli (‘24) picked up her hobby in crocheting and fashion during quarantine, and her passion has now expanded to making clothes for friends and a potential business. “I started crocheting...

Why did you choose to apply to this college? I chose to apply to MIT just because they have the best computer science school, it gave the undergraduate students a lot of opportunities, not only to explore...