IELTS Academic
8
- Reading
- 9
- Listening
- 8.5
- Writing
- 7.5
- Speaking
- 7
Overall band
US undergraduate · Ivy League tier · liberal arts & design
Breadth on purpose. One transcript.
I am applying to selective US universities — including schools in the Ivy League — not to lock into a single lane, but to assemble my own mix of disciplines: rigorous mathematics and physics alongside industrial design and studio art. This site is my admissions-facing portfolio: scores, writing, and visual work that sit in the same frame as that plan.
01 — Academic focus
What I want from a US degree — in one place for admissions
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Target
Highly selective institutions (Ivy League and peers) where cross-registration and interdisciplinary programs make it realistic to study hard science and design in parallel — not as a side hobby, but as a deliberate curriculum.
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STEM
Continue depth in mathematics and physics — quantitative literacy I intend to use in research-oriented and applied contexts, not abandon for studio-only work.
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Design & art
Build fluency in industrial / product design and fine art — making, critique, and visual communication — so ideas move between sketch, prototype, and argument.
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Why together
The goal is a single undergraduate path where proofs and portfolios reinforce each other: structure from science, intuition from making, synthesis in how I write and present work.
02 — Education
Schooling · as on the application résumé
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2016 — 2022
School No. 57
Moscow, Russia
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2022 — 2027
Letovo School
International Baccalaureate (IB) programme
03 — Scores
Standardized testing · as reported for applications
SAT
710 / 800
Reading & Writing · Math
04 — Essay
Personal statement · why this mix of fields matters
The essay should spell out why Ivy-tier breadth fits you: not prestige for its own sake, but access to departments and peers that let you combine quantitative rigor with design and art in one coherent story. Keep a short excerpt here; full text as PDF below.
“I don’t want to choose between equations and objects — I want the same four years to train both.”Download full essay (PDF)
Place file at documents/personal-statement.pdf.
05 — Contact
Admissions offices · replace with your details