Belise Swartwood
Mathematics and Finance
STEM & ResearchAthleticsArts & CultureAccepted
MITMIT
Attending
MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Extracurriculars
Competitive Swimmer @ Club Swimming / MIT Division IIIAthletics
Trained 15-17 hrs/week, competing at national meets and qualifying for open-water junior nationals.
Coding Club Member @ Mililani High SchoolSTEM & Research
Built a wildlife-incident reporting app with backend Python and MongoDB for a coding challenge.
Concertmaster @ Hoyeuf SymphonyArts & Culture
Studied violin from age 7, advancing to concertmaster by senior year.
Piano Student @ IndependentArts & Culture
Studied piano from ~age 9 with weekly lessons alongside violin.
Undergraduate Researcher @ Massachusetts General HospitalSTEM & Research
Research intern in the hospital's research department beginning freshman year at MIT.
Researcher @ MIT Self Assembly LabSTEM & Research
Contributed to the Growing Islands project at the intersection of design and materials science.
Awards
AP Scholar with Distinction
ISEF Finalist — Convolutional Neural Network Medical Imaging Project
Second Place @ Hawaii State Science Fair
Winner @ Hoye Annual Coding Challenge