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science, specifically biology. She said she was doing a lab on invertebrates involving dead crabs in a jar when the subject clicked for her. Xu said she finally realized that molecular functions are the foundation of life — including hers. “I’d been taking my body’s functionality for granted,” she said. XU: FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE Xu’s passion for science Math and science have been a part of Xu’s life since and biology extends beyond the classroom she was a young as she has particigirl. pated in a sumShe joined her mer microbiology school’s math club research program in fifth grade, stickat Stony Brook ing with it until University in New the end of her high York and was school career. And Sophia Xu named a semifinaleven though she ist in the Siemens spent her junior and Competition in Math, Scisenior year at RHS as Math ence and Technology for Club president, Xu said things were fairly uncertain her work in the program. Xu plans to continue for her during those early with her studies in scidays in elementary school. ence in college. She will “I didn’t want to join at attend Stanford University first,” she admitted. in California and said she The 18-year-old has wants to study biology and been in the Lake Washcomputer science. Other ington School District schools Xu considered (LWSD) since kindergarwere California Institute of ten and said her mother, Technology (Caltech) and a math major in college, Massachusetts Institute of signed her up for math club when she was younger. Xu said she decided to continue with it as her math skills improved and she began enjoying herself. She said she enjoys the thinking process and “elegant solutions” that come with math, but doesn’t see herself pursuing a career in the field. “I don’t think I can be a math major,” she said. Xu found her niche in being away from his family — which consists of his parents and sister as well as his maternal grandparents — and friends. “That’ll be tough,” he acknowledged, adding that the relationships he’s formed are strong enough to overcome geography.
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