GREGORY CONVERTITO 0 GEORGE A. KELLNER ’64 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR Majors: mathematics, philosophy
It is a really nice place to live: people always say hello — sometimes we get e-mails saying there are leftover cookies and to help yourself.
Hometown: Fairfield, Connecticut Awards and honors: President’s Fellow, mathematics; Phi Gamma Delta Prize in Mathematics; Irving K. Butler Prize in Mathematics; Rhodes Scholarship nominee; Barry Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention; Outstanding Presentation Award, Mathematical Association of America MathFest; Physics Prize; Faculty Honors; Deans’ Scholar for the Class of 2016 Extracurricular activities: The Fred Pfeil Community Project; member, President’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct; University College London Triple Helix Society (during semester abroad)
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What has been most important to you outside of class? My involvement in the Fred Pfeil Community Project has been my most important experience outside of class. It is a really nice place to live: people always say hello — sometimes we get e-mails saying there are leftover cookies and to help yourself. Generally people leave their doors open so that others will come in and hang out. It’s like living in a small town where you know your neighbors. The events on Friday nights and multiplicity of groups (with focuses such as board games, rom coms, and poetry) are a plus.
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I’m constantly thankful for his positivity,excitement for my interests,and instilling in me the belief that if I want to make something happen,I can. / Spring 2016 /
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