Hi, I'm Yevgenia Rem

Things I'm Proud Of

I started in an unlikely place. After immigrating to the US, my family struggled financially, and we were even homeless for a bit. Through it all, my parents worked incredibly hard to support my sister and me, and from them I learned the value of wholly dedicating myself to what I value.

As a kid, I loved school and devoted myself to my studies. At 13, I won a full scholarship to attend Polytechnic School, one of the top private schools in CA, where I graduated summa cum laude.

Later, I won a full scholarship to go to an SAT prep program, where in the span of a summer I raised my score from 2010 to 2370 out of 2400.

Then, with the help of the Abu-Haidar Family Scholarship, I got a nearly full ride to Dartmouth College. In that moment, I started to realize how far trying my best could take me. So in college, I decided to go all in.

In my classes, I tried my absolute best. I not only maintained a 4.0 GPA, but five professors took notice of my dedication and wrote personal citations for me in my transcript, which happens when a professor is so impressed with a student that a grade doesn't seem to adequately express the student's contribution to the class.

One professor even nominated me for the Edson Memorial Prize, which I later won. I was also awarded the Sophomore Prize, which is given to the top student or students in a class of 1,200+, inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and became a Rufus Choate Scholar.

After college, I decided I wanted to become a software engineer. I dove into self study, and within a year at my first job, I completed multiple projects for the biggest dance company in North America, one of which I built from the ground up.