John Zhou - Founder and Administrator

John is currently a Harvard College student, basking in the easy life of early morning problem sets and stale cereal. Through a combination of work and the fortune of having a supportive network of family, friends, and teachers, he has had a successful high school experience, scoring 2400 on the first new SAT, conducting award winning research, and making significant contributions in volunteering. He sees Scholar Holler as a valuable network and resource for students and hopes that it will help students to achieve their goals.

Anish Gupta - Director of Test Preparation and Administrator

Anish Gupta is nobody special who performs well on standardized tests. (Edit by John: he's actually pretty awesome and definitely special). Anish started teaching SATs and ACTs to his two younger brothers and has continued to teach other testing strategies and material ever since. He just graduated from the University of Michigan with a simultaneous B.S.E/M.S.E. in Biomedical engineering and currently is in dental school at the University of Detroit-Mercy.

Mithun Neral - Director of Publicity and Administrator

Mithun was a Siemens-Westinghouse regional finalist and a veteran of many different science fairs and science competitions. He is currently a University of Michigan student interested in both science and business. Aside from having tea and crumpets with the gang on the weekends, Mithun enjoys long walks on the beach. Some say that if you look hard (really hard) Brad Pitt has a slight resemblance of Mithun. Most importantly, Mithun has a really big mouth which has proven to be quite useful in his job of getting the word out about Scholar Holler. Mithun is proud to be part of Scholar Holler and wishes all its members good luck through their years of scholarship.

Sam Rosenberg - Director of Summer Programs and Administrator

Sam is a twice winning semifinalist for the U.S. Physics Olympiad and a one time semifinalist for the U.S. Biology Olympiad, and has excelled at many other math and science competitions. He hails from a competitive public high school in the Silicon Valley, and hopes to parlay this experience into insights on the college admissions process. Sam currently is a Harvard College student studying mathematics and economics. His non-academic interests include art, cooking, and traveling. Sam invites anyone to contact him for more personalized advice.

Jonathon Schwartz - Director of Clubs and Administrator

Jon is a University of Michigan student who used Open Course Ware to ace the International Baccalaureate exams, become a US National Chemistry Olympiad Semifinalist, and succeed (or at least try to succeed) in Science Olympiad competitions. For leisure, Jonathon enjoys asking questions about philosophical questions, and likewise enjoys never having to take responsibility to answer them (except when the topic involves academics and anything for Scholar Holler). Occasionally, he practices classical piano when a muse accidentally visits his attention. Jon hopes to utilize his experience and knowledge to guide you along the path to academic success, and to provide advice when you come across a fork in the road, or lose the map you had, or doubt the map you had, or do not understand the map, or you trip and fall, or I should stop listing all these possibilities. You get the idea anyway.

Contributing Experts

Sebastien Arnold - Sebastien is an international student studying at Harvard College. He was one of only a handful of students to score a perfect 45 on the International Baccalaureate Diploma. He is interested in Economics.

Hari Arul - Hari was a participant of the Secondary Student Training Program and is currently a junior at Detroit Country Day School, where he is Class Board President.

Megan Beems - Megan was a 2005 USA Biology Olympiad National Finalist and a bronze medal recipient at the National finals. She is currently a student at the University of Michigan.

Allen Cheng - Allen, a current Harvard College student, aced the US National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) and was on the USA team for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), where he received a silver medal at the competition.

Richard Ho - Richard was invited to the training camp for his performance in the USA Computing Olympiad (USACO). He also went to the Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP). He is currently a Harvard College student.

Amrit Misra - Amrit is a University of Michigan honors student. He was a leader of the Science Olympiad and Quiz Bowl teams.

Laurel Schwulst - Laurel is a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) undergraduate who was an enthusiastic participant of the High School Honors Science / Engineering / Mathematics (HSHSP) program at Michigan State University in high school.

Kim Scott - Kim was a 2006 Intel STS Finalist and placed 10th place overall in the competition. She was also at RSI 2006 and was a Siemens-Westinghouse regional finalist. She is currently studying at California Institute of Technology.

Nirmish Singla - Nirmish was a National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium qualifier and a 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. He is currently studying at the University of Michigan.

Muthiah Subramanian - Muthiah, Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist and National Junior Science and Humanities qualifier, is currently earning his M.D. degree in India having graduated from high school in America in 2005.

Yi Sun - Yi was on the US Physics Olympiad (USPhO) team, where he earned a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad. He was also a USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) winner, and received a silver medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). He is studying at Harvard College.

Leslie Tse - Leslie, finalist at both the 2005 and 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fairs, is currently a student at University of California San Diego.

Technology Gurus

Brian Tan - Brian provides technology feedback to the website and also created the privacy policy. He is a track and field state champion and is a senior at Detroit Country Day School.

Rob Gustafson - Rob also provides technology feedback to the website and developed the flash introduction. He is currently a senior at Detroit Country Day School.