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Hobbies and interests
Writing
Math
STEM
Knitting
Environmental Science and Sustainability
History
Crocheting
Politics and Political Science
Reading
Historical
Mystery
I read books multiple times per week
Maha Peracha
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Maha Peracha
1,595
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FinalistBio
Hello! My name is Maha, I am Pakistani-American and I'm currently in high school and interested in STEM, political science, and writing. I am a student ambassador for my school, a member of my school's Model UN, and a student council board member. I am also a journalist and write for Young Journalists of America. My goal for the future is finding new, more sustainable ways to manufacture existing products.
Education
Salem High School
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Majors of interest:
- Data Science
- Chemical Engineering
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
Career
Dream career field:
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Dream career goals:
Finding new, more sustainable ways to manufacture existing products
Keeping the youth informed about political events happening in the US and around the world
Young Journalists of America2024 – Present8 monthsMath Tutor
Freelance2023 – Present1 year
Sports
Basketball
Club2021 – 20221 year
Arts
K-12 P-CCS District Art Show
Painting2024 – 2024
Public services
Volunteering
Zaman International — Packaging food2021 – 2022Volunteering
MCWS — Packaging food and clothes for distribution2020 – Present
Future Interests
Advocacy
Politics
Volunteering
Philanthropy
NYT Connections Fan Scholarship
My first group would be 'things you would find in a classroom', consisting of the words: ruler, pencil, books, and paper. I'll be going back to school soon, so back-to-school shopping has been on my mind recently. I also predict the person trying to solve this puzzle will assume the word 'ruler' to mean someone who rules over a group of people. This could make them try to fit the word 'ruler' into other similar words from other categories, such as king, queen, and god.
My second group would be 'titles of world leaders' and have the words: king, president, Caesar, and emir. I'm very interested in politics, and I love learning about the political systems of countries from all around the world, new and old. This section might be one of the hardest sections since I used words in other categories that also seem like they could fit into this group, like queen and ruler. I also don't think emir is a very popular word, and I love learning new words through the New York Times' games.
The third group would be pieces in a chess board: pawn, rook, knight, and queen. I like chess and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to throw in an easier group of words, although some takers of the quiz might try to fit the word 'king' from the previous group.
The final group would be 'the last word in the title of books popular in high school English curriculum' and use the words mockingbird, farm, god, and flies These are from the titles To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Lord of the Flies, which are all books I have read through my high school English classes. You could say my overarching theme in this puzzle is things I've learned in high school, like how to play chess, and that I love learning about politics.
Learner Math Lover Scholarship
Math has been called a monotonous and impersonal by those who don’t understand it, but I would argue that math is filled with feeling and emotion; I would go as far as to say that it is nothing short of the soul of humanity. Math exists because of the purely human desire to learn more about the things that surround us, to understand why things are the way they are. Math exists because people throughout human history spent years and years working on theories and concepts to explain phenomena that most wouldn't even think to question.
Imaginary numbers, pi, Euler’s number, the list goes on; all these things exist because a person was passionate enough about understanding them to dedicate their time and energy to their comprehension so that we might better understand the world around us.
What we know about math barely even scratches the surface of everything math encompasses; there are an infinite number of concepts and theories that we may never see in our lifetimes. Math is an ever-changing, bubbling mass of theories and concepts that, although some may never see the light of day, exist because someone had the courage to wonder about them. The reason why I love math is the same reason humanity has been able to adapt and survive for centuries; when thrust into the unknown, it is human nature to learn.