Honor Society® member
Carpenter Ray
- mathematics
- Class of 2029
- Fayetteville, GA, GA
Member since January 2026
About
I have started off with general education credits at Georgia Tech, with Advanced Placement credit from high school allowing me to take Honor Linear Algebra and continue into major specific classes in the spring semester. Additionally, I have committed to fine arts by playing bass with Tech's Jazz Ensemble.
Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Mathematics
2025 – Present
Honors and awards
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High School Salutatorian
Whitewater High School Class of 2025 Salutatorian, Second Highest GPA in Class of 2025
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AP Scholar with Distinction
High average AP Score on 17 AP exams.
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STAR Student
Highest SAT Score in Whitewater High School Class of 2025
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Georgia State Science Fair, Runner up for Young Inventors award and Third Place in American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Awarded patent assistance and honors for Anti-Ice Paint: Combat Ice Formation on Planes,12th Grade
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National Merit Scholarship Finalist
High PSAT/NMSQT Test score
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I hope to become a researcher and professor in pure mathematics, particularly number theory.
- Graduate school interests
I am interested in p- and n-adic rings, broadened applications of modular arithmetic, and category theory.
- Outside the classroom
Bassist, lyricist, composer for band Perchance.
Club Math member at Georgia Tech, solving Putnam Problems collaboratively.
Member of Navigators Bible Study.
Hobby math research, including proof of that dual numbers do not exist within n-adic rings.
Experience
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House Sitting and Animal Care
Freelance work around multiple local residences.
Jun 2023 – Jan 2026
Volunteering
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Yearly, week long construction in impoverished regions of Appalachia to keep homes safer, warmer, and drier.
Appalachian Service Project
Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
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