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Portrait of Mariana Chong

Honor Society® member

Mariana Chong

  • Class of 2019
  • Lima, Lima, Peru

Member since April 2020

About

I am a Peruvian student who graduated high school in December 2019 and will be attending Emory University in 2020. My overall high school average was 17.98/20, which in Peruvian conversion to GPA is 4.0. I am also a student-athlete and I will be playing college golf.

Education

  • Emory University

    2020 – 2024

  • Colegio Villa Caritas

    2007 – 2019

Honors and awards

  • IGCSE Merit Diploma

    Merit diploma on the IGCSE exams in 10th grade with an A in English as a First Language and Extended Mathematics

  • School Excellence Diploma

    Award received when 70% of the student's courses have a grade of 18 or over

Goals and interests

Outside the classroom

I play competitive golf since I was 9 years old. I have played for the Peruvian National Team twice and I have been selected to represent my country in the South American Junior Championship in 2020. I will also be playing college golf for Emory University in fall 2020. On my free time, I play guitar. I started at school and now I'm self-taught.

Volunteering

  • Leader

    Mision VC

    Jun 2019

  • Co-leader

    Campaña Abrigando Corazones - Leadership School Project

    Apr 2019 – Nov 2019

  • Member

    Pan Para Mi Hermano

    Aug 2018 – Apr 2020

  • Student

    Mision VC

    Aug 2018

Languages

  • Spanish Advanced
  • English (US) Advanced
  • German Beginner