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 Jenny Zhu

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Awards

Chess

  • 4th ranked women’s chess player in the United States (age 17), United States Chess Federation (2024-Present)

  • 1st Place, NY State All Girls (2023) (1st out of 1300 players)

    • NY State Representative, Haring Invitational Qualifier (2024)

  • 7x USA National Chess Team Representative, USA National Chess (2018-Present) (Given to ~20 players each year)

  • 4th Place, All Girls Nationals (2024) (4th out of 3850)

  • 6th Place, North American Juniors U20 Championship (2023)

  • 4th Place, World School Chess Championships (2022) (360,000 FIDE members)

  • Chess Expert: 2100 USCF Rating (top 2% of all US Chess players)

  • Lead a school team of over a dozen kids to win:

    • 1st place in teams in NY State Girls two years in a row (2022, 2023)

    • 2nd at All Girls Nationals (2024)

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About Me

Hi! My name is Jenny Zhu, and I am a senior at the Brearley School. I started playing chess when I was 8 years old and am currently ranked 4th for female chess players aged 17 nationwide in the US. I have played at the state level, nationally, and internationally—and against the chess hustlers in Washington Square Park and Union Square!

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Computer Science and Robotics

  • USACO Silver medalist, United States of America Coding Olympiad, (2023) (Perfect score; top 1% of participants)

  • 2nd Place, Cornell’s Women in Computing Programming Contest, (2022)

  • Honorable Mention for Best Project, Bevhacks Hackathon, (2022)

  • 12th Place, FIRST Tech Challenge New York State Super Qualifiers (2022)

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Writing

  • Silver Key in Personal Essay & Memoir, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (2024)

  • Editor’s Choice Award for Poetry, TeenInk, (2023) (Given to <5% of published works)

  • Silver Badge (5+ posts), TeenInk (2023)

  • Published in “Tributary”, the Brearley School Beaver Writing Publication (2024) (Selected out of 100+ submissions)

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