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LAURA TAN
lauramtan21@gmail.com | ( 917) 828-6395
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauramtan
Personal Website: lauramtan.weebly.com
Education
Spence School, New York, NY (2008 – 2021) | Unofficial GPA:3.8 | Rank: N
/A | SAT Subject Test Math II: 790
College coursework:LEAD Summer Business Institute–Wharton, LEAD Real Estate Exchange–Cornell SC Johnson
Extracurricular Leadership & Involvement
Student Body President (2020), Vice President (2019), Grade 10 Representative (2018), Grade 9 President (2017)
➢ Managing communication between students, administration, and Board of Trustees by sending weekly Sunday night
emails and leading weekly assemblies with up-to-date announcements and events
➢ Spearheading series of new Triple R (Read-React-Respond) Discussions on controversial subjects of race, sexuality, and
politics to pave the way for a more inclusive and supportive school community
➢ Programming weekly student council meetings t o plan large school-wide events like Homecoming, Spirit Week,
Community Week, and numerous fundraisers; leads ‘Leader Lunches’ with the Upper School Dean of Students and
Director of Institutional Equity to increase diversity and inclusion efforts
Student Representative, Spence School Board of Trustees’ Anti-Racism Task Force, June 2020-Present
➢ Selected out of 780 students by Head of School for 1 of 4 coveted positions of Student Representative
➢ Conducting thorough screenings of and interviews with Lower, Middle, and Upper School deans, admissions office,
and college counseling, actively working to dismantle institutional racism at Spence’s top-tier administration
150+Teaching middle schoolers free financial literacy lessons on key topics such as saving, spending, credit scores, and taxes
100+Coaching and mentoring Harlem youth through H arlem Lacrosse and Leadership; pioneered lax clinics and gear drives
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5+Tutored middle school children to read, speak, and write Chinese at Interschool Language Immersion Program
30+Through C hinatown Literacy Project, teaching elderly immigrants in Chinatown, NYC to read, write, speak English
20+ A s Student Body Vice President, directed the 11th grade year-long community service project, running toiletry
and food drives and serving hot breakfast meals to Harlem’s homeless
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0+Traveled to Xi’an, China to teach middle schoolers at Sunshine Middle School to read, write, and speak English
2 0+For 4 consecutive years, organized charity Swim-A-Thon fundraiser, swimming total of 1 06.72 miles and raising $6,600+
for Spence’s L
unetta Scholarship Fund for deserving student-athletes on scholarship
Awards and Achievements