Resume

Arseny Biryukov

Sammamish, WA

 

EDUCATION

Willows Preparatory School                                                                                                                                                                     Class of 2025

GPA: 3.95 out of 4.0

International Baccalaureate Diploma candidate (graduation in June 2025)

HL classes: Global Politics HL, Psychology HL, Language & Literature HL

 

AWARDS:

  • National Merit Scholarship (NMSC USA) – commended student (220)                                                                                                2024

  • Model UN Best Delegate Award (National Student Leadership Conference)                                                                                   2024
  • World Citizen Essay Contest (WCEC) - Honorable mention                                                                                                                    2024
  • Immerse Education Essay Competition scholarship international program 2024 (UK)                                                                 2023

50% scholarship award for the International Relations essay: «The Climb to the Mountain’s peak:                

How do nations obtain Power and Wealth? »

  • Immerse Education Essay Competition runner up with essay «How nations maintain peace»                                                2022
  • Excellence in Science award Voted by faculty at Willows Preparatory School                                                                                       2022

      in recognition of outstanding commitment to being the best student in the subject area for the year.               

  • Excellence in Language and Literature award Voted by faculty at Willows Preparatory School                                                     2022

      in recognition of outstanding commitment to being the best student in the subject area for the year.                

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Student researcher| Ivy League online Research Project                                                                                                            11 grade

International Relations. 1:1 Pre-University Online Research Project                                                                                                    2023-2024

10-weeks (40 hours) program with 50% scholarship award after 2024 Essay Competition.

Research paper 1: A machination of power and induced dependency: Examining the

US Military-Industrial Complex’s influence in Australia

Research Paper 2: Hidden forces, Shifting Tides: The US MIC’s Role in Africa as a

Gravity Well of Power

Certificate of completion. Evaluation letter

  • Student researcher| Georgetown University                                                                                                                                 11 grade

Georgetown University Pre-college Online program.                                                                                                                                      2023

International Law: Protecting the World’s Interests                                                                                                                                  10 grade

4-weeks (20 hours) online program. Final Capstone Project: 10 min. video presentation.

Certificate of completion.

  • Student | Cambridge Immerse Education    

International Relations Summer School. Academic insights. Christ's College, Cambridge, UK                                                        10 grade

14-days (112hours) intensive program with scholarship after 2022 Essay Competition. Resulted in a                                     Break 2023

2000-word research paper. Research Project:  Incinerating Dominance: The utilization

of power by the Global North.

Certificate of completion. Evaluation letter.

  • Student Researcher | Immerse Education                                                                                                                                         9 grade

International Relations. 1:1 Pre-University Online Research Project, Cambridge, UK.                                                                   Break 2022                         

The 4-weeks (20hours) program resulted in a 2000-word research paper.

Research Project:  The future implications of superpower rivalry between

China and the United States.

Certificate of completion. Evaluation letter.

 

PUBLICATIONS

   Curieux Academic Journal

Compelling Force: Examining AFRICOM’s role as a gravity well of power By Arseny Biryukov                                                   July 2024

July Part 1 Issue (curieuxacademicjournal.com)

 

    Curieux Academic Journal 

Vanishing Children: Understanding Russian Child Kidnappings in Ukraine By Arseny                                                                 June 2024
Biryukov

99711c_a8e5cd6b884e434f9cd883da0cd139b2.pdf (curieuxacademicjournal.com)

 

Posted by  | Apr 3, 2024 |                                                                         April 2024 

 

Research Archive of Rising Scholars (research-archive.org)

Posted by Arseny Biryukov April 20, 2024 | Social Science                                                                                                                     April 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS

Participation in the varsity United States National Geography Championship. Arlington, VA                                               9, 10 grades

Qualified to International                                                                                                                                                                            9, 10 grades

Participation in National Recent History Exam. Arlington, VA.                                                                                                               10 grade

Participation in National Military History Exam. Arlington, VA.                                                                                                             10 grade   

Participation in the United States History/Geography Regional Competitions (IAC).                                                                    2019-2023

Qualified and proceeded to Nationals                                                                                                                                                       9,10 grades

 

INTERNSHIP

Politics & International Relations Internship | Oxford Scholastica Academy                                                                            February 2024

Emerging Economies research 4-weeks (12 hours)

Certificate of achievement. Letter of recommendation.

 

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

  • Student |  Geneva School of Diplomacy and international relations                                                                                           Break 2024
  • Geneva, Switzerland. 1-week Summer program (30 hours). Certificate of completion
  • Student | National Student Leadership Conference on International Diplomacy                                                                   Break 2024
  • New York &  Washington, DC. Summer program (72 hours). Certificate of Completion.
  • Student | Yale University Coursera program                                                                                                                                        10th grade

      Yale University Online program. Governance and Society. Moral Foundations of Politics 

8-weeks program (44 hours). Certificate of completion.

  • Model UN conferences.

Attended regional Model United Nations conference PACMUN (Seattle, USA) and acted as a delegate.                                           11,12 grades           

 

VOLUNTEER WORK|LEADERSHIP

SAT bootcamp tutor | College Board                                                                                                                                                       February - May

Volunteer as an SAT tutor for 5- 10 students. 3 4-weeks bootcamps.  2,5h per week/12 weeks                                                                         2024                          Reading Buddy | King County library System                                                                                                                                   Jan, 2023 – Present

Volunteer at King County library. In this program, every week I help children,                                                                                10, 11, 12 grades

who are beginning to read, as well as children whose primary language is not English.                                                          

English Language Tutor for Ukrainian children| ENGin nonprofit organization                                                                           2023 - Present

Volunteer at the ENGin. In this program, I do weekly work as a volunteer in a global network                                                               11, 12 grade

organization whose goal is to assist young Ukrainians in improving their English language skills.                              

Coach assistant | Cross Country Running Club                                                                                                                                                  2023,2024

Twice a week, helped team with warmups, stretches and runs. 20+ weeks, 2x week            

Student Ambassador                                                                                                                                                                                              2023,2024

Giving tours on School campuses to prospective students and families. Provide information                                                               11,12 grades

and assistance to visitors.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

unning club – competed on 5 and 10k distances as a club member and individually                                                                      10, 11, 12 grades         

1,2,3rd places in age category on multiple local cross-country events. 2h per week/54+ weeks

Chess club                                                                                                                                                                                                                   11 grades

Student government – High School Counselor (1 year)                                                                                                                                        9 grade

Languages:

English – native, Russian – fluent, Spanish – intermediate.