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Maxim was born in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia, where he lived until he was seven, when his family, stimulated by the rise of overt anti-Semitism, moved to [[Brooklyn]] - they are now naturalized US citizens.
 
Maxim was born in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia, where he lived until he was seven, when his family, stimulated by the rise of overt anti-Semitism, moved to [[Brooklyn]] - they are now naturalized US citizens.
  
Maxim is an [[economics]]-[[math]] major. Beginning in his sophomore year, he began taking graduate level courses, and by his junior year was taking almost exclusively doctoral level courses in [[economics]] and [[statistics]]. During his time at Columbia, he has won several prestigious essay contests, including prizes for the best papers in [[Lit Hum]] and [[Contemporary Civilization]] in his entire class. Maxim even did an internship at the New York Federal Reserve.
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Maxim is an [[economics]]-[[math]] major. Beginning in his sophomore year, he began taking graduate level courses, and by his junior year was taking almost exclusively doctoral level courses in [[economics]] and [[statistics]]. During his time at Columbia, he has won several prestigious essay contests, including prizes for the best annual papers in [[Lit Hum]] and [[Contemporary Civilization]]. Maxim even did an internship at the New York Federal Reserve.
  
 
He has received an NSF graduate research fellowship and has also been selected as a Soros Fellow. This fall, he's going to pursue a [[PhD]] at [[MIT]]. Traitor!
 
He has received an NSF graduate research fellowship and has also been selected as a Soros Fellow. This fall, he's going to pursue a [[PhD]] at [[MIT]]. Traitor!
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* http://www.bwog.net/articles/valedictorian_salute
 
* http://www.bwog.net/articles/valedictorian_salute
 
* http://www.pdsoros.org/fellows.cfm?year=2008#Maxim
 
* http://www.pdsoros.org/fellows.cfm?year=2008#Maxim
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* [http://www.bwog.net/articles/from_the_annals_of_campus_characters Campus Character sketch]
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*[http://www.bwog.net/articles/senior_wisdom_maxim_pinkovskiy Senior Wisdom]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:49, 13 July 2008

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Maxim Pinkovskiy, CC '08 is the valedictorian of the Columbia College class of 2008.

Maxim was born in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia, where he lived until he was seven, when his family, stimulated by the rise of overt anti-Semitism, moved to Brooklyn - they are now naturalized US citizens.

Maxim is an economics-math major. Beginning in his sophomore year, he began taking graduate level courses, and by his junior year was taking almost exclusively doctoral level courses in economics and statistics. During his time at Columbia, he has won several prestigious essay contests, including prizes for the best annual papers in Lit Hum and Contemporary Civilization. Maxim even did an internship at the New York Federal Reserve.

He has received an NSF graduate research fellowship and has also been selected as a Soros Fellow. This fall, he's going to pursue a PhD at MIT. Traitor!

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