- Dhruv Mandalik - Cornell Universit (CS)(BioMed). Email from Dhruv (2025).
- Peter Lin - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (CE). Email from Peter (2023).
- Andy Cheng - Yale University (CE / CS). Email from Andy (2023).
- Ishaan Verma - Carnegie Mellon University (CE-Aerospace). Email from Ishaan (2023).
- Rishi Purohit - Harvard University. Email from Rishi (2023).
- Sid Srivastava - Carnegie Mellon University (Bio-Eng). Email from Sid (2022).
- Neha Vardhaman - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Grainger College of Engineering (CS). Email from Neha (2022).
- Daniel Xue : University of Pennsylvannia. (CE and Business) Email from Daniel (2021).
- Jeffrey Cheng : Princeton University. Email from Jeffrey (2021).
- Deep Patel : Carnegie Mellon University. (CS) Email from Deep (2020).
- Daniel Tang : New York University. Email and hand-written note from Daniel (2019).
- Mehal Kashyap : Carnegie Mellon University Email from Mehal (2019).
- Neelay Trivedi - Stanford University. Email from Neelay (2018).
- Joseph Chen : Princeton University Email from Joseph (2017)..
CONGRATULATIONS to all SR's 12th-grade students and their proud parents for their achievements and entering an exciting next phase of life!
The following list includes only the students who have attended SR for 3+ consecutive HS years. The majority of these students have attended SR since their Elementary or Middle School years until 11th or 12th grades.College acceptance list in 2024 (Class of 28') #Admitted::
Drexel University (Bio-Med)
Boston University
Georgia Technology Institute
Purdue University (CS, Math) (1)
Princeton University (CS, Math) (1)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution (EE) (1)
Rutgers Honor College
University of California, Los Angeles
Boston University
Georgia Technology Institute
Purdue University (CS, Math) (1)
Princeton University (CS, Math) (1)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution (EE) (1)
Rutgers Honor College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland College Pack (CS) (1)
University of Washington
University of Pennsylvannia
University of Maryland College Pack (CS) (1)
University of Washington
University of Pennsylvannia
College acceptance list in 2023 (Class of 27') (#) Admitted:
Carnegie Mellon University (1) (CE)
Columbia University (1) (ME)
Drexel University (1) (Bio-Med)
Georgia Institute of Technology
McKelvey Engineering School at Washington University (1) (CS)
Harvard University (1) (CS)
Purdue University (1) (CS, CE)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Columbia University (1) (ME)
Drexel University (1) (Bio-Med)
Georgia Institute of Technology
McKelvey Engineering School at Washington University (1) (CS)
Harvard University (1) (CS)
Purdue University (1) (CS, CE)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California, Los Angeles (1) (ME)
University of California, San Diego
University of Colorado Boulder (Aerospace E.)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland College Pack
University of Pennsylvannia (1) (CS, CE)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University (CE) (1)
University of California, Los Angeles (1) (ME)
University of California, San Diego
University of Colorado Boulder (Aerospace E.)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland College Pack
University of Pennsylvannia (1) (CS, CE)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University (CE) (1)
College Acceptance between 2011 to 2022: (#) : Admitted
- California Institute of Technology (1)
- Carnegie Mellon University (6)
- Coast Guard Academy (1)
- Columbia University (1)
- Cooper Union
- Cornell University (2) ➋
- Drexel University ➌
- Duke University
- Georgia Institute of Technology (3)
- Harvard University (1)
- Johns Hopkins University (3)
- Lehigh University(2)
- Massachusetts Institution of Technology (3)
- McGill University (1)
- New York University - Honors College (1)
- Northwestern University
- Princeton University(6)
- Purdue University (1)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution(2)
- Rice University
- Rutgers University - Honors College(6) ➊
- Stanford University (2)
- Stevens Institute of Technology (1) ➊
- University of California at Berkeley (4)
- University of California at L.A. (1)
- University of Chicago (1)
- University of Delaware
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (7)
- University of Michigan--Ann Arbor(2)
- University of Pennsylvania (4)
- University of Pittsburgh (2)➊
- University of Rochester (1)
- University of Texas at Austin (2)
- University of Toronto (1)
- University of Utah (1)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- University of Toronto (1)
- University of Waterloo (2)
- Yale University (1)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institution (1) ➋
➊ One or more with Full Ride Scholarship
➋ At least one or more with substantial Scholarship
➌ Rated 2nd Best university for Co-op programs
Besides being Roboclub members, some of them received the opportunity to build their leadership skills through competition team mentorship, technical instructors or assistants at Storming Robots, and Tech Talk public speaking. Majority have proven themselves equipped with substantial technical skills to gain competitive edge in high school and college internship. - see our students-maker engineering portfolio page.
➋ At least one or more with substantial Scholarship
➌ Rated 2nd Best university for Co-op programs
Besides being Roboclub members, some of them received the opportunity to build their leadership skills through competition team mentorship, technical instructors or assistants at Storming Robots, and Tech Talk public speaking. Majority have proven themselves equipped with substantial technical skills to gain competitive edge in high school and college internship. - see our students-maker engineering portfolio page.
2022: NASA STEM Internship: Pranav Sitaraman, Ishaan Verma, Aditya Dutt.
2022: Research in Science & Engineering (RISE) at Boston U.: Andy Cheng.
2021: Neha Vardhaman, 11th grader at the Montgomery H.S., was awarded an offer of the 2021 STEM Enchancement in Earth Science (SEES) SummerInternship. (10% acceptance rate)
(from the Texas Space Grant Consortium): NASA, Texas Space Grant Consortium, and the Center for Space Research at UT Austin Summer Intern Program is a nationally competitive STEM program for high school students. The program provides selected students with exposure to Earth and space research. Interns will learn how to interpret NASA satellite data while working with scientists and engineers in their chosen area of work.
2020: Julian Lee, 12th grader from Pingry School, was initially accepted into the competitive Science and Engineering Apprenticeship(SEAP) 2020 Summer Program.
Unfortunately, the program was canceled due to Covid-19. Instead, Julian later received the surprise offer to remotely work for Naval Research Lab in Washington DC during the Spring and Summer of 2021 instead. The SEAP provides competitive research internships to approx. 300 selective high school students each year.
2016: Daniel Kolano, 11th grader from Hopewell Valley H.S., received the offer to the STEM Enchancement in Earth Science (SEES) SummerInternship to work for NASA on a computer-vision system.
View competitions achievement here from 2009 to present.
New Jersey Governor School of Engineering offers weeks of advanced education and opportunity to work on research projects to rising HS seniors at no cost to their families. Thus, it is highly competitive. There were about 70 students accepted for each summer.
Griffin has been attending SR since his 6th grade. He has been a programming instructor at SR since his 11th grade.
Viewthe Governor's School of Engineering & Technology Research Journals Archive
2022 NJ Governor School of Engineering
Griffin has been attending SR since his 6th grade. He has been a programming instructor at SR since his 11th grade.
Past SR students entered NJ Governor School:
- 2021: Aneesh Nagalkar, and Anushya Shankar. (Engineeing)
- 2020: Jeffrey Cheng (Engineeing)
- 2019: Alex Zhang, Ethan Wu, Jalen Patel, Mayur Sharma (Engineering)
- 2018: Mehal Kashyap, Sonia Purohit, and Daniel Tang (Engineering)
- 2016: Luke Dai (Engineering)
- 2015: Michael Xie and Eric Ward, and Rao Pradyumna (Engineering)
- 2011: Avery Katko (Engineering).
- 2008: Gawain Lau (Science).
Viewthe Governor's School of Engineering & Technology Research Journals Archive
There were about 70 students accepted in the summer of 2019. Four of them were long term SR students; all of them have attended SR since their 6th/7th grades.2018 - present
Both Ashish and I are ever grateful to you for being an amazing mentor and guide to Ishaan. Since middle school, SR has shaped him and under your guidance we have seen him thrive. We consider ourselves very lucky that both our boys can look up to you. Jan, 2023 | Ishaan Verma's parent.Ishaan attended from Gr.7 to 11.
Thank you for all the support that Dennis and you and the storming robots community has provided Sid. He is where he is because of your guidance and support. We very much appreciate it. He has matured into a thoughtful person because of his experiences as a student, a mentor and a teacher at Storming, all experiences that you chose to give him, and he is a much better individual for it. August, 2022 | Sid's parent.Sid attended from Gr.3 to 11. Sid entered the Carnegie Mellon University majoring in Bio-Engineering in the Fall of 2022. Email from Sid -- August-2022.
"... We are all truly grateful for all the mentoring and help you provided to Sophia. Her learning at Storming Robots not only cemented her interest in computer science and engineering, but is certainly a big factor for her getting accepted by MIT! - December, 2021 | Sophia 's parent.Sophia, attended at SR starting from 9th grade, has been accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology majoring in computer science and engineering in the Fall of 2022.
"... I would like to take a moment to thank you for your careful guidance, dedication, and education to each and every student at the Storming Robots. You have played a huge role in Deep's success all this time, and helped him develop his interest and passion for computer science. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart! - April, 2020 | Bhavani, Deep Patel's mother. Deep entered Carnegie Mellon University majoring in computer science in the Fall of 2020. Deep attended SR from his 5th to 11th grade. Email from Deep -- April-7-2020.
... Storming Robots has helped her develop computational and engineering skills along with inculcating value of mentorship and teamwork. -- June, 2019 | Vasuki, Mehal s father, and here is the full copy of the message. Mehal entered Carnegie Mellon University in the Fall of 2019.
Niku & I both want to “Thank you” for your guidance & support to Neelay throughout his Middle school & High School. -- Dec, 2018 | Dhruti Trivedi, Neelay's mother. Neelay entered Stanford University in the Fall of 2019 majoring in Computer Science and Computational Biology.
Storming Robot become part of Daniel's life in the past few years. I can't use the word to express my appreciation and thanks to you! Thank you for everything you have done for him! The teaching, coaching and most important is encouragement and providing the opportunities. He is so luck to have you and Storming Robot while he was growing up. --Dec, 2019 | Ping-ji, Daniel's mother. Daniel entered New York University in the Fall of 2019 majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
.... Steven is hired for the January – April 2019 semester (his sophomore year) to work at Databricks in San Francisco. He’s thrilled about the job, the high salary, the housing allowance,... He is still reaping the benefits of all the CS he learned from you. Thank you! -- Oct, 2018 | Sharon Lee, Steven's mother. Steven entered U. of Waterloo in the Fall of 2017 majoring in Computer Science.
.... Through all these years, Storming Robots center built a very solid foundation for Joseph's analytical skill and creative thinking, opened his eyes into the world of engineering and artificial intelligence. -- Dec-2017 | Jane Lou, Joseph's mother. Joseph entered Princeton University in the FAll of 2017 majoring Computer Engineering.
...you can be justifiably proud of all your students as they have gone through your classes and then graduated to good schools and careers. Through you, they not only get excited about engineering/CS/programming, but they also gain a solid foundation for their futures. -- 2017 | Sharon Lee, Steven's mother. Steven has been accepted into top universities, with some offering handsome scholarship as well. Steven attended SR starting at 5th grade.
2015-2017
We cannot thank you enough for providing a fun and challenging environment for Brady to grow his confidence and his intellect for all these years, starting from 2nd grade! I can honestly say that SR and the opportunities provided helped to shape the young man that he is today. We are thrilled to see him build on that strong foundation as he pursues the next chapter of his education. Brady benefited greatly from his time at SR. The extra curricular opportunity provided challenges he would not have received otherwise. As he heads off to college, he is well prepared for college level course work and fortunate to be in a position to have a choice between many great schools offering a total of $196,000+ of combined merit aid. A very exciting time for him. -- 2016 | Chris Bean, Brady's father. Brady attended SR starting at 3rd grade.
It is you and your school inspiring Luke's interest into Engineering starting at his 4th grade and deepened his passion into AI. SR is his second home. He got accepted in NJ governor school. It is not only his personal success, but also Storming Robots'. -- 2016 | Christine Jun, Luke's mother. Luke attended SR starting at 4th grade.
Sid will attend CalTech in the coming Fall. Sid progressed so much and we can't thank you enough for your guidance and the way you taught him perseverance and led path for life skills. -- 2016 | Laskhma Kurella, Sid's mother. Sid attended SR starting at 7th grade.
A shout out to your Storming Robots community as a measure of the success of Storming Robots and the invaluable impact it has on the lives of your students. -- 2015 | Karen VanBlarcum.
Daniel received a paid summer internship to work for NASA on the Asteroid 2020 mission. Thank you so much for all you have been teaching him! I'm sure you are an integral part of his success! -- 2015 | Laura Kolano, Daniel's mother.
Brady has earned a composite score of 36 in ACT. All of the years he has spent at Storming Robots has certainly had a hand in his high test scores and it has been the one place he has been continually challenged and stretched academically" -- 2015 | Beth Beans, Brady's mother.
2011 to 2014
Your program has been an integral piece of Morgan's education since 4th grade! He learned so much thru practical applications. It helped him stand out in college applications, and earned him great scholarships. -- 2013 | Karen Van Blarcum.
My two children really enjoy Algorithmic in C class. I am so happy to see them discussing their homework and come up with various algorithms in order to resolve the problems. Truly see them developing their computational thinking skill, not just programming. -- 2013 | Lada Lobas.
I can't rave enough about Storming Robots. My son has been going there for the past 6 years. Elizabeth motivates her students at a high level - take responsibility for their own learning, problem-solving and become THINKERS. In my opinion, they are the ethical standards she upholds. -- 2012 | Kristen Katko, Avery's mother. Avery attended SR starting at 4th grade.
Kevin now is doing a math internship at NJIT using the programming skills he learned from you. The professor complimented Kevin that he possesses programming skills superior to his other college interns…” -- 2011 | Patricia Fritz, Kevin's mother. Kevin was at his 11th grade.
Letter from the Shore Consortium Gifted and Talented Program organizer, Linda Krebs. Linda has organized annual school trips for G&T students from multiple schools districts to Storming Robots since 2010 for exploratory workshop.
Prior to 2011
Want to let you know how impressed I was with our teams' robots compared to the others'. The intensity of your program was directly reflected in the complexity of our robots. You should feel very proud with your clubs' accomplishments. Your robots rocked! -- 2009 | K. Van Blarcum.
My son was so excited and kept talking about the workshop on the way home. My daughter and her friend were completely comfortable. The big kids enjoyed their robot adventure. We were so pleased with the day and plan to highly recommend it to our friends. -- 2006| K. Moore.
I really did not know just how much he would learn. It is such a great way for kids to learn so many subjects, from physics to computer science, even writing. I was so pleasantly surprised with the quality of the curriculum you designed. -- 2006 | K. Katko.
Theo really liked the robocamp. The instructor was great, and the non robotic lessons in physics, engineering were really fantastic. Theo worked his brain. -- 2005 | Lisa Rabka.
I thought it was just programming, but I see all the math work involved, and even on his organization skill. My son learned things that not normally seen in grade school level. This is more than I have expected. -- 2005 | Homeschool parent.
