About Me

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Hello! I'm Dylan Sheehan, a 2nd year student attending Bates College in Lewiston Maine

I'm currently a triple major in Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering at Bates on track to graduate in three years. This abnormal academic track has been led by a history of insatiable love for learning and experimentation. I've never been driven by grades, money, or anything material, rather I believe it the ultimate disservice to ones self to pass up the opportunity to learn as much as possible.

I have no formal background in computer science or programming, having just taken an intro java course in high school. Also since my college doesn't have a computer science department this likely won't change anytime soon. However I love learning new things and teaching myself using YouTube so this website exits as a big log of the things I'm working on.

Thanks for checking my site out, Feel free to contact me and I'd love to answer any questions about anything!

Awards

Bates College

Dana Scholar Nominee

A program designed to select the best 20 students from the 450 person freshman class, 30 are selected as nominees. Selection is determined more holistically than just pure grades or academic performance. I was selected due to my tendency to lead in a classroom setting as well as my experience in research labs.

STEM Scholar

An admit by essay program where people flagged as potential STEM students are selected to be mentored and receive grants for Bates research. This grant funded my first year of research during my freshman Summer

Pell Grant Scholarship

My ability to go to college was heavily influenced by the pell grant scholarship program as well as need based financial aid given by Bates College. I am incredibly grateful for these funds, and I will be looking forwards to taking advantage of the opportunities given to me.

High School

Track and Field

Prior to college I was a high level track and field athlete, I have 2 Connecticut state records, one in Class S discus aswell as the overall State Meet Record in the Hammer. I won a few awards :

National AP Scholar

Through highschool I passed 18 AP exams with 14 5's and 4 4's. The majority of these tests were taken as self studies due to my highschool not having many courses. This pursuit was heavily complemented with my experience in both Science Olympiads as well as Chemistry and Physics national Olympiads.

Notable 5's : Chemistry, Calc BC, Physics Mech and E&M, CSA, English Lit and Lang, Macro and Micro Economics.

Olympiad Experience

I participated and performed well in Science Olympiads throughout high school before my track and field career began taking up the majority of my time. I won some awards :