Students Helping Students: Senior and Alumni Advice Panel
Students Helping Students: Senior and Alumni Advice Panel
Written by Jiawei Liu
The Youth STEAM Initiative will host a college journey online panel on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET. Recent high school graduates and Youth STEAM Initiative alumni will share honest, practical advice about college applications, college life, academic exploration, and different paths after high school.
The event is designed for students and families with a wide range of goals and academic backgrounds. We will ask recently graduated seniors and alumni of the Youth STEAM Initiative questions about their experiences in high school and after. In this panel, they will share what they’ve done and what they wish they might have done differently over the past few years. Through this diverse cast of experiences, we hope attendees will get to know our panelists and listen to the many perspectives and pieces of advice they have.
The panel will feature recent graduates Yuanheng Mao of Belmont High School, who plans to study Government or Economics and Computer Science at Harvard University. Lillian Yang of Lexington High School will study Neuroscience on the pre-medical track at UCLA. Jerry Xu of Lexington High School will study Computer Science and Molecular Biology or Mathematics at MIT.
Youth STEAM Initiative alumni will also share perspectives from their experiences in college and beyond. Audi Lin is a Carnegie Mellon University student studying computer science with a minor in robotics. Baoren Liu is a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student studying Computer Science and Mathematics after transferring from Northeastern University. Isabel Li is a Harvard University student studying Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology and History of Science. Eli Olcott began studying computer science and philosophy at Harvard but stepped away for 18 months to join Sapien as its first employee and Head of Customer Engineering, and is now returning to Harvard to complete his studies.
Students and families are encouraged to attend and bring questions. Questions may also be submitted through the registration form.
Event: Youth STEAM Initiative Senior and Alumni Panel
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM–8:00 PM ET
Registration: https://forms.gle/2d1hshGKDQx9nULg6