
	{"id":3860,"date":"2016-09-20T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2016-09-19T21:15:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T01:15:44","slug":"imacs-success-spotlight-zachary-farnsworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/imacs-success-spotlight-zachary-farnsworth\/","title":{"rendered":"IMACS Success Spotlight: <br\/>Zachary Farnsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imacs.org\/success-stories\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Zac-Farnsworth.jpg\" alt=\"After school, weekend and online programs in math and computer science for gifted children who enjoy fun, academic challenges.\" title=\"Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3861\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\nCongratulations to IMACS graduate Zachary Farnsworth <br \/>who is beginning his sophomore year at Stanford.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Zac began taking <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imacs.org\/about\/\">IMACS<\/a> classes in first grade. Nine years later, he had completed all of IMACS <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imacs.org\/class-curriculum\/math-enrichment\/\">Mathematics Enrichment<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imacs.org\/class-curriculum\/computer-programming\/\">Computer Enrichment<\/a> and IMACS <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/parent_csoverview.htm\">University-Level Computer Science<\/a>. Zac graduated valedictorian of St. Thomas Aquinas High School, but not before being founder and captain of the Robotics Club and the Programming Team, earning the rank of Eagle Scout, and being named a National Merit Scholar Finalist and National AP Scholar.<\/p>\n<p>Having scored 2350 on the SAT, 800 on the SAT Math II Subject Test and 5&#8217;s on the AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics exams, Zac was accepted at <b>Stanford, Cornell, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Rice, and RPI<\/b>. He chose Stanford where he plans to major in computer science.<\/p>\n<p>Zac directly credits IMACS for preparing him to master the concept-based materials of his rigorous, freshman-year courses at Stanford.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 2em 2em;\">\n<p><b><font face=\"georgia\" size=3>&ldquo;Being able to think both analytically and creatively is why Stanford students are at the forefront of technological innovation. My IMACS background taught me HOW to think, allowing me to stand out among my classmates. Because of this, I was able to easily understand the concepts taught in the accelerated freshman courses in programming, multivariable calculus, and differential equations.&rdquo;<\/font><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to IMACS graduate Zachary Farnsworth who is beginning his sophomore year at Stanford. Zac began taking IMACS classes in first grade. Nine years later, he had completed all of IMACS Mathematics Enrichment and Computer Enrichment and IMACS University-Level Computer Science. Zac graduated valedictorian of St. Thomas Aquinas High School, but not before being founder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61,77,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ap-computer-science-2","category-computer-programming","category-math-enrichment","category-online-classes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}