Greek 17-year-old ‘Einstein’ wins scholarship at Yale

Alexander Mousatov, having won a gold model at the 29th Balkan Mathematics Olympiad 2012, is packing his suitcase to travel to the USA thanks to a scholarship from Yale University. Next July, Mousatov will attend the International Math Olympiad held in Argentina. He will still take the Pan-Hellenic entry exams for Greek universities, despite the fact that he already knows the American insitution waits for him.

In September, Mousatov heads to Connecticut, where he will study at the renowned Physics Department of Yale University.

“I am very pleased about everything but at the present time, I think about the upcoming International Math Olympiad because I have to be quite good there, too,” said the 17-year-old student.

Mousatov was one of the six member team attending the Balkan Math Olympiad. He won the gold medal, while four other Greek students received similar distinctions as well.

The young man has already applied to 10 famous universities based in the UK and the USA. Half of them accepted his application, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge and Imperial College of London.

Mousatov decided on Yale after they offered him a scholarship.

Marianna Tsatsou

Source: Greek Reporter