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Attending · Fall 2026
University of California, San Diego
The offer I said yes to — La Jolla, California, starting this September. Class of 2030.
ucsd.eduI lead, I volunteer, and I learn in three languages at a time — from student government in Armenia and the U.S. to classrooms and community centers across two continents. This fall, I'm taking all of it to UC San Diego.
I'm Daron — a recent high school graduate who's spent the last few years moving between Armenia and the United States, picking up a language and a leadership role everywhere I landed. I started at Quantum College in Yerevan, continued at The MacDuffie School in Massachusetts, and graduated from The Academy at MiraCosta in California.
At both MacDuffie and MiraCosta I was elected Student Body President. At MiraCosta I also served as Inter Club Council Representative and as a Teaching Assistant for U.S. History. Outside the classroom, I've volunteered at beach cleanups, homeless shelters and nature reserves in California, and with the Armenian Church of Our Savior, the Arevik Armenia Center for Children with Disabilities, and IWAY back home in Yerevan.
This fall, I'm taking that mix of leadership, service and languages to UC San Diego — one of eight universities across four countries that admitted me, and the one that felt like home.
Eight offers across four countries — here's where I'm headed, and where else I got in.
The offer I said yes to — La Jolla, California, starting this September. Class of 2030.
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Oceanside, California, USA
Winter 2025 — Spring 2026 · Graduated
High School Diploma
Granby, Massachusetts, USA
Fall 2024 — Winter 2025
Coursework toward high school diploma
Yerevan, Armenia
Grades 5 — 10
Primary & secondary education
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