Anton Morgunov Biography

As a taldykorgan schoolboy, Taldykorgan was invited to MIT, the winner of the international chemistry Olympiads, the editor of you and MIT are necessary for each other in late January Anton Morgunov, the student of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Taldykorgan, was adopted at the Massachusetts Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its educational programs are recognized as the best from year to year and include a large range of sciences and disciplines.

Researchers from MIT are also considered innovators in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. In addition, 81 MIT community members are Nobel Prize winners, which is a record indicator among universities. Anton received such a letter from the head of the selection committee of the university: “Dear Anton, on behalf of the admission commission and with great pleasure, I invite you to study at MIT.

You showed yourself as one of the most talented and promising students from among the applicants in the history of the institute. We believe that you and MIT are necessary for each other. I hope you also think that MIT is an ideal place to prepare for your future. And as a member of our community, you can join specialists, scientists, entrepreneurs and humanities.

All together you can change the world that desperately needs you. ” As in all top universities, it is extremely difficult to enter MIT and far from everyone can afford. On average, training here costs 50 thousand dollars a year. In December, Anton found out that he had acted, despite the fierce competition. And more recently, the selection committee, having examined the financial capabilities of the Kazakhstani family, allocated him a grant.

In principle, such funds can be earned in the framework of work on the campus.

This is such an installation in MIT: the student must pay for his education in any case in order to appreciate its significance. The factor of individuality as Anton admitted, one of the most important factors of admission to such a university is not only excellent studies or a high score in exams. The decisive point is Extracurricular Activities ECS. It can be anything: a part -time job, visiting an orphanage, creating birdhouses, preparation for the Olympiads, project development, research, sports, photography, etc.

The most important thing that shows your Passion is passion; what you like to do; What you wake up in the morning. Unfortunately, the MIT coefficient of the receipt of foreign students is very low. Three people from are terribly harsh competition. In such conditions, you really need to have any story so that you have a chance. You can’t just limit yourself to that you participated in social practices, went to TEDX club classes or rode a bicycle.

You need to demonstrate leadership skills, the ability to take risks and try new things. Last year, MIT accepted only international students from those who submitted. Foreign applicants are placed in a strict framework. But there are excellent opportunities for them: in the first year of training, they can try themselves in everything, and only by the end of the year they need to choose a direction.

But if you are an international student, then you have to determine earlier so that your hobbies and skills are exceptional. And at the age of 18, Anton can already be called an outstanding personality! The absolute champion Anton over the past three years has repeatedly won the prestigious Olympiads in chemistry. His most impressive victories are the “gold” at the Ying Mendeleevsky Olympiad in chemistry, as well as at the Oi International Chemical Olympiad, which was held in the city of NAKKHONPATHOM TAIILANA.

They are the most complex and are considered the most prestigious. In order to participate in competitions, you need to get into the Olympic team of your country. The chemist team consists of four participants. The national team is formed at educational training camps of gold, less often silver, medalists of the republican or, for example, all-Russian and similar Olympiads.

For the first time, not only in the history of his school, but throughout the history of niches, Anton twice became the absolute winner of the Republican Chemical Olympiad. In his conviction, to get, and even more so to win the Olympics, you need to truly love your subject. A talented schoolboy dreams of becoming a scientist-research, to engage in chemistry of living organisms and, possibly, open his laboratory.

Anton conducted his research project “Natural Indicators and their use in laboratory practice” under the guidance of Professor Kazh them. The schoolboy independently received water and alcohol extracts of various plants and vegetables, prepared indicators from them, and ultimately evaluated the effectiveness of their use in qualitative and quantitative analyzes.

This work won first place at the school stage and provided him with a trip to the scientific camp in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. I can sit for hours and read some books in English because most books in Russian are much worse in quality in chemistry and adapt everything.If I have been working in a good laboratory all my life and conduct some research, it will not be a job for me. Anton in love with chemistry and life enthusiastically talks about chemistry and his experience in his own blog Ischemist.

For example, he recently launched a marathon, in which he publishes small notes with interesting facts from different sections of chemistry. The student tells about quantum, physical, organic chemistry and chemistry of complex compounds in such a popular and interesting language that this science becomes clear not only devoted chemists, but also to “lyrics”. Also on the blog and on the channel, Anton shares in detail the tips on how to take international exams, what universities to choose, how to manage his time and write an essay.

Anton's posts in ISCHEMIST. Although you will release the magazine, at least make a blog - each time you will be better, and you will not only be able to share knowledge, but you yourself will become better. And in the end you can achieve cool heights. If you know how to draw beautifully, why don't you open your own mini-store of drawings? Start with a page on Vkontakte, Instagram, anywhere.

If you are interested in science, you are interested in knowing how the world works, then go, plunge into science and engage in olympiads or projects. Are you a photographer, designer, programmer, anyone? Get deep into your sphere, become the best, develop! A talented editor in the year, at the age of 15, Anton founded the first Kvazar scientific journal in Kazakhstan, whose website a monthly visits about eight thousand unique users.

But I was just wildly annoyed by how stupid, boring, she was taught one -sidedly at school. I am not surprised when people say that they do not like chemistry. If I had not gone to Nishevsky fees, two -week courses at the university in the 9th grade and would not see real chemistry, then I would have thought exactly the same. And then the thought comes to me: what prevents me from sharing my hobby with others?

So the idea of ​​creating a magazine originated. The magazine excitingly talks about science: chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, technology and astronomy. This online publication is made so professionally that you are amazed: is it really created by schoolchildren. The future student MIT himself writes and edits articles, is engaged in layout and design.

But in fact, life gives those who are trying. I sent about a hundred letters to various editions of the media with requests to notice our magazine and tell the general public about it. I was ignored, but I continued to write. As a result, once I was written by a PR manager of the scientific festival in St. Petersburg, which I did not even turn to, with a proposal for cooperation.

So the scientific amateur magazine, which is published by schoolchildren from Taldykorgan, became an information partner of the major scientific festival in St. Petersburg and Robotics Expo in Moscow. Anton used a real mentor in his rich experience in “intellectual battles” to create another project. He created the online community of students of niches to prepare for the chemical Olympiads "Pagodane".

In this community from above members and topics for discussion. In addition, as a chemistry coach, Anton proved himself at training training in Shymkent, helping peers tune in to important republican competitions. It should be noted that much attention in the school in which Anton studies is paid to the Olympic movement of the natural-mathematical direction.

For four consecutive years, Nazarbayev, an intellectual school of Taldykorgan, was recognized as the “best Olympic school of the Republic of Kazakhstan”. Another graduate of the school of the year, the gifted physicist Azamat Zhaksylykov, is now working as a doctoral program of the leading research university in the United States - the University of Wisconsin. According to Anton, one of the main tasks of the school as an educational institution is to help the student find his place.

And his peers should stubbornly look for what they truly want to do all their lives. Many you miss and do not notice until you dare to try. And then you need to understand one simple thing - a idea appeared? You can achieve cool heights, but only if you take a chance! The continuation of the story of Anton is here.