Jarrod Chan

Jarrod Chan

Jarrod Chan

City of Residence: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
School: 
Sunway College
Intended Major:
Mathematics
Age:
Grade 12

Jarrod is a friendly and motivated student. He wants to specialize in mathematics at the university level.

What challenges did he face?

  • Jarrod is interested in learning more about the Kelly Criterion and how it may be used to rebalance financial portfolios in financial markets.
  • He had a lot of responsibilities throughout this mentorship program, and he’ll polish his research paper before submitting it to a journal for publication.


Matched professor:

The mentor is a lecturer at MIT in the Mathematics Department. He also serves as an investment manager, exploiting advanced statistical analytics to manage a variety of investment programs.


How did our program help him?

  • He was able to gain a rudimentary understanding of data analysis with R and structure his mathematical works with LaTeX.
  • Despite his busy schedule, the professor praised him for his dedication and hard work, and if need to, the mentor will write a reference letter for him in the future.


Below is part of an example work done during the program:

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