Oliinyk, Nazar

FY, ED, Fall 2023, 03/08/2005

CEEB: CAID: 34368528
FERPA: Waived

Profile
Personal information
Name Oliinyk, Nazar

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Share different name No
Birthdate 03/08/2005

Contact details
Email, Phone

Permanent address
telephone
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noliinyk22@ugs.foundation, +380.953425568, Mobile, No other

Geroev Stalingrada ulitsa 22 KORP 3 Poltava POLTAVA, 36040, UKR

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Demographics
Gender Identity Male
Sex Male
Pronouns He/Him
Military status None
Hispanic or Latino/a/x No
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Race White (Europe)

Language
Ukrainian First Language, Spoken at Home
Russian Speak, Read, Write
English Speak, Read, Write
Czech Speak, Read, Write

Geography and nationality

Citizenship status Citizen of non-U.S. country
Birthplace Kharkiv, Ukraine 0 years US
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Other citizenships Ukraine
Current US Visa None
Intended US Visa F-1 Student

Common App fee waiver

Fee waiver requested Yes, Signed: Nazar Oliinyk

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Family
Household
Parents Divorced 2007
Home Parent 1

Parent 1

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Mother
Name Oksana Oliinyk (Demydenko)
Email, Phone super-nazar@ukr.net, +380.500856406, Mobile
Occupation Writer or journalist, Unemployed
Education

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Graduated from college/university
Bachelors (2000), Poltava National Pedagogical University, Poltava,
Poltavska oblast', Ukraine
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Parent 2
Limited information about this parent
Name Yurii Oliinyk
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Education
Current or most recent secondary school
Poltava city multidisciplinary Lyceum Nº1 , Poltava, Poltavs'ka oblast, Ukraine, Public
(01/2020 - 05/2023)
Other Poltava Gymnasium 31, Poltava, Poltavska oblast', Ukraine, Public
(09/2012 - 12/2019)

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Progression No change in progression
Graduation Date 05/2023

Colleges & universities

Grades
Rank
GPA
1 / 120, Unweighted
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18.74 / 20, Unweighted
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Current or most recent year courses
First semester Second semester
CALC - Algebra - (ADV) CALC - Algebra - (ADV)
PHYS - Physics - (ADV) PHYS - Physics - (ADV)
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CHEM - Chemistry - (REG) CHEM - Chemistry - (REG)

BIOL - Biology - (REG)
COMPSCI - Computer Science - (REG)
GEOM - Geometry - (ADV)
SCI - Geography - (REG)
HIST - History of Ukraine - (REG)
HIST - World History - (REG)
ENG - English Language - (REG)
OTH/ELE - World Literature - (REG)
OTH/ELE - Ukrainian Literature - (REG)
ART - Art Culture - (REG)
PE/HLTH - Physical Education - (REG)
BIOL - Biology - (REG)
COMPSCI - Computer Science - (REG)
GEOM - Geometry - (ADV)
SCI - Geography - (REG)
HIST - History of Ukraine - (REG)
HIST - World History - (REG)
ENG - English Language - (REG)
OTH/ELE - World Literature - (REG)
OTH/ELE - Ukrainian Literature - (REG)
ART - Art Culture - (REG)
PE/HLTH - Physical Education - (REG)

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First semester Second semester
HIST - Law - (REG) HIST - Law - (REG)

Honors
1st place at INOVA - International 11
2nd largest invention
show in Europe
1st place at Junior National 10
Academy of Sciences

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competition at
environmental science;
1st out of 10000+works
3rd place at Junior National 9
Academy of Sciences
competition in physics;
top 15 among 10000+
works
GENIUS Olympiad
Ukraine - 1st place
among 80 qualified
works from all over
National,
International
IE 10
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Ukraine. Honors in the
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City Major Stipend for State/Regional 9, 10, 11
outstanding academic
achievements; 0.5% of
students in the city
receive it
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Community-based organizations
CBO 1 Ukraine Global Scholars
Counselor Mr. Pavlo Kononenko
Email, Phone pkononenko@ugs.foundation, +1.857-208-8623

Future plans
Scientific researcher, Masters

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Testing
Duolingo English Test
Literacy 120 10/17/2022
Comprehension 110 10/17/2022
Conversation 100 10/17/2022
Production 105 10/17/2022

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Duolingo Total 110 10/17/2022
Taken 1
Planned 11/2022

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Activities
Environmental
9, 10, 11 Founder , Poltava Air Condition
Year As a result of my scientific work, created my own laboratory to make the
7 hr/wk, 52 wk/yr problem of air pollution clearly visible for 250K habitants of our city.
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Dance
9, 10, 11 Professional Ballroom Dancer, Ballroom Dancing Club DUET
Year Latin American and European Standard (10 dances); ballroom dancer
11 hr/wk, 46 wk/yr with more than 100 diplomas and cups from national and international
Continue competitions.

Research
9, 10, 11
Year
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Author of Scientific Research Study, Study of Atmospheric Air
Pollution of Poltava Region
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14 hr/wk, 52 wk/yr Conducted an annual study of the air quality in my region; identified that
Continue the main pollutant is PM2.5; proved that PM particles are Brownian.

Community Service (Volunteer)

10, 11 Organize International Events About the War , United for Ukraine
Year (United People Global), Team of 7 Selected Students, Working with 2
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3 hr/wk, 40 wk/yr Mentors

Continue Create/host weekly meeting; 1 of 7 selected from 500, provide current
war info for all people worldwide who stand with Ukraine, to help in any
way.

Athletics: Club
9, 10, 11 Diving, Professional SSI Underwater Diver, Scuba School International
Break An underwater diver with 3 completed diving courses and more than
15 hr/wk, 10 wk/yr 300 successful dives; cave and wreck diver; have a dream to dive into
Blue Hole.

Community Service (Volunteer)

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10, 11 Participant, to Positively Impact City, Youth Poltava Council, Selected
School as 1 of Top 10%
2 hr/wk, 38 wk/yr Team hosts various events for citizens; organizes educational sessions
Continue for youth, celebrating national holidays; internship at Poltava Council

Foreign Exchange
10, 11 Participant of International Youth Exchanges, Erasmus+ Study Abroad
School, Year in Spain (2) and Cyprus (1)
24 hr/wk, 2 wk/yr Participant of 3 youth exchanges in Europe, during which I gained
Continue knowledge about SDG and Tolerance using web2.0. Made many new

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int'l friends.

Theater/Drama
9, 10 Lead Actor and Dancer in School Theater Club , Theater Club of the 1st
School, Break
3 hr/wk, 38 wk/yr
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Lyceum

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Won several main roles in the productions of theater plays based on the
works of Ukrainian writers; helped create dances for many
performances.
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Community Service (Volunteer)
10, 11 Member of the Youth Wing of a Political Party, Ze.molodizhka (Youth
Year Org. of Pres. Zelenskyy’s Political Party), 1 of 10 Students Selected
5 hr/wk, 52 wk/yr from 250
Continue Implement the ideas of our President of Ukraine; create/publish daily
website content; run event advertisement campaigns; organize int'l
events.
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Art
9, 10, 11 Member of the School Club of Creative Writing, Pereveslo
School, Break Group tries to find the best words to transmit our feelings and views
1 hr/wk, 38 wk/yr onto paper; I won various city-level creative writing competitions.
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Writing
Personal essay
Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that
responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

I am sitting in a dark, damp bomb shelter just a block away from my school in Poltava, Ukraine.
The shelter is packed wall-to-wall with frightened people, hiding from the Russian shelling. As I feel

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the ceiling vibrate after another explosion outside, I notice a scared little girl looking at me, eyes
full of tears. I am clenching my fists in helpless fury. All I want is to protect her and everyone else
in this shelter. If only I knew how…

I know this feeling of helplessness way too well. Four years ago, my grandfather died from lung
cancer. He was my hero and role model after my dad left us when I was little. My grandfather
taught me many important things in life, like the values of hard work and supporting others. But I

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couldn’t help him. I felt small and powerless compared to the big forces that changed my life so
profoundly. I only hoped that there was some way for me to protect others. After reading more
about lung cancer, I learned that air pollution is one of its primary causes. Although air pollution
kills millions every year, people around me didn’t seem to care. Yet, it didn’t stop me from
declaring my personal war on air pollution.

I started with a simple question: how bad was the air we breathe in Poltava? Turned out, nobody
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knew! So, I approached my physics teacher and asked him where to start. We came up with the
idea to build an air monitoring station to measure the quality of air in my hometown. Building a
station from scratch wasn’t easy. I spent countless nights trying to figure out the detectors’ layout.
Struggling to find money to buy parts, I needed to redesign it to be inexpensive, yet accurate. Other
students joked that I had moved into the school lab and this was my new home. I didn’t mind. The
air monitoring station was finally ready.

After the first week of daily measurements in different parts of the city, I realized how bad our air
quality was. It exceeded the permissible levels by two to three times. Naturally, my next question:
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what should we do about this? I decided to share the results online and give Poltava residents
access to real-time measurements of the air quality across my network of six stations. My reports
got picked up by local and then national media in Ukraine. I realized that raising awareness of the
problem could nudge policymakers to take action. I advocated changing existing regulations in
Ukraine that make it cheaper for big corporations to pay a small fine for emissions than to install
effective air filters. In my war against air pollution, I understood that in order to fight the enemy, I
needed to learn many things at once, such as environmental engineering, medicine and policy.

These memories go through my head as I sit in the bomb shelter, facing another war. The war that
all Ukrainians fight for the freedom of our country. The war that brings completely-destroyed cities,
crippled fates of orphans, and the grief of mothers who will never see their children. The war that
exacerbates existing environmental problems in Ukraine, increasing air and soil pollution from
rocket fuel of thousands of missiles and phosphorus bombs–not to mention the risks of
radioactive contamination in case of a nuclear strike.
 

Suddenly, even with all of the noise around me, I become calm and focused. Although my war

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against air pollution is far from being over, I am certain that victory is in sight once we apply our
knowledge, talents, and energy to it. And I understand that Ukraine’s victory is inevitable because
this is what millions of Ukrainians do every single day. I smile at the scared little girl next to me,
telling her that everything will be fine. She smiles back.

Community disruption
On April 4, 2022, I left Ukraine due to the constant shelling of our city by long-range missiles. I am
currently in Munich, Germany, attending my final year of our rigorous high school online. Having
20-25 courses in Ukrainian schools is standard, thus I have 22 courses this year.

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In Ukraine, high school ends after 11th grade, so I am currently an 11th-grade student, which is the
American equivalent of a Senior. I am graduating this year. We are still finding ways to keep all of
our activities going to the best of our abilities. 

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Because of this, in my Activities section, I have listed the grades I participated in my activities as
being 9-11, since 11th grade is as high as Ukrainian school goes. 

I will graduate first in my class at a very competitive high school in Ukraine.

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Education progression
Details
Education progression No change in progression
details

Required explanation

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Secondary school change

At my previous school I had a great relationship with all the teachers and am very grateful for all
the knowledge they gave me during my eight years of study there. At a certain point, though, we all
realized that I had done everything I could do and achieved everything possible at that school. 

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We decided that it would be best for my potential if I found a new place where I could be
challenged. My teachers and administrators all supported me in this decision and helped me to
transfer. This has proven to be an excellent decision, as I am more challenged in this new school. I
am very much looking forward to the unlimited resources at university and to being able to work
with students of the highest possible caliber, in order to realize my fullest potential. 
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University of Pennsylvania questions
General
Start Term Fall 2023
Admission plan Early Decision
Early Decision Yes%, I have read and understand my rights and responsibilities under
Agreement the Early Decision Process and have reviewed Penn’s Early Decision
policy. I wish to be considered as an Early Decision candidate at

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University of Pennsylvania. I also understand that with an Early
Decision offer of admissions%, this institution may share my name and
my early commitment with other institutions. Nazar Oliinyk
School Specific Fee No
Waivers
Financial aid Yes
School Discipline
Have you ever been
adjudicated guilty or
convicted of a
misdemeanor or felony?
No
No
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Penn does not prejudge
individuals on the basis
of their response to this
question; however, we
want to understand the
circumstances around
your criminal history.
We urge applicants to
reflect upon their
actions, provide context
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and detail, and any

lessons learned from
the experience.
Use Testing No

Contacts
Previously applied No
How have you learned Other, Ukraine Global Scholars, 03/2021
about University of
Pennsylvania? List in
order of influence
Additional contact Current Penn Student, Olha Loiek
Additional contact Current Penn Student, Andriy Chemerysov
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Additional contact
Additional contact
Additional contact
Additional contact
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Additional contact
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If you wish to be
contacted via mobile
phone, please provide
Penn Graduate/Alum, Mykhailo Lemesh
Penn Graduate/Alum, Yuliya Sychikova
Met With a Coach
Other, "Elon Musk" book by Maria Serdiuk, 06/2019
Social Media
College Guidebook/Publication
Internet
I consent to be contacted by University of Pennsylvania at the mobile
phone number provided below.

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your phone number.
Contact methods may
include phone calls
generated from an
automated telephone
dialing system or text
messaging.
Mobile Phone Number:

Context & background

+380.953425568
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Context & background Assisting household members with situations such as doctor
appointments%, bank visits%, or visa interviews, House tasks -
cleaning%, laundry%, etc., Interpreting or translating for household
members, Living in an environment without reliable internet access,
Living on my own/ don't live at home, Taking care of animals

Family
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Sibling applied No
Relatives attended No
member
Relative employed at No
member

Other Information
Do you hold citizenship No
or permanent residence
status in Canada or
Mexico?

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Would you like to No
provide information
regarding personal
identification with the
LGBTQ+ community?
(optional)
By submitting this I agree
application, you certify
that this application and
its contents are
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authentic. Additional
application materials
sent on your behalf
(e.g., transcripts,
counselor
recommendations, etc.)
must be sent by an
official or University-
approved source. All
application materials
and contents are
subject to audit and
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applicant
misrepresentation,
including falsifications
or deliberate omissions,
Penn Admissions
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admission.
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Affirmations
By submitting this application, I affirm my understanding of and agreement to the statements
found here: http://www.commonapp.org/affirmations.

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