Central High junior earns double distinction

Valley Stream Central High School junior Michaela Sinclair achieved the dual distinction of joining MIT’s acclaimed Online Science, Technology and Engineering Program (MOSTEC) this summer and being named a QuestBridge College Prep Scholar.

Prep Scholars are high school juniors who have shown high academic achievement and become eligible for a slew of financial and academic aid resources including scholarships and additional support with the college admissions process. The QuestBridge program helps link talented academic students with educational and scholarship opportunities with the nation’s most selective colleges. 

Michaela has her current sights on pursuing chemistry in the hopes of eventually becoming a dermatologist and developing her own line of skin-care products. Her interests are varied, however, and at MOSTEC, which is a six-month program that begins this summer, she’ll be broadening her area of knowledge and interests by studying neuroscience as well as applied mathematics and aquatic chemistry. MOSTEC applicants, many of whom come from underrepresented backgrounds or underserved communities, are selected based on their strong academic record and interest in science and engineering.