Nguyen Gia Bao Nam (Michael Nam)
A funding-aware application packet for École Polytechnique.
Mathematical stretch submission
Not a pure AI bachelor. It is best viewed as a math-heavier launchpad that only makes sense if the family accepts a later move into applied AI, advanced computing, or graduate study.
Estimated total cost to plan around before scholarship.
Tuition waived, but the annual administration fee still remains.
Prepared as a deliberate stretch packet, not as a generic send-everywhere file.
My strongest scholarship-facing case for École Polytechnique is not only that I am a strong student. It is that my file already shows long-run discipline, practical technical direction, early external competition proof, and a route where funding would change what is realistically feasible.
This packet only works when it can justify real mathematical readiness, disciplined study habits, and the appetite for a high-pressure, high-upside route.
Direct portal plus interview stage via Ecole Polytechnique online application. Statement quality, CV, referees, and interview performance all materially affect the file.
Verified school continuity, external competition signals, documented conduct, and the current 1Matrix line.
- Strong transcript continuity from grade 1 through grade 10
- Grade-8 peak year and a still-strong grade-10 record
- Overall ranking signal for the target: QS World University Rankings 2025 (Institut Polytechnique de Paris umbrella): 46
- Grade 8 (2022-2023), whole-year average 9.6
- Internship at 1Matrix, a blockchain company in the One Mount-Techcombank ecosystem
- School-issued conduct and citizenship recognitions support reliability.
- Explain why funding changes this lane from optional to real.
- School-specific asks: Two referees or recommender contacts; Admissions interview
- Still missing or future-dated: Final upper-secondary transcript (Future document); Final high-school diploma / leaving certificate (Future document); English-language proof (Missing); Referee contact / recommendation letter (Missing).
Export only as a deliberately high-end stretch packet. I want the funding reader to see that the route is coherent, not merely aspirational.