Julia Mongo

Staff Writer and Advisor

A member of the Distinguished Fellowships and Prehealth Advising teams, Julia advises students and alumni applying to the Fulbright US Student Program. She also helps students preparing essays for graduate school applications. Julia has an MS in Health Policy & Management from the Harvard School of Public Health and a BA in Sociology from Harvard University. She is a proud member of the MIT radio station WMBR 88.1fm where she founded the Africa Kabisa radio program.

When you are on campus you should visit: MIT Chapel because of its tranquility and Eero Saarinen architecture.

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Four MIT students awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships

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Published by MIT News on December 7, 2020

Three MIT seniors, Alice Ho, Francesca Macchiavello Cauvi, and Ava Waitz, and doctoral student Lucio Milanese have been awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships. They will begin their program …

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Two MIT seniors named 2021 Marshall Scholars

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Published by MIT News on December 7, 2020

Katherine “Katie” Collins and Marla Evelyn Odell have been awarded Marshall Scholarships and will begin graduate studies in the United Kingdom. next fall. The MIT seniors were …

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Meghan Davis named 2022 Mitchell Scholar

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Published by MIT News on November 24, 2020

MIT senior Meghan Davis has been named one of the 12 winners of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship’s Class of 2022. After graduating next spring with dual …

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Two MIT students named 2021 Rhodes Scholars

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Published by MIT News on November 21, 2020

Ghadah Alshalan and Danielle Grey-Stewart have been selected for the 2021 cohort of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program. They will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford …

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Eleven from MIT awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowships

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Published by MIT News on May 22, 2020

This story was updated on 12/17/2020 to reflect Christian Cardozo’s decision to accept a Fulbright fellowship.

Eleven MIT students and recent alumni are recipients of awards from …

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Siranush Babakhanova and Michal Gala named 2020 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

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Published by MIT News on May 5, 2020

Two MIT seniors, Siranush Babakhanova and Michal Gala, have been awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarships. The prestigious fellowship attracts thousands of applicants from around the world and provides full funding …

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Ten from MIT awarded 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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Published by MIT News on April 14, 2020

Ten MIT students and alumni are among the 30 recipients of this year’s Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. The MIT-affiliated winners are Pelkins Mbacham …

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Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars

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Published by MIT News on February 18, 2020

MIT seniors Charlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger have won the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which offers students an opportunity to pursue graduate study in the field of …

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Mehtaab Sawhney named 2020 Churchill Scholar

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Published by MIT News on January 30, 2020

Mehtaab Sawhney, a senior from Commack, New York, has been named a 2020 Churchill Scholar and will pursue a year of graduate studies at Cambridge University …

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