Aaron Gold

- President & Founder of the Rice Cooking Club, leading weekly classes that teach students diverse global cuisines, cost-effective cooking, and allergen-friendly techniques—raising over $1,500 in our first month. - Responsible for fundraising, marketing, teaching cooking classes, and sales.

Worked front end as a co-supervisor. Studied local competition from a financial perspective. Improved my customer relationship management. Introduced new policies with improved team morale.

Assisted in setting/cleaning up tournaments, arbitrating games, & reducing workload for the head tournament director; In charge of documenting all results & pairings.

Cooked meals for customers; Provided excellent customer service to patrons; Facilitated operational improvements including pricing & marketing strategies. Supervised 3 temple events. Helped prepare & distribute food for 300+ attendees at sporting and cultural events, fostering community engagement.

Freshman at Rice University double majoring in Finance and Math; Current GPA: 4.0 - President & Founder of the Rice Cooking Club, leading weekly classes that teach students diverse global cuisines, cost-effective cooking, and allergen-friendly techniques—raising over $1,000 in the first month. - Captain of the Jones College Chess Team, competing against national-level players (9–2 record) while organizing training, lineups, and free chess lessons for local Title I schools. - Member of Rice Club Baseball, advancing from bench to pitcher and team fundraising manager through alumni outreach and other sources. - Conducted a year-long independent study (from 2024) on the environmental triggers of Celiac Disease and their epigenetic effects on DNA. Developed a custom numerical matrix system to analyze thousands of genetic factors, culminating in a 40-page research paper that helped identify key genes now under further study by medical researchers.

High School: Graduated with 3.9 unweighted GPA and 5.9 weighted GPA. Completed 14 AP/Dual Enrollment courses (no AP test score under 4). Still involved with the business program where I give guest lectures and mentor current students on their entrepreneurship projects. Also still involved with chess team as a tutor for middle game theory.

Fall 2024: BUS 200 Introduction to Business, (102%) A+, 3 Credits Spring 2025: POL 524 (Non-Profit Organizations) and POL 201 (Introduction to US Government), (97%) A+, 3 Credits