Haley Qin is a Graduate Coach with InGenius Prep. She is a graduate of Cornell University, double majoring in Applied Economics & Management and Information Sciences. As a first-generation student and the eldest of five girls, she has firsthand experience with the challenges of navigating the college application process.
Throughout high school, Haley ranked at the top of her class and participated in a wide range of activities, including Track and Field, Art Club, working as a Daycare Assistant, volunteering with Kids Helping Kids, and waitressing at a local restaurant. Her academic and extracurricular achievements earned her recognition as a semi-finalist for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. She also won several national essay-based scholarship competitions.
At Cornell, she mentored 10 first-generation underclassmen in the business and hotel administration schools, hosting bi-weekly meetings to guide them through their early college experience. Haley also collaborated regularly with faculty and admissions officers to offer feedback and suggest improvements to the Dyson School of Business program. Her academic work at Cornell includes studies within The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and the Cornell Bowers Computing & Information Sciences. As a Graduate Coach, Haley aims to use her experiences—both as a mentee and mentor—to help ease the anxiety and uncertainty that often come with applying to college and support students as they pursue their dream futures.