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Matthew Pecoraro

220 Claremont Avenue

West Babylon, NY 11704

(631) 553 9320

matthew.pecoraro@yale.edu

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Town of Babylon, Lindenhurst NY — Head Records Keeper

June 2018 - Present

Internship for the office of the Town Clerk. Worked to revitalize and

reorganize the records retention system of the town.

Live Nation, Wantagh NY — Usher

June 2018 - August 2018

Worked as an usher for Live Nation at Jones Beach Amphitheatre.

Long Island Weight Loss Institute, Smithtown NY — Researcher

June 2017 - August 2017

Internship for Data Analysis Research on Weight Loss Factors. Compiled

data to find a link between individual factors and weight loss.

Baiting Hollow Scout Camp, Calverton NY— STEM Center Director

June 2016 - August 2016

Led the STEM/Nature Center at a Boy Scout Summer Camp for the

duration of the summer. This included instruction of various science

merit badges and supervision of other staff members. Work was

continuous from day to day as staff members slept at the camp, getting

one day off a week.

Baiting Hollow Scout Camp, Calverton NY— Counselor

June 2014 - August 2014, June 2015 - August 2015

Taught Cub Scouts and First Year Scouts a myriad of basic scouting skills

ranging from fire construction to proper axe use to knot tying. Led these

campers from program to program. Work was continuous from day to

day as staff members slept at the camp, getting one day off a week.

SKILLS

Fluency in all Microsoft Office

Products, including Excel, and

Google Drive Products,

including Sheets. Generally

capable of any typical

technological need.

AWARDS/HONORS

Valedictorian

Highest Weighted and

Unweighted Average of the

North Babylon High School

Class of 2018

Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm

Completed with Troop 179;

Project entailed the

Rehabilitation of the North

Babylon High School’s Light

Booth

Vigil Honor Recipient

A distinction given to less

than 0.5% of Scouts for

service to the Order of the

Arrow (Scouting’s Honor

Society), Troop, and

community.

National AP Scholar

After having taken 12 AP

Exams

Certificate of Special

Recognition from the Town

of Babylon

Given for contributions to the

North Babylon Quiz Bowl

Team

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EDUCATION

Yale University, New Haven, CT — Current Student

Projected Chemistry/Political Science double major

August 2018 - Present

Relevant courses taken include Organic Chemistry I (A), Organic

Chemistry Lab I (A), and Math 115 [Calculus of One Variable II] (A-).

Currently enrolled in a multivariable calculus class, and extensions of

Organic Chemistry courses.

North Babylon High School, North Babylon, NY — Advanced

Regents Diploma with Honors in Math and Science

September 2014 - June 2018

COLLEGE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Yale Student Academic Competitions

Full travelling member of the Yale Student Academic Competition’s Team.

Attended competitions held at Harvard, MIT, and Brown.

Davenport Pops Orchestra

First Chair Tenor Saxophonist and Soloist.

Yale Military History Society

Member

HIGH SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Travel Quiz Bowl / History Bowl

Academic Tournaments wherein participants compete to demonstrate

knowledge of the given subject matter. Below, accomplishments are

separated by tournament format, from most to least accomplished.

National History Bowl and Bee (NHBB) - Tournaments on both the team

and individual levels with focus in history. National tournament attendee

four times. Qualified for the United States History Bee with a perfect

score, becoming the 5

th person to do so by that time. Ranked in the top 50

for History Bee, Bowl, and US History Bee at the National Tournament.

National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) - Tournaments on the

team level on all academic topics, from Literature to History to Science.

National tournament qualifier for three years.

DOE Science Bowl - Tournament at Brookhaven National Labs wherein

teams compete solely on Science and Mathematics. Team ranked 3

rd

in

Suffolk County in 2016-17.

Perfect Attendance

Hadn’t missed a day of school

since Grade 6

LANGUAGES

English - Fluent, Read, Write,

Speak

Spanish - New York State Seal

of Biliteracy Recipient

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

National Youth Leadership

Training Attendee

Hugh O’Brien Youth

Leadership Training Attendee

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OUT OF SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (2014-18)

Next Generation Politics (NGP)

A political group who is nonpartisan and aims to increase political literacy and involvement among Gen-Z. Started

as the second chapter in the organization. NGP now has over 40 chapters in 14+ states and 4 countries. Through the

organization, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to Senator Chuck Schumer, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli,

Congressman Tom Suozzi, and Former Congressman Steve Israel and individually organized/planned an education

forum to discuss problems in the present school system with five elected officials (Town Supervisor Richard

Schaffer, State Senator Phil Boyle, County Legislator Kevin McCaffrey, School Board President Robert Scheid, and

School Board Trustee John Schneidawin).

Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm. Project completed in the North Babylon High School Auditorium (Rehabilitation of

the Light Booth). Instructor (2016 - Present), Senior Patrol Leader (2014-16), Patrol Leader (2013-14),

Quartermaster (2012-13). National Jamboree Attendee (2017)

Order of the Arrow (OA)

The “Brotherhood of Cheerful Service” is Scouting’s National Honor Society. Vigil Honor Recipient (a distinction

given to less than 0.5% of Scouts) for service to the Order of the Arrow, Troop, and community. Chapter Secretary

2014-15 and 2016-17. National Order of the Arrow Conference Attendee (2015)