Walter Johnson High School · Class of 2027


Bethesda, Maryland

Profile

Aseniorwhoteaches,researches,andstayswiththeworkuntilitisfinishedproperly.

Anand Demchig studies physics and calculus at Walter Johnson High School. Away from class he teaches at Mongol Erdem, the Mongolian school in Maryland, models airfoils for an independent research project, and raises money for a children’s hospital in Ulaanbaatar. The record is service, study, and making things by hand.

0.00Weighted GPA
0Hours at Mongol Erdem
$0+Raised for a children’s hospital
$0Naadam rent fund

Focus

  • Physics
  • Research
  • Service
  • Culture
  • Engineering

Experience

Teaching, research, and work he has kept alongside a full course load.

Mongol Erdem

Four years at the Mongolian school in Maryland. He oversaw five volunteers, taught arts and crafts to more than ten pre-K students, translated at school events, and helped organize Tsagaan Sar, Christmas, and Halloween. In 2026 he led the Naadam khuushuur booth that covered a year of the school’s rent.

Assistant teacher, then volunteer teacher616 hours

Brilliant Minds Global

Co-hosted a nationwide campaign that raised more than $63,000. The gifts equipped a children’s hospital in Mongolia with dialysis machines and surgical equipment for children with cleft lip.

Regional coordinator, East Coast56 hours

Book World Club

Organized a week-long drive that raised more than $300 to send G. Ten-Mergen, president of Nomiin Yrtons, to China’s International Book Fair.

Fundraising coordinator7 hours

Society for Science

Studied how airfoil geometry changes aerodynamic performance, modeling the work in SU2 and AutoCAD. He is preparing the findings for the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Independent researcher64 hours

F=ma

Sat the F=ma exam after teaching himself the AP Physics 1 course in a few months. He scored above average and did not advance to the next round.

Physics Olympiad70 hours

Pinnacle Scholars

With a group supervised by Dr. Khulan, studied how students use AI and how that use relates to academic performance. The team wrote the survey, read the data, and published an abstract at the SMRU Conference.

Team researcher40 hours

Mongolian Culture and Heritage Club

Leads the club as a senior after a year as vice president. He has organized more than eleven biweekly meetings, with budgets, events, and programs on Mongolian history and custom for the wider school.

Vice president, then presidentWalter Johnson

American Sign Language

Substitutes when the instructor is out, builds review slides, and tutors. He has taught the alphabet and numbers to more than five students and helped more than thirty review vocabulary.

Intern, Walter JohnsonOngoing

Janice’s Espresso

Works about thirteen hours a week through the school year, opening and closing, making drinks, and keeping the café in order.

Barista and front of houseBethesda

The Art of Living in America

Reviewed the English conversations for a book published in Mongolian and English. It has appeared on a bestseller list.

English dialogue reviewAzzaya Batsaikhan

Also

  • A week in France with his school.
  • Debate team. They prepared together and won.
  • At 16, took the Mongolian citizenship oath and received his citizen ID.
  • Sewed the school’s Övliin Övgön costume and gave it to Mongol Erdem.
  • Languages: Mongolian, English, and American Sign Language.
  • Tools: computational fluid dynamics software, AutoCAD, and code.

Academics

Unweighted GPA 3.41. Weighted GPA 4.02. Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda.

Completed

  • AP U.S. GovernmentB
  • AP Physics 1B
  • AP Modern World HistoryA
  • AP Art HistoryB
  • AP MacroeconomicsB
  • AP MicroeconomicsB
  • AP Language and CompositionB

This year

  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
  • AP Literature and Composition
  • AP Calculus AB

Awards

  • Student of the Year — Government of Mongolia
  • Certificate of Achievement — Infinity Science Institute
  • Certificate of Meritorious Service — Walter Johnson High School
  • Certificate of Recognition — Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations
  • National Society of High School Scholars — 2026
  • Certificate of Academic Excellence — Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations

Sequences

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College tour
1 / 5 · UCLA
Mongol Erdem
1 / 5 · Independence Day
Hands on
1 / 5 · At the machine