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Admission and Financial Aid

As an international applicant to Ä¢¹½TV, you might have questions about attending college in the United States. International Admission Ambassadors understand and want to help you get to know Ä¢¹½TV from wherever you are in the world.

You are also welcome to send questions to admissionambassadors@davidson.edu for a student-oriented perspective on life at Ä¢¹½TV.

Shalom Badze ’29

  • International Admission Ambassador

shbadze@davidson.edu

Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe
Major: Bioinformatics

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Andy Cai ’29

  • International Admission Ambassador

ancai@davidson.edu

Hometown: Shanghai, China

Majors: Biology & Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)

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Fabiana Claros Gasser ’27

  • International Admission Ambassador

faclaros@davidson.edu

Hometown: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Majors: Economics and Political Science 

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Orestis Mikelakis ’27

  • International Admission Ambassador

ormikelakis@davidson.edu

Hometown: Athens, Greece
Majors: Economics and Political Science

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Sami Pyndi ’29

  • International Admission Ambassador

sapyndi@davidson.edu

Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Major: Economics
Minor: Psychology

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Zainab Sawani ’28

  • International Admission Ambassador

zasawani@davidson.edu

Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan & Mauritius
Majors: Economics and Psychology

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Sophia Shan ’27

  • International Admission Ambassador

soshan@davidson.edu

Hometown: Shanghai, China
Majors: Environmental Studies and Anthropology

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Rishi Sharma ’27

  • International Admission Ambassador

risharma@davidson.edu

Hometown: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Major: Biology
Minor: Philosophy 

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