On November 22, the historic Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., was abuzz with the lively chatter of TASIS alumni, who gathered for a delightful aperitivo-style reunion.

Giada Giuliani ’24 (Italy/Brazil/France) plans to study either Comparative Literature or Psychology at Brown after also receiving offers from all five of the other universities she applied to: The New School, IE Madrid, The American University of Paris, Southern Methodist University, and Fordham University.

Mariaurora Rosso ’24 (Switzerland), who competed in two world robotics championships while at TASIS, plans to pursue a career in aerospace engineering, astrophysics research, and scientific writing.

Following 11 years at TASIS, Annie Bezikian ’24 (Italy/Armenia) is headed to southern California after also considering offers from University of St Andrews, University College London, King’s College London, University of Warwick, New York University, Fordham University, Chapman University, Clark University, and University of San Diego.

Michael Maffe ’24 (USA/Switzerland/China), who excelled academically and made significant contributions to the TASIS community outside the classroom over the course of his six years at the school, also fielded offers from Loyola Marymount University, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and UC Santa Cruz.

Caroline Odfjell Titland ’24 (Norway) plans to study Business Communications and Digital Media and dreams of one day being a professional singer. 

Sasha Svirina ’24 (Russia), who ultimately hopes her passion for science, pharmacology, and neuroscience will enable her to work on curing diseases such as Alzheimer’s, was also accepted to Utrecht University, Maastricht University, Queen Mary University, The University of St Andrews, and Sussex University.

After 14 years at TASIS, Giorgio Ippolito ’24 (Italy/Switzerland), whose plan is to become a chef and one day open his own restaurant, will hone his craft at a school with a worldwide reputation for excellence in teaching culinary and pastry arts.

Well-rounded IB scholar Sarah Wexler Brodie ’24 (USA) chose one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious schools over University of Edinburgh and Durham University.

Lalita Stromayer ’24 (India/USA), who intends to also pursue a minor in the performing arts, chose Skidmore over Oberlin College, Syracuse University, University of Rochester, and University of Massachusetts Amherst.