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|Subjects = Science, Social Science, History
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|schoolcur = [[Columbia]] (2021-2025)
 
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|highschool = [[Naperville North]] (2016-present)
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|highschool = [[Naperville North]] (2017-2021)
 
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Geoffrey Wu is a player for [[Naperville North]].  
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Geoffrey Wu is a former player for [[Columbia]] (2021-2025) that primarily specializes in science. He was part of the winning Illinois Blue team of the 2021 [[NASAT]]. He was ranked the 64th best college player in [[Amogh Kulkarni]]'s Top 100 Player Ranking.
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During the 2024-25 school year, Geoffrey was the Vice President of Columbia's Quiz Bowl club. That year, he was was part of the Columbia teams that came in 4th in [[2025 ICT|ICT DI]] and 6th in [[2025 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]]. In the 2024-25 [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28989 end-of-season poll] he was voted the 5th best science player in the country.  
  
=Mathematics Prowess=
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Geoffrey is the creator and administrator of [[QBReader]]. This earned him the 2025 [[Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award]]. His full citation, as given by [[Harry White]] on the [[MainQB Discord]], was the following: <br>
==Mathcounts Career==
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''"The 2025 Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award is awarded to Geoffrey Wu of Columbia University, for developing and maintaining QBReader, a stable, up-to-date site for digital practice on good questions, a searchable question database, and many other useful tools for studying quizbowl."''
Geoffrey is best known for scoring fifth in the 2017 Mathcounts National Competition after scoring second in the written competition, and 58th in the 2016 Mathcounts National Competition. His team, Illinois placed 6th in 2017 and 15th in 2016.
 
  
The [https://mathcountscompetition.fandom.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Wu| Geoffrey Wu Mathcounts Fandom page] is consistently among the Top 5 most visited pages on the wiki.
 
  
==Math2Impact==
 
Geoffrey is also among the noted founders of [https://www.math2impact.org/| Math2Impact], a student-run, student-led math club striving to provide the best experience for everyone to enrich their math skills through fun topics and exploration.
 
 
=VALORANT Career=
 
Geoffrey is a former sage main well known for resurrecting his teammates without first walling their bodies off from enemies. He frequently ignores requests from teammates to play games due to his early bedtime.
 
 
=Science Olympiad Career=
 
Geoffrey placed 7th in Fermi Questions at the August 2020 Scioly Monthly Event Challenge (SMEC), notably placing below [[Judson Lam]] (who placed 6th) and [[Dan Ni]] (who placed 4th).
 
  
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 6 June 2025

Geoffrey Wu
Noted subjects Science, Social Science, History
Current college Columbia (2021-2025)
Past colleges none
High school Naperville North (2017-2021)
Middle school none
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Geoffrey Wu is a former player for Columbia (2021-2025) that primarily specializes in science. He was part of the winning Illinois Blue team of the 2021 NASAT. He was ranked the 64th best college player in Amogh Kulkarni's Top 100 Player Ranking. During the 2024-25 school year, Geoffrey was the Vice President of Columbia's Quiz Bowl club. That year, he was was part of the Columbia teams that came in 4th in ICT DI and 6th in ACF Nationals. In the 2024-25 end-of-season poll he was voted the 5th best science player in the country.

Geoffrey is the creator and administrator of QBReader. This earned him the 2025 Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award. His full citation, as given by Harry White on the MainQB Discord, was the following:
"The 2025 Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award is awarded to Geoffrey Wu of Columbia University, for developing and maintaining QBReader, a stable, up-to-date site for digital practice on good questions, a searchable question database, and many other useful tools for studying quizbowl."