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{{Infobox|Name = Geoffrey Wu
 
{{Infobox|Name = Geoffrey Wu
|Subjects = Rez me without walling first, going to sleep early, peaking in middle school
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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]]. He is well known<ref>The [https://mathcountscompetition.fandom.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Wu| Geoffrey Wu Mathcounts Fandom page] is consistently among the top 5 most visited pages on the website.</ref> for his competition math knowledge,<ref>Geoffrey notably scored 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. </ref> which often nets him deep buzzes.{{citation needed}}
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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.
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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>
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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."''
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 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."