{"id":174,"date":"2026-02-20T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachelannjoseph.com\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:36:33","slug":"achievements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rachelannjoseph.com\/index.php\/achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a list of any achievements and awards I have received in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ACADEMIC <\/strong>-&gt;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualified for Centre for Talented Youth Ireland (CTYI) summer programme\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>95th percentile nationally <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualified for Early Research and Projects Network (ERPN) at DCU university.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A course which aims to &#8220;link academically gifted and highly motivated students with tutors who can teach them the art of research and writing&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attended classes and researched a topic of my choice &#8211; Symmetry in particle physics and astrophysics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summarised research to create a simplified poster and presented it to classmates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Represented my secondary school for:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regional maths quiz &#8211; top 5 from each class qualify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regional science quiz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First place (\u20ac50) &#8211; General Knowledge Quiz &#8211; Youth Works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third place &#8211; Regional Maths Quiz &#8211; represented my primary school, team based on highest maths assessment scores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student of the Year award &#8211; 2nd Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>EXTRACURRICULARS -&gt;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First place (\u20ac150) &#8211; Painting Competition &#8211; Olivia&#8217;s Cafe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First place (\u20ac100) &#8211; Tom Murphy Writing Competition &#8211; Short Story<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranked #17 in Ireland (Girls U17 Singles) for badminton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First place &#8211; Badminton club competition group B winner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connacht inter-county champions 3 years in a row<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Represented my secondary school:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choir<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basketball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volleyball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Athletics \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Competed in cross country running competetion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Badminton\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3rd place in Division 2 ( All Irelands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"opacity: 0;\" superb-addons-animation=\"revealltr\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click a button below to find out more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dcu.ie\/ctyi\/erpn\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:100px;border-top-right-radius:100px;border-bottom-left-radius:100px;border-bottom-right-radius:100px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">ERPN<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dcu.ie\/ctyi\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:100px;border-top-right-radius:100px;border-bottom-left-radius:100px;border-bottom-right-radius:100px\">CTYI<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/rachelannjoseph.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/symmetry-particle-physics-and-astrophysics\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:100px;border-top-right-radius:100px;border-bottom-left-radius:100px;border-bottom-right-radius:100px\">Symmetry poster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of any achievements and awards I have received in my life. 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