Me, Myself and I

Hi there. I’m Bel Ami — it’s pronounced Bellamy, and honestly, just call me that. I’m a senior at Carnegie Mellon in Qatar, doing Computer Science, with minors in Mathematical Sciences and Business Administration.

Though if I’m honest, maths came first. It’s the thing that always clicked, and it’s how I ended up at the IMO and PAMO in 2022. I went with Computer Science anyway — back home, pure maths is mostly assumed to end in teaching, and I wanted more doors open. Turns out I didn’t really have to choose. The maths came along with me.

And then finance sort of crept in. I’d love to say it was something noble, but it was probably The Big Short and The Wolf of Wall Street. It stuck, though. So applied mathematics and computer science are still the base — finance is just where I’d like to aim them. Maybe a master’s at some point. A PhD hasn’t convinced me yet.

Outside of all that, I’m usually listening to classical music or a history podcast, or catching up on the news. I’m learning piano too, through a studio elective — that one’s going slowly.