Our Alumni
Success Stories
From Supreme Court practice to Pentagon advisors. From Y Combinator founders to chief economists. From attorneys to physicians to engineers.
MD-PhD
Dan L.
Resident Physician & Bonica Scholar
University of Washington
WashU → Emory MD-PhD (Neuroscience)
Published neuroscience researcher in addiction and brain development, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
2nd Place Nationals
Kilin T.
Consulting Analyst
Camber Collective
Swarthmore College → Oxford
2nd Place Public Forum Nationals • Former Stanford d.school Fellow
Harvard Law
Lan M.
International Human Rights Lawyer
Forest Peoples Programme
Harvard Law School (JD)
Harvey Baker Fellow, Henigson Fellow, worked on UN nuclear weapons ban treaty, ICC corporate accountability
Chief Economist
Daniel Z.
Chief Economist
Glassdoor
Harvard University (Applied Mathematics)
500+ national media interviews including NYT, WSJ, Bloomberg, CNN
Project Manager
Niranjan L.
Project Controls Manager
Samsung Semiconductor
University of Maryland (Materials Engineering)
Managing $17 billion semiconductor fabrication construction
Foreign Policy Advisor
Yasmin F.
Policy Advisor
USAID
Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service
Former Pentagon & USAID Advisor; Council on Foreign Relations Term Member
Founder
James C.
Co-Founder
Fernstone (YC F25)
University of Chicago (Economics & Politics)
Y Combinator-backed entrepreneur, Former BCG Associate
Attorney
Maria L., JD
Associate Attorney
Jenner & Block (Appellate & Supreme Court Practice)
Stanford Law School
Former U.S. Court of Appeals Judicial Law Clerk
Physician
Michael K., MD-MBA
Anesthesiology Resident Physician
NYU Langone Health
Johns Hopkins → Geisel Medical + Tuck Business
2014 Tournament of Champions Winner
Physician
Nakisa S., MD-MPH
Resident Physician
Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard)
UNC Chapel Hill → Harvard MPH + UNC MD
Morehead-Cain Scholar, Medical Interpreter (Spanish/French)
Nurse
Rhea C.
Pediatric Oncology Registered Nurse
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University School of Nursing
Specialized care for children with cancer
Policy Analyst
Meera R.
Senior Analyst
The Public Policy Lab
Yale University → LSE/LSHTM
Yale Human Rights Journal Editor in Chief
OMB
Elisabeth M., PhD
Program Examiner
Office of Management and Budget
Emory University → RIT PhD Physics
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Clean Energy Expert
Banking
Aislinn B.
Client Executive
Citi
Villanova University (Finance, Business Analytics)
Bloomberg Certified, Former Capitol Debate Instructor
Attorney
Nikita D.
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Columbia BA → Columbia Law JD
Manhattan DA's Office → Top Law Firm
Hall of Excellence
Notable Accomplishments
The extraordinary achievements that define Capitol Debate excellence
Supreme Court Practice
Associate at elite firm's Appellate & Supreme Court Practice Group
Federal Judicial Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and U.S. District Court clerkships
500+ National Media Interviews
500+
Chief Economist featured on CNN, Bloomberg, FOX, NYT, WSJ, CNBC
Y Combinator Founder
Co-founded venture-backed startup in the prestigious YC F25 cohort
$17 Billion Semiconductor Project
$17B
Project Controls Manager for Samsung's massive fabrication construction
Pentagon National Security Advisor
Advised 3 Assistant Secretaries of Defense on Middle East policy and national security
Council on Foreign Relations
Term Member of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations, one of the world's most influential foreign policy organizations
Morehead-Cain Scholar
UNC's most prestigious scholarship, one of America's top undergraduate honors programs
MD-MBA Dual Degree
Physician + Business training at top institutions, combining clinical excellence with strategic leadership
Tournament of Champions Winner
National debate championship victory (2014), now MD-MBA Physician at NYU Langone
White House OMB
Program Examiner at the Office of Management and Budget, shaping federal policy and budgets
AAAS Science Policy Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship, leading clean energy policy research
Fulbright Research Scholar
PhD research in Italy through the internationally recognized Fulbright Program
Yale Human Rights Journal
Editor in Chief of Yale's prestigious human rights publication, leading editorial vision
McKinsey • BCG • Bain
18%
Multiple alumni at the world's most prestigious consulting firms (MBB) plus Deloitte and Accenture
17,000+ Monthly Listeners
17K+
Madison's Notes podcast reaches audiences in 130+ countries worldwide
Academic Excellence
Where Our Alumni Studied
From the Ivy League to Stanford, from Harvard Medical School to Yale Law— our alumni represent the pinnacle of American higher education
The Ivy League 39% of Alumni
Harvard
3 Alumni
Undergrad • MBA • MPH
Yale
2 Alumni
Undergrad • MBA
Stanford
2 Alumni
Undergrad • Law
Penn / Wharton
5 Alumni
Undergrad • MBA • Law
Cornell
2 Alumni
Undergrad • Law
Columbia
2 Alumni
Undergrad • Nursing
Dartmouth
1 Alumni
Undergrad
Princeton
1 Alumni
Undergrad
Elite Universities & Programs
NYU
5 Alumni • Stern • Law
Georgetown
4 Alumni • SFS • Law
UMD
5 Alumni • Engineering
UChicago
3 Alumni
UCLA
PhD Program
Vanderbilt
2 Alumni
George Washington
2 Alumni
Johns Hopkins
Engineering
Amherst
Liberal Arts
Emory
Physics
Boston University
Trustee Scholar
UVA
Biology
Professional & Graduate Schools 74% Pursue Advanced Degrees
Law Schools
12 Alumni
Stanford Law
NYU Law (3)
Georgetown Law (2)
Cornell Law
Vanderbilt Law
Penn Law
UMD Law (2)
Tulane Law
Business Schools
4 Alumni
Harvard Business School
Yale SOM
Tuck (Dartmouth)
Wharton MBA
Medical Schools
2 Alumni
Harvard Combined Program
Geisel (Dartmouth)
UNC School of Medicine
PhD Programs
4 Alumni
UCLA Economics
RIT Physics
Cambridge Neuroscience
Università di Padova
The Capitol Debate Advantage
Where rigorous training meets exceptional outcomes
24%
Become Attorneys
24x more likely than the general population to pursue law, with placements
at Stanford, NYU, Georgetown Law and federal clerkships
18%
Elite Consulting
Join McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, and Accenture—the pathway to
corporate leadership and strategic thinking
39%
Ivy League
9x higher than national acceptance rates, with alumni at Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, Penn, Columbia, and Dartmouth
74%
Graduate Degrees
Nearly 6x the national rate—JDs, MDs, MBAs, PhDs from the world's
top graduate programs