Beauty & the Geek 4: Meet the Cast

David

Age: 28

Occupation: Fire Department Administrator

Education: Double major in Physics and Astronomy at Wesleyan University

Hobbies: LARPing (Live-Action Role-Playing), board games and video games

In Five Years: “I don’t even know what I’m going to be doing on Friday let alone five years from now.”

Jesse

Age: 26

Occupation: Software Engineer

Education: Graduate of University of Cincinnati College of Engineering

Hobbies: Playing video games, watching sci-fi shows and listening to music

In Five Years: “If fabulously wealthy, I’d like to become a professional student because there are a lot of interesting classes that I never had time to take. Plus, I would spend free time with the girl of my dreams.”

John

Age: 22

Occupation: Student working on Master’s Thesis/Analog Circuit Designer

Education: MIT (Electrical Engineering and Physics major)

Hobbies: Juggling and drinking coffee

In Five Years: “Designing Power IC’s.”

Josh

Age: 21

Occupation: UC Berkeley (Mechanical Engineering major)

Hobbies: President of the UC Berkeley Rubberband Club, a club devoted to shooting rubber bands and playing rubber band-based games

In Five Years: “Probably working on my PhD thesis.”

Joshua

Age: 26

Occupation: Student. Upon completion of writing a paper on Type 2 Quasars, will receive master’s degree

Education: Graduate student (Astrophysics) at Princeton University; Undergrad (Mathematics and Physics) at University of Arizona;

Hobbies: Chess, karaoke and mini-golf

In Five Years: “To have chosen a career path that I both enjoy and which will be productive.”

Nicole

Occupation: Graduate Student at Tufts University, studying Musicology. Completed undergrad studies at Caltech and USC

Hobbies: Music. Studied voice for ten years, sings in choirs and a cappella groups and arranges music.

In Five Years: “Hopefully finishing my PhD and searching for a University position.”

Tony

Occupation: Medical Student

Education: Johns Hopkins University (Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Chemical Engineering)

Hobbies: Collect historic medical books, mathematical modeling and Chinese chess

In Five Years: “Raise enough money to start a biomedical device company.”

Will

Age: 23

Occupation: Software Engineer

Education: University of Pennsylvania (Computer Science Engineering major, History and Sociology of Science minor)

Hobbies: Filking, reading and spending time online

In Five Years: “Law. I’m applying for law school.”

William

Age: 25

Occupation: Server

Hobbies: Avid online gamer and comic book collector

In Five Years: “Working for an entertainment magazine.”

Amanda

Age: 25

Occupation: Model

Hobbies: Reading, swimming and playing poker.

In Five Years: “I want to be part of the average American family with 2 kids, 2 dogs (which I already have), a nice home and a great husband.”

Erin

Age: 22

Occupation: Hair Stylist

Hobbies: Shopping

In Five Years: “Living in California.”

Hollie

Age: 26

Occupation: Theme Park Performer

Hobbies: Dancing, Bowling and playing Poker.

In Five Years: “Maybe married to a rich guy.”

Jasmine

Age: 22

Occupation: Nanny

Hobbies: Snowboarding and shopping

In Five Years: “A successful real estate agent.”

Jennifer

Age: 26

Occupation: Waitress and model

Education: Northeastern University (Journalism major, attending on an athletic rowing scholarship)

Hobbies: Working out, shopping and playing video games

In Five Years: “To have found a career I enjoy and be financially stable.”

Katie

Age: 25

Occupation: Retail Store Manager

Education: Northern Illinois University (Textile, Apparel and Merchandising major)

Hobbies: Hiking, laying out and watching movies

In Five Years: “Traveling the world.”

Natalie

Age: 22

Occupation: Waitress and Promotional Model for Hooters

Education: Will be attending North Carolina State to major in Computer Science and Abnormal Psychology

Hobbies: Salsa dancing and beer pong

In Five Years: “More accomplished in my modeling career.”

Rebecca

Age: 24

Occupation: Student

Education: Massage Therapy at Everest College

Hobbies: Dancing, swimming and modeling

Hometown: Crown Point, Indiana

In Five Years: “Hope to be working in massage therapy and modeling.”

Sam

Age: 26

Occupation: Party Promoter

Hobbies: Girls, working out (including one thousand crunches a day), pool parties and bbq’s

In Five Years: “Club Owner.”

Shalandra

Age: 26

Occupation: Bartender

Education: Pulaski Tech (Communications major)

Hobbies: Shopping, modeling and skating

In Five Years: “Modeling.”

Luke

Age: 23

Occupation: Student

Education: Ohio State University (Electrical Engineering major)

Hobbies: Boxing, racquetball and video games

In Five Years: “Married.”