A parent credits mentor Izzy Kiver for helping their son Dimash gain confidence and direction during 10th grade at Nazarbayev Intellectual School. Dimash scored 1540 on the SAT, worked as an equal on IT projects for American companies, and got into MIT and universities in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea.
"I want to express my heartfelt thanks to Izzy Kiver for the moment when he was able to discern in my son a certain talent, skills, abilities, ones that Dimash himself doubted because of his teenage years. There was at that time a period of strain, a very strong pressure at Nazarbayev Intellectual School, and at that moment, in the 10th grade, Izzy took Din-Mukhammed under his wing, becoming his mentor." And thanks to this, Dimash formed a goal, he became whole, he began to understand what he wanted, he began to understand where he wanted to go. Under Izzy Kiver's guidance, he began to carry out major projects, projects for American companies. He stood on equal footing as a partner, participating in negotiations with American clients, and— all of this really gave him solid self-confidence. He began working on serious demanding products in the IT field. Moreover, he, uh, clearly saw his many opportunities. He started developing his own innovative products. Today, he finishes 12th grade, and he has a clear practical plan for life. He has a very clear, ambitious goal that he is actively pursuing. He scored 1540 on the SAT. He passed his IELTS with excellent results. He has a high GPA and strong IB results. And we have submitted his application at MIT, at Hong Kong's two leading universities, at Singaporean universities, at KAIST. And this is all thanks to him having developed a huge belief in himself. He submitted all these applications himself. All the essays he wrote, he wrote himself because he said that no one could tell about him better than he could tell about himself. And all this is thanks to the faith in Izzy himself. instilled in him. Therefore, I would like to once again sincerely thank fate for having brought us together with Izzy under the dome of Astana Hub and for Izzy paying attention to Dimash. And at some point when Dimash could have broken down and walked away, this moment of disbelief in himself, he helped him to gain this spirit, to gain faith. It is worth a great deal, and Dimash believed that someone truly trusted him, someone truly saw something special in him, and this is worth a lot. And I am very grateful to Izzy for his mentorship. He poured his heart out and poured in all his knowledge and experience into my child. And I sincerely hope that for each of them, Izzy and Dimash, the future will be bright. Thank you very much again, sincerely. From afar.
