Abinitha is a student at Princeton University. She is studying Operations Research and Financial Engineering with minors in Applied Math, Statistics and Machine Learning, and Linguistics. She is passionate about machine learning and NLP applications in healthcare and finance. She has published an academic paper in a linguistics book about the future horizons of computational linguistics. Outside of the classroom, Abinitha is an officer for the Colonial Club, director of Princeton’s Science Olympiad tournament, and is a graphic designer for several clubs like Princeton Corporate Finance Club and Business Today. She loves tutoring middle and high school students in STEM subjects, regardless of whether they are STEM-inclined or not.
College:
Education: Princeton University
Undergrad Major: B.S.E. Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Other Degrees/Minors: Certificates in Linguistics, Applied Math, and Statistics & Machine Learning
High School:
Class Rank: 10%
Awards & Honors: National Tests for Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) TSA Conference: 1st Place Team Finish, Science Olympiad Awards (40+ medals), National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Oral Finalist, North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad Semifinalist
Interests & Activities: Young Musicians for Volunteer Action (President: 2018-2019, Music Director: 2017-2018), Science Olympiad (Captain and Freshman Advisor: 2018-2019), Science Bowl (Captain: 2017-2019), American Chemical Society (President: 2017-2019), Varsity Golf (2016-2018)
ACT Scores: 36 ACT Composite, 36 ACT Reading, 36 ACT Math, 36 ACT English, 36 ACT Science, 12 ACT Essay
AP Exams: 5 Psychology, 5 Chemistry, 5 Macroeconomics, 5 Calculus AB, 5 Biology, 5 Calculus BC, 5 Physics C: Mechanics, 5 Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, 5 English Language and Composition, 5 English Literature and Composition
Other:
Other Awards: Nominee for Environmental Scholars Program, A+ for ORF 309 (awarded by professor to limited number of students in a notoriously difficult probability course)
Other Interests & Activities: At Princeton, I’m involved in: Science Olympiad (Tournament Director), Blood Drive Team (Donor Recruitment Chair), Princeton Hindu Society (Programming Coordinator), Research Assistant
Location: Princeton, NJ