FILE 02
Résumé
Experience · achievements · skills
Anand Srinivasan
A high school student with strong academic achievements, significant leadership experience across clubs and organizations, and a passion for technology, research, and community service — having founded and led initiatives, developed apps, and competed in programming and robotics, alongside a background in music.
Experience
Research Intern
University of Minnesota — Dept. of Economics
May 2025 – Aug 2025 · Minnesota
- Applied machine learning to analyze the macroeconomic effects of healthcare with Prof. De Nardi.
- Evaluated clustering algorithms for analyzing longitudinal health behaviors.
Research Intern
UC Santa Cruz — Science Internship Program
Jun 2023 – Aug 2025 · Santa Cruz, CA
- Compiled and analyzed experimental data, contributing to published findings.
- Presented at lab meetings and developed standardized lab protocols.
Research Intern
Lumiere Research Program — London, UK
Jun 2024 – Sep 2024
- Built a text-classification algorithm for propaganda detection with Dr. Stamatopoulou (UCL).
- Authored "Comparison of Machine Learning Models for Bias Detection" (publication pending).
Music Teacher
May 2022 – Jan 2024
- Taught Indian Classical Music fundamentals — pitch, scales, rhythm — to students ages 5–9.
Selected Projects
DriveSafe App
getdrivesafe.com
- Built an app that locks a phone while driving; released on the App & Play Stores with a 5K+ community.
LLM for South Asian Languages
Voices of South Asia · vosaglobal.org
- Open-source, Llama-3-based model with 400K tokens across 5+ underrepresented languages.
VEX Robotics — Team 3303F
- Co-wrote autonomous & driver code; 2023 U.S. Open Division Finalist; Design & Create Awards.
Education
Mission San Jose H.S.
Fremont, California · 2026
- SAT Super Score 1600 (800M / 800RW)
- National Merit Semifinalist · AP Scholar w/ Distinction
- AP CS A (5), Physics 1 (5), Calc BC (5), US History (5)
Stanford Online H.S.
Stanford, California · 2026
- Coursework: Calc BC, Data Structures & Algorithms, C++
Leadership
Lead Organizer
MSJ Warrior Hacks
Founder & President
Historical Huddles
Co-founder & CTO
Voices of South Asia, 501(c)(3)
President
MSJHS Cloud & Networking Club
Co-Captain
History Bowl · Nat'l Finals '24 & '25
Awards
- AMC 12A — Honor Roll w/ Distinction (top 1%); AIME Qualifier
- USACO — Gold Division
- Stanford Math Tournament — 7th, Discrete Math
- Conrad Challenge — Innovator Award (top 3.4%)
- Blue Ocean — Top 350 of 12,700+
- National Merit — Semifinalist
Skills
JavaScriptPythonJava
C++HTML/CSSMachine Learning
Cloud NetworkingCarnatic VocalBadminton