Robbinsville High School Class of 2023 top 10 seniors

Araash Ahuja University of Pennsylvania

Wharton School of Business, Finance and Statistics

Career Plans: Hedge Funds and Entrepreneurship.

Planned College Activities: Business Fraternity, Hedge Fund Club, Quant Trading Club, South Asia Society, DJ@P, Volleyball. Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Executive Council, Student Council, Robotics. Person who inspires you: My grandma, who easily appreciates life despite her Alzheimher’s condition.

Inspirational quote: “Count your blessings, not your problems.” -Drake Favorite high school memory: of gym classes with Coach K.

Chaitanya Bhimineni

Rutgers, Computer Science and Finance

Career plans: Financial Services Industry. Planned college activities: Future Business Leaders of America, Student Government, Greek Life, Research in Financial Analytics.

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Class Council (President), Future Business Leaders of America (State Central Region Vice President and School President), Science National Honors Society (President), Virtual Enterprise (CEO and Chairman of the Board), Model United Nations (Vice President), Debate Club, National Honors Society, Track and Field.

Person who inspires you: My dad. He always pushes me to be a better version of myself and supports me in the pursuit of all my goals. Immigrating from a small, rural vil lage in India, he built a successful career

“Everything happens for

Favorite High School memory: The 2022 FBLA State Leadership Conference, where I was elected to serve nearly 7,000 students in NJ as their Central Region vice president. The pure adrenaline rush that I experienced while walking onto the stage is something that I will never be able to forget.

Anisha Biswas

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science

Career plans: Game Development.

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Girls Who Code, Crew (drama + musical).

Person who inspires you: My compsci teacher, Mrs. Vaidyanathan, because she is someone who puts her 100% into everything and always has so much passion for every single thing she does. I wouldn’t be where I am without her, and I wouldn’t love my future major as much as I do if she wasn’t my teacher.

Inspirational quote: sible until it’s done.”

Favorite High School memory: Eating outside for lunch with my friends. There’s nothing quite like enjoying the weather and spending your short break with the people who bring you the most amount of joy in the world.

Hannah Blank

Cornell, Materials Science

Career plans: Research of new materials, especially clean energy and the environment. Planned college activities: Cornell Marching Band. a dance troupe (specifically a tap group).

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Raven Regiment Marching Band (captain my senior year), Civics Club.

My brother Sam. He is two years older than me so I was able to watch him do everything first growing up, and he set a good example. Sam never seems scared to try new things and is great at pursuing what he wants. He is very creative which makes him a great composer and at making up stories. He always thinks of creative solutions to problems I don’t believe are solvable, and he’s funny.

Inspirational quote: “On board, I’m the captain, so climb aboard. We’ll search for tomorrow on every shore” - Come Sail Away by Styx.

Favorite High School memory: Conducting the marching band home show my senior year. It was exciting to see the show from a new perspective. It was also amazing to be in front of such a great group of people and have all the sound and drill directed towards me.

Sohum Dhru

U. of South Florida and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Finance

Career plans: After college, I plan on attending medical school to pursue a career as a physician and work in the pharmaceutical industry.

Planned college activities: Pre-Med Student Association, Investment Club, Quantitative Analysis Club, Toastmasters International, Table Tennis Club.

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Tennis, Model UN, Chess Club, National Honors Society, Math Honors Society.

Person who inspires you: My parents. They have taught me how to engender success and happiness in various facets of life.

Inspirational quote: “Go to bed better than you woke up.”

Favorite High School memory: Playing cards every day at the end of junior year.

Hammad Farooqi

Princeton, Computer Science

Career plans: Startup developer.

Planned college activities: Electric Formula Racing Team, Running Club, Chess Club.

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: School Executive Council Treasurer, Nemesis FIRST Robotics Team, Model United Nations, Cross Country, National Honor Society, Chess Club.

Person who inspires you: Chinese chess player Ding Liren’s uphill journey to chal- lenge for and earn the World Champion title despite countless hurdles, including travel restrictions and constant sickness.

Inspirational quote: “I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.” - Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

Favorite High School Memory: I will never forget drowning under endless confetti after coaching our school robotics team to the World Championship Grand Finals on the prestigious Einstein Field.

Abhinav Kotapati

Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, (7-year Medical Program with RowanVirtua SOM), Biology and Psychology

Career Plans: Medicine & Biomedical Research.

College Activities: Emergency Medical Services, Physician Scientists Association, Badminton Club, Microbiology Lab Research.

Club/sports teams at RHS: National Honors Society, Math Honors Society, Science National Honors Society, Tennis, Technology Student Association, Research Club, FMLA. Person who inspires you: My parents, because they give me unconditional support and have shown me the true meaning of hard work. They have been my role models and encourage me to always have an optimistic outlook toward life and work my hardest.

Undergraduate Research Journal, Shadowing and Volunteering at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Doctors Without Borders, Hopkins Emergency Response Organization, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Nu Rho Psi.

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Math League, Math Honors Society, Science Honors Society, National Honors Society, Science Olympiad, ONE Project, Future Medical Leaders of America, Tennis.

Person who inspires you: My mother. She chose to be a stay-at-home mother so she could raise me to the best of her ability. Her dedication toward our entire family inspires me to dedicate myself and work hard every day.

Inspirational quote: “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself–the invisible battles inside all of us–that’s where it’s at.” - Jesse Owens

Favorite High School memory: When I won medals in all of my events during my freshman year science olympiad season. The feeling that comes with seeing your hard work throughout the year pay off and besting seniors from across New Jersey as a freshman is unbeatable.

Chiraag Nadig

University of Maryland at College Park, Computer Science

Career plans: Artificial Intelligence Eengineer.

voice.” - Steve Jobs

Favorite High School memory: When I drove my high school friends to the Poconos to ski from morning to sunset.

Srinand Tanakala

Rutgers University, Biology

Career plans: Cardiothoracic surgeon. Planned college activities: American Medical Student Association, American Physician Scientists Association, Taekwondo sports club.

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Throwing team (Track and Field), Cross Country. president of the Future Medical Leaders of America, Math League, Research Club, Science Olympiad team.

Name a person who inspires you: My Dad. Out of everyone, he is the one who showed me that at the end of the day, hard work will prevail. You can only expect the amount you put in and the harder you try, the more you can expect to gain.

Favorite inspirational quote: “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” - Anne Rice

Favorite High School memory: I gazed intently at my watch, waiting for the minute hand to strike 12, signaling the end of today’s session. My sole anticipation revolved around one simple pleasure: dinner. As soon as the session adjourned, my companion and I made our way toward a ramen store, aching for the comforting taste of warm noodle soup amid the freezing weather.

Planned college activities: Recreational Volleyball, musical clubs including singing and playing piano.

Einstein

Inspirational quote: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” - Albert

Favorite High school memory: Our senior class trip to Disney. Traveling from ride to ride, exploring the busy parks, and watching the fireworks with all my friends.

Sarthak Mohapatra

Johns Hopkins, Neuroscience

Career plans: Medicine.

Planned college activities: Research and Publication through the JHU Neuroscience

Clubs/sports teams at RHS: Founded out-ofschool club called Smile Check RHS students that brings smiles to our community through various performing arts and games, MUN travel team, the Advanced Committee, National Honor Society, Computer Science National Honor Society.

Person who inspires you: Steve Jobs because he had an incredible drive to accomplish his vision and he disregarded people’s criticism and negative opinions of his vision.

Inspirational quote: “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner

The cool breeze brushed against my face as I navigated through the new city, prompting tears to well up in my eyes. “So this is it,” I thought. “This is what college will be like.” I relished the novel sense of independence, venturing out into the night with just my friend by my side. Free from any burdens of homework assignments or projects, I was able to only hope that this moment could last longer.