Adarsh Murugesan
Junior at American High School
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Adarsh Murugesan
Rising Junior at American High School – GPA 4.0
PROJECTS
Sprouting Youth Foundation, Founder and President
March 2020 - Present
Started a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps kids of all age learn the basics of robotics, public speaking, and youth leadership skills
Blog, Extracurricular
October 2020 - Present
Writing blogs (thecogniscientist.com) that express my passion in the fields of Linguistics and Cognitive Science.
SKILLS
Linguistics
Passionate about Linguistics and specialize in historical linguistics, pragmatics, and some computational linguistics
Public Speaking
Many certificates of recognition in school competitions, second place at Toastmasters competition, and created a teen toastmasters club.
Multilingual
I speak English and my mother tongue, Tamil, fluently
EXPERIENCE
Ohio State Linguistics Program (SLIYS)
June 2022 - July 2022
Attending the prestigious Ohio State SLIYS Linguistics Program for high schoolers
FTC Blizzard Robotics, Club
September 2020 - Present
Designing and building a robot as the captian of an FTC robotics team. We have made it to a state level competition.
Humanist Global Charity, Internship
August 2020 - October 2020
Helped find people in need as a linguist intern for the Humanist Global Charity. Received recommendation letter: https://tinyurl.com/3k6ye72n
AWARDS
Humanist Global Charity
Best and most valuable intern of 2020
FTC Robotics Competition
Advanced to the state level (Inspire 2nd award and Think 1st award)
Toastmasters YLP Competition
2nd place
Alameda County Science Fair
1st place
AHS Linguistics Club
September 2021 - Present
Running the Linguistics club at my high school
Curriculum Developer, Extracurricular
June 2019 - September 2020
Sole curriculum developer for Snap Circuits by Elenco, which has helped home-schoolers across America learn about electronics
Tamil, Extracurricular
September 2019 - Present
Studying Tamil as a second language outside of school. (International Tamil Academy - https://www.catamilacademy.org/)
Sprouting Youth Gavel Club (affiliated to Toastmasters International), Founder and President
March 2020 - Present
Created a speaking club with my peers that focuses on and improve basic speech skills such as public speaking, conversational skills, and judging/evaluation skills.
Tutoring, Extracurricular
June 2019 - September 2019
Tutored elementary students Math and English. Received a thank you letter (https://tinyurl.com/acczbr8a) from one of the students