Education

Academic Foundation

River Hill High School

Clarksville, MD · Class of 2027

GPA (Unweighted)
4.00
GPA (Weighted)
4.92
SAT
1570
Service Hours
375+
National Merit Semifinalist375+ Service Hours

AP Coursework

  • AP World History
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP Language & Composition
  • AP Microeconomics
  • AP Macroeconomics
  • AP Calculus BC

Research

Howard County Independent Research Program — Meta-analysis on congressional insider trading and the STOCK Act; advised by Prof. Kent Kauffman (Purdue University); submitted to the International Journal of High School Research.

Publications

Money Moves: A High Schooler's Guide to Budgeting, Saving, and Smart Spending (April 2025) — a personal finance guide for high school students.

Target university

Cornell University — School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Cornell ILR is a state-assisted contract college within an Ivy League university, exclusively focused on the study of people and policy in the workplace. Dhruv is targeting the ILR → Cornell Law 3+3 Accelerated Pathway.

Relevant ILR Core Courses

  • ILRGL 2010

    Labor and Employment Law

  • ECON 1110/1120

    Micro & Macroeconomics

  • ILRGL 1100

    U.S. Labor History

  • ILRST 2100

    Introductory Statistics

  • ILRGL 2050

    Labor Relations

  • ILRID 1525

    Psychology of Work

Elective Focus Areas

Conflict ResolutionPublic Sector Labor LawTechnological Change at WorkArbitration Practice