Vedant Tripathi

Sept 2026Published my research paper in the National High School Journal of ScienceEvaluating PPI as a Leading Indicator of U.S. CPI Inflation: Evidence from Lagged Regression Models, 1947-2025
Sept 2026Became President of the Coding ClubAfter a year as Vice President
Sept 2026Returned as Captain of the Forensics Speech & Debate ClubSecond season leading the team
Aug 2026Revised my research paper in response to peer reviewRebuilt the evaluation around a chronological test set and a CPI-only baseline
Jul 2026Data and AI Intern at Blackstraw, in TampaBuilt LensIQ, a Databricks Genie chatbot for contact lens manufacturing operations
Jul 2026Named an AP Scholar with DistinctionCollege Board
Jun 2026Junior counselor at the West Essex YMCATwo weeks with a group of twelve kindergarten-age campers
The yearContinued volunteering with Sewa International

Jun 2026Submitted my research paper to the National High School Journal of Science for peer reviewEvaluating PPI as a Leading Indicator of U.S. CPI Inflation: Evidence from Lagged Regression Models, 1947-2025
Apr 2026Competed in the 2026 National Tournament of ChampionsOnly the top 100 national debaters qualify. Placed #22 nationally.
Apr 2026Became President of Strategy and Impact at Livingston Youth LeadersAfter two years as Vice President of Operations
Feb–May 2026NYU GSTEM Data Science ProgramBuilt a sentiment classifier from scratch and benchmarked it against TF-IDF and kNN
Feb 2026Triple octofinalist at the Harvard National TournamentTop 64 of a 372-team field
Jan 2026Quarterfinalist and #12 speaker at The Patriot Games
Nov 2025Started independent research on how producer prices move consumer prices
Oct 2025Semifinalist at the Harvard UKTOC ISDI 1 international qualifierTop 4 of 51, the deepest run of the season
Sept 2025Elected Captain of the Forensics Speech & Debate Club
Sept 2025Elected Vice President of the Coding Club
Jul 2025Coding Academy at Tufts UniversityBuilt a 2D action game in Python and Pygame, and demoed it to Tufts faculty
Jun 2025Two-week NSDA debate campNational Speech & Debate Association
The seasonAlso cleared to elimination rounds at Georgetown, Notre Dame, Katy Taylor TFA, and three TOC Digital national seriesFull results on the Debate page
The yearContinued volunteering with Sewa International

Mar 2025Quarterfinalist at Newark CFL #2First varsity elimination round
Jan 2025Started coaching debate as an independent tutor
Dec 2024President’s Volunteer Service Award, GoldAwarded by Sewa International
Aug 2024Second summer as a counselor-in-training at Camp HOPETwo weeks, 60+ hours supporting children and adults with developmental disabilities
The year120 volunteer hours with Sewa InternationalDisaster relief, food drives, senior centers, FEMA response, and coat drives
The seasonJunior varsity tennis, second season

Apr 2024Became Vice President of Operations at Livingston Youth Leaders
Jan 2024Began volunteering with Sewa International72 hours in the first year
Sept 2023Entered Livingston High SchoolJoined Speech & Debate, Key Club, FBLA, and the school orchestra
Aug 2023First summer as a counselor-in-training at Camp HOPETwo weeks, 60+ hours
Jun 2023First job, as court monitor and junior tennis coach at the West Orange Tennis Club
The seasonJunior varsity tennis, first season

2021–23Ran Livingston Youth Leaders drives through middle schoolBake sales, a food and art fair, and school supply drives
Jun 2021Co-founded Livingston Youth Leaders during the pandemicA youth-led nonprofit that has since raised and distributed more than $30,000
2019Earned a first-degree black belt in Taekwondo

I am a nationally ranked debater, a data science researcher, and the co-founder of a youth nonprofit.