Honor Society® member
Riveen Pattinige
- finance
- Class of 2030
- New Albany, OH
Member since August 2026
About
OSU Fisher Honors freshman pursuing Finance/IBE with a 3.9 UW HS GPA and 35 ACT. Co-founder of Books4BrightFutures, an international literacy initiative that has distributed 20,000+ books to underserved Sri Lankan schools, and former Deloitte Sri Lanka Strategy, Risk & Transactions intern. Interested in transferring to NYU/Columbia for Economics and pursuing high finance while building quantitative skills in math, programming, and financial markets.
Education
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ohio state university-main campus
finance
2026 – Present
Honors and awards
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summa cum laude
awarded to weighted GPAs exceeding 4.3
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College Board AP Scholar with Distinction Award
average score of at LEAST 3.5 on all AP Exams taken
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College Board National Recognition Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Score in the top 10% of PSAT/NMSQT
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I intend to become an investment banker in New York City.
- Graduate school interests
My dream is to become an investment banker so school after undergrad is generally not necessary.
- Outside the classroom
I love playing soccer and basketball and hanging out with my friends. Additionally, I love to watch shows like Rick and Morty and Game of thrones.
Experience
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intern
Deloitte - Strategic, risk & transaction intern
May 2026 – Jun 2026
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Research job shadowing
Nationwide Children's Hospital Shadowed research on patient-derived iPSCs and CRISPR/Cas9 to explore the genetic basis of mutations that cause congenital heart defects. Additionally, created a presentation for weekly lab meetings over information learned.
Mar 2025 – May 2025
Volunteering
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Volunteer Supported athletes with disabilities; coordinated scoreboard and game flow. I specifically volunteered as a "buddy" , where I helped my assigned child
The Miracle League of New Albany
Jun 2023 – Jul 2025
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Event volunteer for my community run race events and food bank delivery worker.
Healthy New Albany
May 2023 – Jul 2026
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Co-Founder of non profit organization - Sourced and shipped 20,000+ books to 22 schools in Sri Lanka, valued at about $45,000 - Secured $3.3K+ in grants/donations and led end-to-end operations, coordinating volunteers, school partners, international shipping, customs, and donor reporting while optimizing logistics
Books4BrightFutures
Jan 2022
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Spanish Beginner
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