Indian-American Woman Natasha Perianayagam In Johns Hopkins Centre’s World’s Brightest Checklist

Natasha Perianayagam, 13, is a pupil at Florence M Gaudineer Center College.

Washington:

Indian-American schoolgirl Natasha Perianayagam was named within the “world’s brightest” college students listing for the second consecutive yr by the US-based Johns Hopkins Middle For Gifted Youth, primarily based on the outcomes of above-grade-level assessments of over 15,000 college students throughout 76 nations.

Perianayagam, 13, is a pupil at Florence M Gaudineer Center College, in New Jersey.

She additionally took the Johns Hopkins Middle For Gifted Youth (CTY) take a look at in Spring 2021, when she was a Grade 5 pupil.

Her ends in the verbal and quantitative sections levelled with the ninetieth percentile of superior Grade 8 efficiency, which catapulted her into the honours listing that yr. This yr, she was honoured for her distinctive efficiency on the SAT, ACT, College and School Potential Take a look at, or related evaluation taken as a part of the CTY Expertise Search, the college mentioned in a press launch on Monday.

Perianayagam, whose mother and father hail from Chennai, mentioned she loves doodling and studying JRR Tolkien’s novels in her spare time.

CTY used above-grade-level testing to determine superior college students from all over the world and supply a transparent image of their tutorial skills.

In response to the college launch, Perianayagam was among the many 15,300 college students from 76 nations who joined CTY within the 2021-22 Expertise Search yr.

Lower than 27 per cent of these members certified for the CTY ceremony, receiving both excessive or grand honours primarily based on their take a look at scores.

In her newest try, Perianayagam scored the very best grades amongst all candidates.

“This isn’t simply recognition of our college students’ success on one take a look at, however a salute to their love of discovery and studying, and all of the data they’ve amassed of their younger lives up to now,” mentioned CTY’s government director Dr. Amy Shelton.

“It’s thrilling to consider all of the methods wherein they are going to use that potential to find their passions, interact in rewarding and enriching experiences, and obtain exceptional issues — of their communities and on the earth,” she added.

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