New Jersy: An Indian-American school girl Natasha Perianayagam, was named to the Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth’s list of the “world’s brightest” students for the second year in a row based on the results of tests taken by more than 15,000 students from 76 different countries that were above grade level. The 13-year-old is a student at Florence M Gaudineer Middle School, in New Jersey. She scored the highest grade among all candidates.
Johns Hopkins University honored Natasha for her exceptional performance on the SAT, ACT, School and College Ability Test, or similar assessment taken as part of the CTY Talent Search, according to the university press release.
Natasha, whose parents hail from Chennai, also took the Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY) test in Spring 2021, when she was a Grade 5 student. Her results in the verbal and quantitative sections levelled with the 90th percentile of advanced Grade 8 performance, which catapulted her into the honors list that year.
The executive director of CTY, Dr Amy Shelton who spoke to PTI said, “This is not just recognition of our students’ success on one test, but a salute to their love of discovery and learning, and all the knowledge they have accumulated in their young lives so far.”
“It is exciting to think about all the ways in which they will use that potential to discover their passions, engage in rewarding and enriching experiences, and achieve remarkable things — in their communities and in the world,” she added.
The Center for Talented Youth, a nonprofit academic center of Johns Hopkins University, delivers academic excellence and transformational experiences to advanced learners in grades 2-12. Founded in 1979, CTY fosters intellectual growth in exceptional students from all backgrounds and communities.
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