Indian-American Preesha Chakraborty, aged 9, named in world’s brightest students list

Preesha Chakraborty, a nine-year-old Indian-American schoolgirl, has been named in the “world’s brightest” students list, launched by the distinguished Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (JH-CTY). The list is predicated on the outcomes of above-grade-level exams of over 16,000 students throughout 90 international locations.

Preesha is a Warm Spring Elementary faculty scholar in Fremont, California, and he or she took the US-based Johns Hopkins Center’s check in the summer season of 2023 as a Grade 3 scholar, stated a media launch this week.

She was honoured for her distinctive efficiency on the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test), ACT (American College Testing), School and College Ability Test, or comparable assessments as a part of the CTY Talent Search.

Less than 30 per cent of students qualify every year for both High Honors or Grand Honors/SET primarily based on their check scores.

The Indian-origin scholar aced the check’s verbal and quantitative sections — on par with the 99th percentile of superior Grade 5 performances — and bagged the Grand Honors, in keeping with the press launch.

The achievement qualifies Preesha for greater than 250 Johns Hopkins CTY’s Online and On-Campus Programmes for superior students in grades 2-12 in arithmetic, laptop programming, chemistry, physics, studying, and writing.

Mensa member at a really younger age

Preesha is a lifetime member of the universally famend Mensa Foundation, the oldest high-IQ society in the world. Membership is open to individuals who rating on the 98th percentile or larger on a standardised, supervised IQ or different accepted intelligence check.

The Indian-American scholar achieved the Mensa membership on the age of six by securing 99 percentiles in the nationwide stage NNAT (Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test), which assesses Ok-12 students for presented and gifted programmes.

Preesha loves travelling, mountain climbing, and combined martial arts, outdoors of research. According to her mother and father, their daughter has at all times been enthusiastic about studying and has persistently displayed distinctive tutorial talents.

This is not only recognition of students’ efficiency on one check, however a testomony to their curiosity and capability for studying.

Amy Shelton, Executive Director of the CTY, concerning the “world’s brightest” students list

“These students have demonstrated monumental potential, and now we encourage them to hunt out experiences and communities that assist them problem and stretch their information, join with different younger students, perceive numerous views, suppose critically, and pursue their objectives confidently,” stated Shelton.

Founded in 1979, CTY is a centre for innovation devoted to advancing the sector of gifted schooling by analysis on testing, programmes, and different help for superior learners.