Indian Americans are well-known for doing exceptionally well in academic assessments, such as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Preesha Chakraborty, 9, continued that legacy by being included in the list of “world’s brightest” youngsters compiled by the esteemed Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.
Preesha was mentioned in the list after the results of above-grade-level examinations of over 16,000 pupils from over 90 countries were reviewed, the Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth said. She attends Warm Spring Elementary School in Fremont, California, and is a third-grader.
Summer 2023 test success: Student’s achievement announced in press statement
According to a press statement on Monday, she had taken the Summer 2023 test administered by the US-based Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth (JH-CTY).
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth recently acknowledged 13-year-old Indian-American girl Natasha Perianayagam as one of the “world’s brightest” students for the second year in a row.
Perianayagam, a student at Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School in New Jersey, performed at an advanced level in both the verbal and quantitative domains of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) test in the spring of 2021.
Indian Americans are known for being exceptionally bright academically, and one prominent setting in which their abilities are on display is the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Children from all around the nation compete in this yearly spelling bee in the United States. Indian American students have excelled in the tournament time and time again, frequently making it to the finals and winning titles.
Their outstanding performances, characterized by a thorough comprehension of difficult vocabulary, have demonstrated their commitment to academic excellence and language proficiency and have helped the general success of the Indian American community in the Scripps Spelling Bee.