11-year-old Indian-American girl ranked one of brightest students in world

An 11-year-old Indian-American girl has been judged as one of the brightest students in the world. A top US university has ranked Natasha Peri for her exceptional performance in the SAT and ACT standardised tests.

Peri, a student at Thelma L Sandmeier Elementary School in New Jersey, has been honoured for her exceptional performance on the SAT, ACT, or similar assessment taken as part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Talent Search, a statement said on Monday.

She was one of nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries who joined CTY in the 2020-21 Talent Search year. CTY uses above-grade-level testing to identify advanced students from around the world and provide a clear picture of their true academic abilities.

Peri took the Johns Hopkins Talent Search test in Spring 2021, when she was in Grade 5. Her results in the verbal and quantitative sections levelled with the 90th percentile of advanced Grade 8 performance.

Both the Scholastic Assessment Test and American College Testing are standardised tests that many colleges use to determine whether to accept a student for admission.

All colleges require students to take either the SAT or the ACT and submit their scores to their prospective universities.