Lucknow boy scores highest marks in SAT
LUCKNOW: Shubhagrawal,aclass 11 student, has made Lucknow proud by scoring 1590 out of 1600 in SAT for admission in undergraduate programmes of universities or colleges in the United States.
This is for the first time that any student from Lucknow has achieved this feat and this is probably the highest score in India for SAT, which was held on January 21 this year. SAT is an entrance exam created by the College Board, USA, and is used by most colleges and universities in America and globally to make admission decisions.
“I can look forward to not only successfully applying to the most elite colleges in the US, including Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and others, but will also get substantial scholarship,” a jubilant Shubh, a student of City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar branch, told HT.
Shubh, the son of a paediatrician father and an anaesthetist mother, scored 800 out of 800 in the maths section and 790 out of 800 in the evidence-based reading and writing in English section. The 16-year-old’s marks are th second highest score possible i the test. His overall score of 159 represented the highest percen tile rank of 99+ in India, said Abh Anant, principal of CMS Gomt Nagar.
The test comprised four sec tions, two from English (readin and writing) and two from mathe matics. The result is in the form o a score ranging from a minimu of 400 to a maximum of 1600, i intervals of 10 points.
“USA Univquest is proud t have polished this gem for th world. Shubh is also planning t write AP tests in May t strengthen his application an maximise his scholarship,” San jeev Kumar Pandey, centre coor dinator and Shubh’s mentor a USA Univquest, said.