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A Dubai Student Has Been Named Among The World’s Brightest

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We could not be more proud of the brightest Dubai students who excel in their studies and get the recognition they deserve, like Priyamvada Deshmukh! She is a 12-year-old student at the GEMS Modern Academy Dubai. She just received the top honour of her exceptional performance in school AND college ability test (SCAT)

She took the test as part of the Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth (CTY) Talent Search, according to the university. She is one of nearly 19,000 students who joined CTY in 2019-21 edition of the search.

Priyamvada Deshmukh has been named one of the brightest students in the world by a top American university

Priyamvada earned the Johns Hopkins CTY ‘High Honours Award’ – one of the brightest students indeed!

CTY uses above-grade-level testing to accurately identify advanced students. In spring 2020, Priyamvada was in grade 6 when she took the test. It was split into 2 sections; verbal and quantitative. She qualified for the quantitative section and levelled with the advanced Grade 10 in the verbal part of the exam. JUST WOW!

She earned the prestigious Johns Hopkins CTY ‘High Honours Award’ and got the pin this week!

From a young age, her parents noticed her fondness for reading and drove inspiration from her brother who is now a university student. When he was in the 8th grade, he was among the first UAE students to have cleared the Duke University Talent Identification Programme (TIP).

Priyamvada wasn’t able to receive her certificate right away due to COVID-19, however she attended an English literature programme at John Hopkins. We know she will go places! Even Virginia Roach, the executive director of CTY thinks so.

We are thrilled to celebrate these students. In a year that was anything but ordinary, their love of learning shined through, and we are excited to help cultivate their growth as scholars and citizens throughout high school, college, and beyond

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