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Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School student honored at Johns Hopkins CTY Grand Ceremony
Sandya Subramanian, an eighth-grader, was honored as one of the brightest middle school students in the world at a national award ceremony
Sandya receiving Grand Award medal from Elaine Tuttle Hansen, executive director of CTY. (Left)
Sandya with Terence Tao,Ph.D, a co-recipient of the 2006 Fields Medal, the 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and the 2014 Royal Medal. (Right)
Sandya Subramanian and a select group of middle school students from the U.S. and beyond were honored as some of the brightest young students in the world at a national award ceremony sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) on October 19th.
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Sandya was being honored for her exceptional performance as middle schoolers on the above-grade-level School and College Ability Test as part of the 2013-2014 CTY Talent Search during her 7th grade. CTY uses above-grade-level tests because they provide a clear picture of advanced students’ academic abilities.
This year there were more than 33,400 second-through-eighth grade participants in the CTY Talent Search from 50 states and 67 countries.
Of the 16,459 seventh and eighth grade participants in the 2013-14 CTY Talent Search, only 960 U.S. and international middle school students scored high enough to earn an invitation to a CTY Grand Ceremony where they were individually honored for their academic performance and potential.
Prior to this CTY award, Sandya was also recognized with 5 awards for 2014 Scholastic Art and Writing at Northeast Regional level (CT, DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, ME, NH, RI, VT - ages 12 to 17). Sandya received four Silver Keys and one Honorable Mention under various categories. This middle schooler was one among the 4 award winners in the Bridgewater-Raritan school district. The remaining three students were from the BR High School.
In addition to her academic achievements and her huge passion for reading, Sandya plays viola and guitar. She is also an active player in team sports like basketball. This young talent, who designed and programmed a sensory robot, is currently the Project Lead in an engineering club to design using a limited budget.
For more CTY News and Press Release visit: http://cty.jhu.edu/news/CTY News
