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Student Of The Year
Sachin Govind
 
Accepted to and attending Johns Hopkins University, currently holds 4.0 GPA and is ranked top in class.
Two-time recipient of Presidential Award for Academic Excellence. One of United States delegates to the International Student Science Fair, where he won an award for work done in cardiology research. Aside from excelling in academics, sports, and other extra-curricular activities. Sachin is also very engaged in volunteering. He currently volunteers in the Pediatric and Adult Emergency Departments at Johns Hopkins Hospital. There, he has recently been promoted to the Research and Special Projects Coordinator in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

As a student, Sachin is very involved with research and has completed four research investigations, spanning oncology, theoretical computer science, cardiology and machine learning in medicine. For his research in angiology and cardiology, he was selected to be one of the United States delegates to the International Student Science Fair in Melbourne, Australia, where he won an award for outstanding oral presentation.

Sachin is also very engaged in mathematics competitions. He has been a top scorer in the American Math Competition, participated in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, and has placed top in several other regional and inter-state Math competitions. Sachin is currently pursuing a Molecular and Cellular Biology degree from Johns Hopkins University and is considering adding a minor in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. He is completing his pre-medical requirements and is looking to attend medical school in the following years.
Link to supplementary pictures/videos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6zesu_RREX3R0d3cmpTQmtPMUE?usp=sharing 
Link to research abstracts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6zesu_RREX3eDlPeWhFNmtyVDQ/view?usp=sharing 
Link to original nomination video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6zesu_RREX3eWt4RFFiRWNvN28/view?usp=sharing 

Nipun Dubey

  • Presidential Volunteer Service Award
  • United States Congressional Award for Achievement
  • DuPont Challenge Science Innovation
  • Essay Competition Winner (about 40 out of 10,000 selected)
  • Nipun graduated at the top of his class with the highest GPA (4.7/4.0) out of over 650 students in his class.
  • During his high school career, he took 17 College-Board Advanced Placement Exams and set a high school record.
  • In addition to taking and excelling in rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) courses, Nipun played tennis at the high level, Varsity, all four years.
  • Further, he was President of the Special Olympics Club, Spanish Club and Honors Society, and co-founder and President of UNICEF Club.
  • Nipun represented his school and the State of Illinois in various competitions such as Science Olympiad, Biology Olympiad, National History Bowl, U.S. History and Geography Olympiads in Washington D.C., Business Professionals of America (BPA), Brain Bee, and more, at the State and National levels.
  • He was accepted to multiple Ivy League schools and other top schools such as Duke, Northwestern, and Johns Hopkins.

Apoorva Tummala

  • Guaranteed Admission to University of Illinois college of Medicine
  • Distinguished Service Award from Naperville Junior Chamber of Commerce and recognition from Illinois State Senate
  • National Merit Scholarship
  • PTSA reflections National finalist in Literature category, USA Biology Olympiad semifinalist, Business Professionals of America National Finalist, Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering State Champion in Biology, Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering State medalist in English, Daily Herald Newspaper All Academic team inductee, State science fair gold awards, National AP Scholar, French Honors Society, Math Honor Society, Best award in Physics at State Science Fair,  and Research at 5 major laboratories.
  • Graduated from high school with 4.73 GPA out of 4 from a class of 931 students.
  • Took 16  AP classes and 3 college classes.

Prerana Mitta 

  • Valedictorian
  • Presidential Scholar
  • President of 6 clubs                        

Sonia Modi    

  • Valedictorian of the entire district
  • Actively involved in providing guidance and coaching to the underprivileged children in NY.
  • "School: Jacobs High School;Class rank: 1 out of 542;GPA: 5.939 on a weighted 6.0 scale; Test scores: ACT: 32
  • College: Northwestern University; major: International studies and economics
Awards, honors: AP Scholar with honors, Illinois State Scholar, student government, Honor Roll