Shreya, an Indian girl who scored full marks in SAT, TOEFL, AP tests!

BY PRINCI SHARMA

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15-year old Shreya's secret was extensive reading and not merely for the purpose of exams. "Read with a general interest, " she says.

CLASS 12 student Shreya Vardhan recently accomplished a feat by scoring full marks in SAT, TOEFL and Advanced Placement tests, which give students an edge during college admissions and scholarship applications. Her mother, Reena, says that she always taught her daughter to be focused towards her goal because then God made sure that she achieves it. The 15-year-old from DPS RK Puram shares her success and life mantras. 

Preparation strategies

Read a lot, not just for exams but to build general awareness   Always be focused towards your goal   Solve more and more practice papers   Set deadlines and stick by them Understand the pattern of questions

SHREYA'S REPORT CARD: SAT Reasoning Test: 2400/2400 SAT Subject Tests: 2400/2400 TOEFL: 120/120 Advanced Placement tests: 5/5 in all subjects

Q. How long did you prepare for these exams and which universities are on your radar?

A. I came to know about it through my friends at my school. I began preparing for it last October and gave exams in                                                                                                                                                              January this year. I have not decided on the university but I would like to go to institutions like MIT and Princeton. 

Q. What was the key ingredient that helped you crack all the tests?
A. Reading over the years helped me a lot especially in the Critical Reading Section of SAT. It is designed to test how you read and understand. 

Q. Tell us your study strategy? 
A. I did not take any coaching. I think solving practice papers is very important. I tried to understand the pattern of questions, which helped me in scoring well. Apart from school studies, I set deadlines and made sure I finished a certain number of practice papers in a week. I also read related books.

Q. Wha’s your future aspiration?
A. I aspire to be a researcher in Physics, which is my favourite subject. I also want to become a fiction writer. I have already written some articles for newspapers and short stories for magazines. 

Q. Who are your role models?
A. My parents, famous scientists like CV Raman, Madame Curie. Even some fictional characters inspire me a lot.

Q. What are your interests besides studies?
A. I like to play tennis; Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are my favourite players. I never miss their matches. I also paint and draw cartoons. 

Q. What have been your other achievements?
A. I have been an NTSE scholar, and secured fifth rank in International Olympiad of  Science in Class 9 and tenth rank in International Olympiad of English in Class 10. 

Q. Your advice to students taking these exams?
A. Focus on what interests you. Read. And read everything with general interest. Set your deadlines and try to meet them. Solve as many practice papers as possible

Dilli Ram Parajuli won $1m in Qatar Duty Free draw

CEO of Qatar Airways Akbar Al Bakar, during the $ one million raffle draw of at Doha International Airport. Nepalese man, Dilli Ram Parajuli has won the draw.
Image courtesy.- Qatar Duty Free.

UPDATE:-According to Nepal Japan, Dilli Ram Poudel is from Kaski Nirmalpokhari 8, Maspatan. One of his relative told about this. Dilliram had called home and informed that he has won the lottery. 

"He is the winner, but he hasn't got the money on his hand yet. So he is not willing to come to media at the moment. The winner himself is not willing to say that on record, how could I say more?" a person who claimed that be a relative brother of Dilli Ram told. "If we disclose everything now situation may be embarrassing later if we don't get the money by any chance, so we are choosing not to speak on record now." a relative of Dilliram Said.

He said that he will come to media after getting money. They are probably not willing to come to light because of the risk of insecurity too.

Dilli Ram Parajuli from Nepal has won the jackpot of One Million US dollar raffle of Qatar Duty Free at Doha international airport. It's a first time in the history of Qatar-Duty-Free raffle, Nepalese winning a jackpot. The lucky coupon number of Parajuli was 1922, which was picked in the draw held on Thursday. The CEO of Qatar Airways Akbar Al Bakar picked the winning ticket. The raffle draw was launched in 2006 and Parajuli is the 12th winner.

Confused young generation!

Writer:- Bijay Timilsina

Article from leading website Ekantipur.com (Translated)

Dipesh, a student in Kathmandu coming from Bara, completed computer hardware course 5 years ago. And he also took mobile repairing course, when he saw the abundant usage of mobile in the market. He is not interested in all those fields now till he finished his exam of BBS final year.

He was failed in one subject in the first year, two in second year and now he is afraid of failing in 3 subjects in the third year. Now the thought of going to Japan to earn money is surfacing in his mind. The reason of that  thought coming to his mind is that he saw some lads of Anamnagar going to Japan, Australia and UK and simply get fascinated from that.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos in Nepal.

The Galaxy Grand Duos of Samsung is released in Nepal. The authorised distributor of Samsung INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SERVICES (IMS) has started to sell Galaxy Grand Duos  in Nepal since last Saturday. It's considered as hybrid of Galaxy tab smartphone. Below is the detail information about  phone.