Kapoor, 15, intends to pursue a program at Stanford University.
By Dileep Thekkethil
Sanchit Kapoor, a 15-year old Indian student based in Dubai, has scored a perfect 2400/2400 in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States.
Kapoor, who represented UAE at the World Youth Scrabble Championships (WYSC) for four consecutive years, is one among the top .5 percent students who passed this year’s SAT exam, which was attended by 1.8 million students across the world.
The SAT exam tests the writing, critical reading, and mathematics skills of high school students and test result are used for admission into undergraduate degree courses in US universities.
Talking to Gulf News, Kapoor said, “I knew I had done well, but never expected this score. It was a surprise.”
Kapoor intends to pursue his dreams of studying software programming and computer science engineering at Stanford University.
This isn’t the first time Kapoor has come out on top in an exam. The Class 11 student at GEMS Modern Academy student in Dubai was UAE’s topper in Class 10 board examination.
Peter Davos, a Dubai-based independent educational consultant for US universities said to Gulf News “With SAT scores, after a certain threshold like a high 700 in each section, it’s all the same for the committees that screen applicants. More important is the story of the student, their extra-curricular activities, leadership qualities, their independent, non-academic initiatives at the school. In short, the sum of his personality is taken into consideration by Ivy League universities.”
Davos added, “Annually, only 400 students worldwide “from a 1.8 million who appear for SAT” achieve a perfect score. Of the 75 percent perfect score applications to Harvard University, for example, only 10-15 percent make it.”
According to Davos, by scoring a perfect 2400/2400 in SAT, Sanchit Kapoor has moved one step closer to his dream of getting admission in Stanford University.