Mishra has been admitted to the university’s prestigious Center for Talented Youth (CTY), whose alumni include Mark Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga, Google founder, Rhodes Scholars and MacArthur Fellows. He also secured second place in the US National Science Bee 2021.
A science enthusiast and an avid reader, Edaway is now focusing on the International Geography Bee World Championships to be held in Quebec in August next year, and the International History Bee, for which he has qualified.
The US National Science Bee is a buzzer-based science competition for individual students with questions related to biology, chemistry, physics, Earth science, astronomy, mathematics, and other scientific fields. It consists of a written aptitude test and buzzer based regional and national championships.
He attended Beekman Hill International School (Public School 59) in New York from 1st to 4th grade and will now continue his education at a Delhi school. Mishra was given the Grand Honors Award, the highest category for “extraordinary performance in the SAT, ACT, or similar assessment” taken by 15,000 students in grades II to VIII as part of CTY’s talent search program. Test scores were based on the above grade-level test and Misra was at an “advanced CTY level”, which was closer to four grade levels than the current one.
“Organic chemistry is my favorite subject because it’s exciting to watch the reactions of compounds. Mysteries and realistic imagery are also my favorites. Currently, I’m reading Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman, a book of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher. There is inevitability, and a fiction, Acceleratory Trilogy Book 3: Hawking’s Hallway by Neil Shusterman and Eric Elfman,” said Mishra.
The eight-year-old was featured on the social media of the New York City Department of Education for coding the “Moodmeter,” an interactive social-emotional learning tool. Their work was also highlighted in the department’s blogpost, which covered six of the best examples of schoolwork in the 2020-21 academic session.
His interests include coding in python, physics, organic chemistry, geography, flags, mathematics and economics. These days he is working on particle physics and using programming to simplify economics while he awaits admission to a regular school in India.
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