A Lucknow boy has secured 100% scholarship worth at least Rs 2 crore to pursue a course in engineering in computer science and physics at the University of Pennsylvania – an Ivy league university rated among top 8 universities of the world.
“It is an overwhelming feeling to win a scholarship … And that too from a coveted university like Pennsylvania,” Lakshay Sharma told .
Like thousands of students, Sharma took admission into a training institute in Rajasthan’s Kota to get into the coveted Indian Institutes of Technology. But he soon shifted his goal post and decided to compete for admission to universities across the world and not just in India.
Striking a balance between academics and the application process is key to his success, Sharma claimed while explaining the application process, which he said is very holistic and involves writing up tons of essays, to universities in the US.
“I had to complete my application to the US universities while simultaneously preparing for 11th and 12th grades, studying for the JEE and other competitive exams and participating in international Olympiads such as International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) 2015, and the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2016,” he said.
Sharma managed to “strike a fine balance” between all these by dividing his time well.
