<p>You guys know that her dad is a US Scientist and works for a top government agency right… just thought people would like ot know that…</p>
<p>But still people like those two make me wonder about what I could have or should have done with my HS years… :(</p>
<p>Other than that, they must have been highly committed and dedicated and motivated people …</p>
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Hmm … watch the Discovery Channel on Saturday night and write follow-up reports to them???</p>
<p>She’s not bad looking either</p>
<p>very smart, very talented…but pretty? rofl</p>
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<p>She already has a planet named after her? This is just ridiculous. She’s not human. There’s no possible way she could do all those activites and get all those prestigous awards. When does she sleep??? She must have absoultely no life. I bet she has never watched an episiode of TV in her life. Too busy getting planets named after her.</p>
<p>Wow, but she is amazing.</p>
<p>Dang!
From my hometown</p>
<p>Wow, that is definitely a long list for one person! I think even Harvard is not good enough for her.</p>
<p>If I had the chance to be one of these two siblings, I would decline without hesitation. </p>
<p>There is a time for seriousness and a time for fun, every Ivy-league student knows that. I don’t know if this girl knows what fun is.</p>
<p>You cannot be a happy person if you completely devote your life to science projects. </p>
<p>On a side note, I though this was funny: “a member of National Honor Society”, it just sticks out as a sore thumb.</p>
<p>One line of her accomplishments makes me feel inadequate as a person. Really.</p>
<p>Holy crap…this…is…amazing…</p>
<p>I’m slightly envious of her and what she’s been able to do, but I’m mostly happy with my life and wouldn’t switch spots for anything. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>Awesome! I hope they don’t crack under the perpetually rising expectations and go on to solve some of the worlds major problems because I know I sure as hell can’t.</p>
<p>What is so amazing about her getting into all of those schools?</p>
<p>I mean, she has an impressive list of accomplishments (probably all of which didn’t need to be published in the paper – I got halfway through and just skipped the rest), and likely she has a great GPA and high SAT scores. I’m not really surprised.</p>
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<p>Just because they only mentioned her academic accomplishments doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have fun. I don’t think “goes to a lot of parties” would fit well in the story, but that could be true about her. But all they present is one side of her, and you can’t really use that to make these assumptions.</p>
<p>Some of my friends who attended the LIYSF (London youth forum they referred to) met her and she really is a very nice girl, not a braggart or anything. I don’t think they even found out about all her achievements until after they got back and someone found an article on her. That girl, well to me anyway, embodies perfection (and no I don’t mean just because of her awards and stuff, just the fact that she seems so balanced and is so good all-around).</p>
<p>Nandini received numerous awards, recognition and honors at local, state, regional, national and international levels during her high school years. She is a National Merit Scholar (finalist), Kansas ACT Scholar, Kansas Honors Scholar, Kansas Governor’s Scholar, AP Scholar with honor, 2008 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholar, a member of National Honor Society, officer of the Spanish National Honor Society, distinguished member of National Forensic League, three times Grand Award winner at the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, Intel ISEF Award winner for 3 years in a row, Award of Distinction and Vic. Regnier Award Winner for 3 years in a row at the Shawnee Mission R&D Forum, 2004 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Semifinalist, 1st Place Award winner of the 2005 SPE International Science Essay Contest, 4th Grand Award winner in Medicine and Health in 2005 Intel ISEF, AVASC Foundation’s 2nd Special Award winner in Microbiology at the 2006 Intel ISEF, 1st place Award winner for 4 years in a row at the Kansas-Oklahoma-Nebraska Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, 1st Place Grand Award winner in Microbiology in 2007 Intel ISEF, 1st Place National Award winner from US Army, 1st Place National Award winner from US Air Force, 2007 Ceres Connection winner (a minor planet named “nandinisarma”), selected to represent USA and present research paper at the 2007 International Youth Science Forum, London, invited student Guest Speaker at the 2007 International Youth Science Forum, Portugal, Person of the Year 2007 (State of Assam, India), National Winner of $20,000 scholarship at the 2007 Siemens Competition in Math. Science & Technology, 2008 Intel STS Semifinalist, 2008 Coca-Cola Scholar ($10,000 scholarship winner) for outstanding achievement in academics, leadership and services to the community, 2008 Toyota Community Scholar ($10,000 scholarship winner) for leadership and outstanding service to the community, Kansas Elk’s Association’s most Valuable Student Award winner, Shawnee Mission Education Foundation’s Student Leadership award winner for outstanding academic achievement and leadership in the school district and member of the All-state Academic Team, Kansas.</p>
<p>rubbish</p>
<p>She’s good, but she’s not what I consider amazing</p>
<p>Most of her work is research based, which is basically done more by someone else than herself</p>
<p>I consider IMO qualifiers far more amazing</p>
<p>^How do you know that she didn’t do most of the research? I’m not saying she did, because I obviously don’t know one way or the other.</p>
<p>The majority of the reactions coming out of this thread are rather stupid. They are either unabashed worship or jealous disdain.</p>
<p>I don’t believe that there is any doubt that the girl in question is a very accomplished individual. She has done remarkable things, and while that should be recognized, there is no reason to start feeling bad about yourself…the reason her activities are so remarkable is that they are exceptional - i.e. very rare.</p>
<p>wow. that’s amazing.</p>
<p>Someone should send this article to malcolm gladwell so that he can do a follow up to his work The Outliers. I’m sure there were some family connections which contributed to the amount of opportunities that were available to her. I’m not trying to mitigate her achievements, rather put them in perspective; after all, as someone who read teh outlier knows, most achievements have less to do with the person who gained them than the conditions in which he/she grew up.</p>