CBSE 12th result: Farmer's son who got full scholarship at Cornell University scores 98%

In ar story of perseverance and success, son of a small farmer from Uttar Pradesh has reportedly secured a 100 per cent scholarship from an Ivy League university in US. Anurag Tiwari, who hails from a vill Sarasan, left everybody flabbergasted after he got a call from New York’s Cornell University in 2019. Adding ar fear to his cap recently,  prodigy scored 98.2 per cent in his class 12th exams, whose results were recently anunced by CBSE. 

Tiwari, whose far Kamlapati is a marginal former and mor Sangeeta is a housewife, studied in a primary school in his vill Sarasan till fifth grade. According to reports, his vill Sarasan did t even have electricity until 2016. In grade six, he cleared entrance for Vidya Gyan in Sitapur, rural leadership academy and joined it.  

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According to reports, in class 11th, he started to prepare for SAT & scored 1370 marks out of 1600. Following which, he applied to Cornell University as ‘Early Decision Applicant’ & got call in December 2019. In all se processes, his school teachers helped him in preparing projects & drafting essays. According to reports, his essays were edited in Delhi by senior counsellors who also helped Tiwari choose colleges.

To study Maths furr 

Opposing his family’s decision, Tiwari chose Humanities as his career path. In class 12th, he scored a perfect 100 in Ecomics & History, 99 & 97 in Political Science & English respective and 95 in mamatics. As per reports, he revealed that he would w study Ecomics and Mamatics at Cornell.

Tiwari, who finds inspiration in former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni, credited his success to his parents and elder sisters who always wanted him to get a world-class education. He is w erly waiting for classes to start at Cornell, which has moved online due to coronavirus pandemic.

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 Im credits: Cornell university