Johns Hopkins University

Natasha Peri, an 11-year-old Indian-American student at New Jersey's Thelma L Sandmeier Elementary School has been given the tag of the brightest girl in the world. Peri scored top marks and was honored for her excellent accomplishment in the SAT and ACT standardized tests taken as part of the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries participated in CTY in 2020-21.