Toppers at 99.4%, these Gurugram girls dream of becoming techie, pilot

GURUGRAM: The results for

Class X

CBSE exams were declared on Monday, with four city girls scoring an impressive 99.4% (497 marks out of 500), the highest in Gurugram district. A total of 13 students have scored 499 marks across the country, while the national pass percentage is 91.10%, a rise of 4.4% from last year.


Mihika Parag Deshpande, one of the four district

toppers

, was not expecting her results to be so good. The Suncity School

student

scored full marks in English, science and social science, apart from 99 in math and 98 in Spanish. “I am both nervous and happy. I had tallied my answers after the exam, and was sure I had made a few mistakes here and there. The results are surprising. I did not have any special technique for studying; I studied from the school books and notes I made in class, and clarified all my doubts with teachers immediately,” said an excited Mihika, whose favourite subject is Spanish. To unwind after long hours of studying, she prefers to play the violin and tennis. Not surprisingly, her idol is none other than Serena Williams. She plans to pursue Class XI in the science stream.

Yatee Sukhani is already gearing up for Class XI, and began taking coaching classes before the results were announced. “I’m not a nerd. I am more into sports and dancing. I am elated with my marks,” said Yatee, who dreams of being a pilot in the future. A student of

Amity International School

, Sector 46, she scored 100 in

mathematics

, Sanskrit and science, and got 99 marks in social science and 98 in English.

Another topper, Pia Gupta, credits her father, a software engineer, for her success. “I wish to follow in his footsteps and become an automobile engineer. My family and I are super happy with my results. There is no formula for success except being consistent. I studied 3-4 hours every day after school and seven hours before exams. I de-stressed by taking swimming and tennis lessons,” said Pia, who is also a student of Amity International School, Sector 46. She scored 100 in maths and social science, and 99 in English, Sanskrit and science.

Blue Bells Model School student Shreya Mohanty also bagged 497 in the exam, but her name isn’t included in the CBSE toppers list. Senior school superintendent C Kumar said they tried contacting the CBSE office, but nobody responded. “We have drafted a letter for this error and plan to follow up with CBSE officials,” he added. Shreya, who wants to become a doctor, is on cloud nine since she became aware of her score. She got full marks in English, Sanskrit and information technology, apart from 99 in maths, 98 in social science, 95 in science and 94 in Hindi. An avid Robin Sharma fan and a classical dancer for 12 years, she becomes philosophical while guiding her juniors: “Believe in yourself, because you never know what tomorrow might bring for you.”


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