America
UAE-based Indian clears US Ivy League
Dubai, June 7
An Indian-origin teenager, based
in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been accepted by five American
Ivy League schools, media reported.
Anya Malik, 18, a student of
Dubai College, who received acceptances from Yale, Princeton, Columbia,
Penn and Dartmouth, selected Yale University in the Connecticut state of
the US to pursue a joint major in economics and maths, reported The
National online.
“In the US, I’ll be able to study economics and
maths, but also do French, and also take a class in physics and also
take a class in psychology,†said Malik.
Jonathan Tate, deputy
head of the college’s sixth form, who oversees the applications to US
universities, described Malik as an all-rounder.
“She’s
incredibly clever, hard-working, she speaks a couple of languages
fluently, she plays the drums, she does work with charity, she’s a
swimmer, she has an awful lot going for her, and she writes beautifully
as well,†Tate said.
Apart from Malik, 16 students of Dubai College have received offers from top-tier American Universities