7 June 2010, 3:18 am
I am presently a student of class 12 from kolkata, India. I am looking for a scholarship to study in the US after passing out from my high school. I am intending to sit for SAT in october/september this year. I have had a decent record in academics. I have also been selected by Yahoo! itself in a contest called Ask The Planet 2007 contest and was among ten selected out of a lakh participants from india. I was selected by former president A.P.J abdul kalam himself. I also got to visit yahoo headquarters in sunnyvale, california. The topic of the contest was giving ideas to curb terrorism. At present i am a student of science and also a freelancer for the newspaper The Telegraph here. I also have publsihed many articles and have also recieved some awards.I am inclined to study bio science in the USA but am hindered by only one difficulty, that of financial. My family cannot finance more than $5000 each year including all costs of staying there. I am thus looking at any alternative, if possible, and hoping for any worthwhile suggestion... Read More »