CHICAGO: Ayesha Siddiqui, an Indian American senior student at Lane Tech High School, Chicago, has won the prestigious QuestBridge scholarship among top 4 of CPS class of 2015.
Out of more than 1100 graduating high school students, four are selected for the QuestBridge scholarship awards for Class of 2015. Ayesha Siddiqui, Araceli Martinez, Paul Alves, John Jack from Lan Tech High school got the QuestBridge scholarship and admission in University of Chicago.
Ayesha was honored in an award ceremony for scholars held at Lane Tech High School auditorium in Chicago last week. Ayesha was also honored as Lane Tech Scholar, Illinois State Scholar and AP Scholar. Earlier this year, Ayesha was also included in National Honor Society.
Ayesha thanked her father A.Q. Siddiqui, a local journalist, mother Talath Siddiqui, a close Telugu family friend Ayloo Srikant and his wife Dr Amba for guidance and all moral support.
QuestBridge is a powerful platform that connects the nation’s brightest, low income students and leading institutions of higher education. As an aggregator of excellence, QuestBridge provides a single, internet-based meeting point which links exceptional students with colleges, scholarship providers, enrichment programs, employers, and organizations seeking students who have excelled despite obstacles. QuestBridge aims to increase the percentage of talented low-income students attending the nation’s best universities.
Suresh Shah