SAT test ace aims for medical field

Shivam Dave

“One of the most important things in my life is education,” says Pearland High School junior Shivam Dave. Last year, he placed third individually in the academic decathlon and hopes to improve in his remaining high school career. “What I am most proud of through all these accomplishments is my determination to do the best I possibly can at everything I attempt. I believe that is what has made me so successful,” he said.

Shivam Dave
AGE: 16
GRADE: 11
SCHOOL: Pearland High School, Pearland ISD
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Perfect scores on SAT, SAT biology and SAT math 2; State Champion Academic Decathlon; State Champion in Future Problem Solving; District Champion in Persuasive Speaking; fourth place in Domestic Extemporaneous at Bellaire Forensics Tournament; volunteer for National Marrow Donor Registry; varsity tennis; Science National Honor Society president
FAVORITE AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY: “Play tennis or table tennis and watch sports like football and basketball.”
FAVORITE BOOK: “ ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.’ The Harry Potter books were a good part of my childhood, and the culmination of the series was not only great in a literary sense, but somewhat monumental for me personally.”
AMBITION: “To come up with a solution to a medical problem that plagues society and see people benefit from it. I’d like to (be) either a practicing doctor or a medical researcher. I’d like to make life easier for people by directly or indirectly making them healthier and happier.”