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| − | My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India. I stay at Jarvis, on East Campus. | + | *My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India. I stay at Jarvis, on East Campus. |
| − | I absolutely love tennis. | + | *I absolutely love my family, tennis, and Roger Federer. |
Revision as of 17:03, 8 September 2010
About Me
- My name is Jaisal Mariwala. I'm an international student from Mumbai, India. I stay at Jarvis, on East Campus.
- I absolutely love my family, tennis, and Roger Federer.
Education
- Duke University Class of 2014
- XIth - XIIth (2008-2010) St. Xavier’s College, Bombay University, Mumbai, India
- HSC Examination Class Rank 3/330 (12th Grade)
- Class Rank: 5/110 (11th Grade)
- KG - Xth (1996-2007) The Choice School, Tripunithira, Kerala, India
- Academically in top 5% of Xth standard class.
- Achieved 91% in CBSE Xth standard board exams, while traveling for the Junior Circuit with no outside tuitions.
Gap Year (2007-2008) Took a year off from school to travel for the national/international tennis circuits fulltime.
Activities/Hobbies
- Scuba Diving
- PADI licensed Open Water Diver
- The Choice School Student Council
- Junior Sports Captain – 2006-07
- Junior Cultural Secretary – 2005-06
- Karate
- A third-dan Karate Brown Belt (Wado Ryu) having won gold medals at the district and state level from the ages of five to twelve.
- Western Drums
- Intermediate level
- Dance
- Interschool Western Dance prizewinner.
Grand Challenge
The grand challenge I've chosen is Making Solar Energy More Economical. It's a field I hope to work in, in the future, after I pursue my degree in Materials Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering):
Solar Panel Productivity Boosted by Origami , Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily, Created 25th February 2010, Accessed 8th September 2010 (Making Solar Energy More Economical)
