MUMBAI: Wadala girl Malvika Joshi (17), who dropped out of formal schooling at the age of 12, has secured a place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), defying the undue weightage given to marks and degrees.


With a talent for computer programming, Malvika never passed 10th or 12th. But she landed an MIT scholarship to pursue a BSc degree by virtue of being a three-time medal winner at the International Olympiad of Informatics.
The MIT has a provision for accepting students who are medal winners at various Olympiads (Maths, Physics or Computer).