Akshay Chaku is a senior at the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and son of Jyoti and Ashwani Chaku of Troy.  Chaku is part of both the FedChallenge team (second in the state) and the state championship Economics Challenge Team.  He played four years of varsity tennis for his high school, culminating with captaincy in his senior year.  Chaku was a part of both his school’s National and Spanish Honor Societies, and a participant in his school’s Indian American Student Association (IASA).  He attends an all-IB School (all classes taught at Higher Level), has a 3.95 GPA (unweighted), 2200 SAT score and 35 ACT score.  He will attend the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor in the fall.

Chaku is an avid dancer and has participated in either Raas, Bhangra, or both for his school’s IASA show each of the past four years.  He is an IB Diplomma Candidate, enjoys playing tennis and soccer in his free time, along with participating in forensics (he was a state semi-finalist last year, and qualified for the state tournament once again this year).