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A surprise gift from talented alumni led by Catherine & Reymajan
Listen to the Associate Dean of Oberlin College & Conservatory
Applauding Pioneer scholars’ continuing devotion to inquisitiveness, innovation, and high standards.
What landmark research discoveries have our high school scholars accomplished this year? The 2022 Pioneer Research Journal nominees have been announced! Read on to learn more about their groundbreaking work.
The First Annual Pioneer Co-Curricular Summit was held on Sept 30 and Oct 1, 2022, in celebration of Pioneer’s 10th anniversary.
Pioneer’s strong academic reputation attracted ten other widely respected academic programs as co-presenters.
Pioneer alumni often connect with each other during online events, but also meet up in person! In this series, we share some examples of past “Pioneer on Campus” events, organized by Pioneer alumni.
Pioneer Scholars who elected for early action or early decision share where they will be headed for college this fall.
Resubmitting an application to Pioneer has become very common as admission to Pioneer has grown increasingly competitive. Read what the alumni who successfully reapplied to Pioneer shared for their insights and tips.
Pioneer Academics is committed to the highest standards in academic advancement. It earned institutional backing for its academic system and standards which led to its collaboration with Oberlin College & Conservatory. This groundbreaking collaboration created an unprecedented online education model which has enabled outstanding high school students to conduct accredited research following concrete, holistic standards.
About the Scholar: Nabo Yu attended The Webb Schools in Claremont, California, in the United States.
The Research:
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the accuracy of tests was so variable that some countries chose not to use tests at all, but instead isolate symptomatic individuals. Pioneer scholar Nabo thought computer simulations could shed light on the effects of testing accuracy on the spread of the disease. His SIR model computational calculations confirm that higher testing accuracy can result in reduced disease spread, and show that even lower accuracy testing is useful in slowing the transmission rate. According to Nabo, the model “has possibly offered a basic method of determining acceptable levels of testing accuracy based on the level of social isolation.”
About the Scholar: Kevin Li grew up in the United States and attended Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois
The Research:
The “efficient market theory” hypothesizes that professional investors at major financial institutions are less prone to make trades influenced by emotion than individual “noise traders” and retail investors. Kevin observes that the collapse of the tech bubble showed that this theory “became null and void during the bubble.” His paper identifies two major factors that hampered professionals from doing their job: the consistent overvaluation of potential earnings, failing to value stocks fairly; and the failure to rein in the volatility of trading. The conclusion is that market professionals acted from emotion, despite guidelines meant to prevent such behavior.
About the scholar: Ziyang Zheng grew up in China and attended The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University in Beijing, China
The Research:
“Blockchain technology is used to build a decentralized and anonymous transaction system. With blockchain technology, people no longer need trusted third parties such as banks to build trust between each other.” Since this money-saving new technology is so popular, it is important that it be secure and reliable. Pioneer scholar Ziyang describes the essential parts of the blockchain, ways that the partners in the system can agree on essential details, and some successful applications, including Bitcoin. He then creates his own blockchain application, a way to share information about student activities to make evaluating college applications more efficient.
About the Scholar: Sahana Prasanna grew up in the United States and attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California.
The Research:
Traditional Western music is mostly based on two-beat or three-beat patterns. Eastern music can be quite different in structure. Pioneer scholar Sahana, who has been studying South Indian Carnatic music, assumed that the five-beat and seven-beat patterns of much of this music must be ingrained in the intuition of people who grew up with it. She wondered how people whose experience is of Western music could develop the intuition, execution and perception necessary to understand and respond to this music. She found that, contrary to her expectations, seven-beat patterns were easier than five-beat patterns for Western listeners to perceive.
