Pioneer Scholars Share Their Early Decision and Early Action Destinations

January 3, 2020

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Pioneer Scholars Share Their Early Decision and Early Action Destinations

We would like to applaud all our Pioneer alumni for their academic efforts and achievements. All of their hard throughout high school and during the Pioneer Research Program will support them in a smooth transition to university life. Some of our alumni shared with us their Early Decision and Early Action round of admissions. We are happy to see this group of Pioneer Scholars beginning to transition to the next stage of academic and personal development.

Pioneer Scholars from the high school class of 2020 will begin their university studies next fall at MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Swarthmore, Amherst, and the University of Chicago, among others. For a selected list of their offers, as well as their high schools and Pioneer Research Paper titles, we invite you to see the charts below. For the full list of college admissions (updated each June), please visit www.pioneeracademics.com.

Universities	Students’ High School	Pioneer Research Paper
Brown University (3)	Leland High School	A Comprehensive Monte Carlo Simulation of the Single-Electron Transistor
	Greenwood High International School	An Exploration of Strategies in Walker-Breaker Games
	YK Pao School	Gender Concepts, Transgenderism and Transhumanism
California Institute of Technology	Whitney M. Young Magnet High School	Sulfur K-edge Micro-X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Spectroscopy (XANES) Using Synchrotron Radiation
Carnegie Mellon University (3)	Beijing No.101 High School	The Psychology of Emotions, Resilience, and Health: The Effect of Music on Reducing Stress
	Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School	Symmetric Patterns in Generated Fractals: Multibrot Set and Polynomial Fractals
	The Affiliated High School of Peking University	Self-Driving Cars as a Socio-Technical System for Changing Young and Unmarried Workers’ Lifestyles
Carnegie Mellon University- Business School	WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School	Understanding the Impact of Membership in the European Union on Italy: To What Extent Does Membership in the EU Contribute to the Economic Slowdown Since the 1990s
Columbia University (7)	Sage Hill School	Using Game Theory to Analyze America’s Defeat in the Vietnam War
	St. George’s Senior School	Political Risk of Nigeria
	The Loomis Chaffee School	Quantum Key Distribution: Current Imperfections
	Berkshire School	Nature and Artifice: A Comparative Analysis on The Last Supper by Leonardo and Tintoretto
	American Embassy School	Stakeholder Analysis: An Explanation of the Botswana Paradox
	Saint Anselm’s Abbey School	The Daoist Perspectives on Nature
	Shanghai YK Pao School	Machiavelli’s Realism and Consequentialism
Cornell University (10)	St. John’s School	Political Risk of Japan
	YK Pao School	Cockpit Instruments: A Historical Study of the Ergonomic Considerations in Aircraft
	DPS STS School Dhaka	The Behavior of Lithium as a Nanowire
	The International School Bangalore	A Study of Chirality and Electrical Properties in Carbon Nanotubes
	The Athenian School	Comparisons Between Mathematics Curricula in China and the United States
	Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School	The Role of Neutrinos in Physics and Astronomy
	Majestic International College	An Approach Based on Long Short-Term Memroy for Micro-Expression Recognition
	Jayshree Periwal International School	The Effectiveness of Simple Machine Learning Models for Stock Price Prediction
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	Photoresistor Calibration using Planck’s Law
	St. George’s School	Repetitive Continued Fractions, and Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers
Dartmouth College (4)	Istanbul Bahcesehir High School for Science and Technology	Modular and Affordable Crop Monitoring System
	Nanjing Foreign Languages School	Topic Undisclosed
	Plano West Senior High School	Peer-to-Peer Lending And The Need to Reimagine Financial Regulations
	Pine Crest High School	A Correlational Study of Physical Attractiveness and the Presidential Office
Duke University (3)	Basis International School Shenzhen	An Institutional Analysis of the Military’s Role in the Egyptian Economy
	Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore	Metabolic Engineering of a Novel Sunscreen Compound by Heterologous Escherichia coli Host
	York Mills Collegiate Institute	A Comparative Analysis of the Efficiency of Chinese and American Economic Systems: Socialist Market Economies and Free Market Economies
Emory University (7)	International Department, the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University	Evaluation of How Renewable Energy and Carbon Capture & Sequestration Smooth the Urgent Transition to a Low-Carbon Society
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	The Performance of Single and Multi-Junction Solar Cells
	Vanke Meisha Academy	How Adolescents with Gender and Personality Differences in China and the US Differ in Pain Intensity, Pain Tolerance Thresholds and fMRI Scans
	TMI Episcopal	A Psychoanalysis Study on 60s Hippie Rebellion and Interests in the East Culture
	Shanghai American School Pudong	Touching upon the Sense of Touch: The Effects of Aging on Object Discrimination
	Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	Rhythmic Analysis of Three Miao Folklores and Their Common Features
	Beijing Academy	Analysis of Spain’s Entrepreneurial Intentions According to the Theory of Planned Behavior and GEM Data
Georgetown University	Carondelet High School	The Effect of Education, Personal Economic Situation, and Gender on Non-Voting in Latin America
Johns Hopkins University (7)	Providence Day School	A Comparison Study of the Effectiveness of Interpersonal Therapy for Dysthymic Adolescents
	Mercy High School Burlingame	Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Stroke: A Comparison and Combination of Current Rehabilitation Methods
	Church Farm School	Comparison of Edge Enhancement Techniques on Angiograms
	Guangdong Experimental High School	Causes and Solutions of Modern Ethnic Conflict: A Comparison Study of Indonesia and Malaysia
	WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School	How Has Drip Irrigation Evolved to Contribute to the Elimination of Poverty and Starvation
	Hangzhou Foreign Languages School	Properties of Different Lithium Chains Under Different Electric Fields
	The Hun School of Princeton	Truth in De Propria Vita
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)	Bahcesehir High School for Science and Technology	The Key Exchange Problem in Classical and Quantum Computing
	Whitney M. Young Magnet High School	Sulfur K-Edge Micro-X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Spectroscopy (XANES) using Synchrotron Radiation
	Carondelet High School	The Effect of Education, Personal Economic Situation, and Gender on Non-Voting in Latin America
New York University (8)	Beijing No.2 Middle School	Political Risk of Venezuela
	YK Pao School	Impact Valuation of Shanghai Young Bakers
	Saint Francis High School	How Should Firms React to Celebrity Scandals?
	International Department, the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University	Potential Impacts of Brexit on British Enterprises and Possible Countermeasures to Balance Gains and Losses
	Beijing No.2 Middle School	Extension of Reality: Online Video Game Effect on Chinese Youth
	Hangzhou No.14 High School	Women’s Authority and Influence on Ordinary Women—Factors That Result in the Difference of Styles of Leadership
	Jiangsu Tianyi High School	The Differences Between the Modern and the 20th Century Women Recruiting Posters in United States
	Wuhan Foreign Languages School	The Fear in the Neo-Noirs-Noirs
Northwestern University (12)	The Awty International School	A Review of the Effects of Sensory Retraining in the Form of Electrical Stimulation on the Upper Limb After Stroke
	Liger Leadership Academy	Analysis of Facebook Fast-Food Ads in Cambodia
	Vernon Hills High School	Rehabilitation Technologies for Balance and Locomotion in Cerebellar Stroke
	Sewickley Academy	Progressive Social Movements and American Christianity
	YK Pao School	The Environmental And Ecological Implications Of Microplastics Released By Fast Fashion And Other Manufactured Goods
	Loomis Chaffee	The X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structures Experiment: Basic Principles and the Determination of Sulfur Structures in Asphaltene in Crude Oils
	International Department, the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University	Galileo’s Misssing Letter
	Beijing National Day School	Comparison of Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in China and the USA
	The Affiliated High School of Peking University	The Effect of Fandom on People’s Susceptibility to Pseudo-Set Framing
	Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	Macroeconomic Factors and Structural Reforms in the Context of US-China Trade Tensions
	The Miami Valley School	Arduino Wireless Mailbox Notifier
	Shanghai Pinghe School	The Distinctive Role of the Leader and Interpersonal Relationships in Social Energy Groups
Princeton University (3)	**Academy. Student prefers not to disclose	Indirect Observation of the Optical Talbot Effect Through the Intensity-Position Characteristics of Coherent Light Passing Through a Ronchi Grating
	African Leadership Academy	Toads and Frogs vs. Toads and Frogs
	Jayshree Periwal International School	A Study on Graph Ramsey Numbers and Their Bounds
Rice University (8)	Jinan Foreign Languages school	Protestant Influence on Supreme Court Decisions Regarding Church-State Separation
	Qingdao No.2 Middle School	An Introduction to Bellman-Ford Algorithm and Dijkstra’s Algorithm
	Fort Walton Beach High School	Development of a Robotic Hand with Sensory-Motor Capacities Which are Found in the Normal Human Hand
	School for the Talented and Gifted	The Invisible Culture of Pain and the Opioid Crises
	Beijing National Day School	Will Individual Prominence Affect High Social Energy Groups’ Performance?
	High School Attached to Hunan Normal University	The U.S. Government’s, Media’s, and Missionaries’ Attitude to Yuan ShiKai’s Monarchial Movement
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	How Can Ticket Selling and Sponsorship Affect the Popularity and Revenue Generation of Sports Events in Singapore?
	High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong Univeristy	Electrical Properties of Lithium Nanowire as Precision Resistors
Stanford University (3)	Achievement First Brooklyn High School	The Intensifying Species Problem and Conservation
	St. George’s School	The Optimal Gold Nanostructure for Targeted Drug Delivery and Photothermal Ablation in Cancer Therapeutics
	Hilltop High School	Modulating Secretases, Tau, and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines as Models for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapies
Tufts University	Hwa Chong Institution	Impacts of the Gaullist External Policy Approach in the Macron Era on Franco-German Relations and EU Integration in Defence and Security
University of Chicago (6)	Pine Crest School	The Ceiling of the Cappella Palatina: Norman Sicily’s Diversity and Artistic Style Under Roger II
	WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School	How Should the Chinese Government Change the Mode of Eldercare Service Provision in China and Wuhan City?
	Robert College	Modern Fanaticism and Its Representation in Major International Broadcast Media
	The Governor’s Academy	A Macroeconomic Analysis on German Economy: Investigating the Post-Unification Economy Through Traditional Macroeconomic Tools
	Shenzhen College of International Education	Words and Bodies: A Genealogy of Homosexuality in China
	International Department, the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University	Familiar Strangers: A Discourse Analysis of Han-Hui Relations in China
University of Pennsylvania (8)	Nanjing Foreign Languages School	Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder by Targeting Mutated SHANK3 Protein
	Friends Select School	X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure Spectroscopic Analysis of Asphaltene Chemical Structures
	Flintridge Preparatory School	Bob Jones University v. United States: The Erosion of a Separate Church and State
	Portola High School	Why Would Different Laws of Physics in Other Universes Not Let Life Exist?
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	Current Communication Assistive Devices for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: a Review
	Hangzhou Foreign Languages School	Behaviors Young Males Perform When They See Young, Attractive Girls on the Street
	Shenzhen Foreign Languages School	No Way Out: a Psychoanalytic Approach to the Role of Grendel’s Mother in Beowulf
	Xi’an Gaoxin No.1 High School	Tough Decisions in Chaotic Times: Agency and Decision Making in China’s Revolutions
University of Rochester	Shanghai Datong High School	Exploring Alzheimer’s Disease on a Cell Molecular Level
University of Virginia (2)	WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School	Understanding the Impact of Membership in the European Union on Italy: To What Extent Does Membership in the EU Contribute to the Economic Slowdown since the 1990s?
University of Virginia (2)	Nanjing Foreign Languages School	Alcohol Increases Risk for Esophageal Cancer Through Enhancing Folate Deficiency in One-Carbon Metabolism
Vanderbilt University (6)	San New School	Who Are Grittier? Students from One-Child Families or Students from Multi-Child Families?
	Capital Normal University High School	Psychological Expectations and Stress Reduction: Examining the Contributing Role of Mindfulness
	YK Pao School	Neo-Confucianism and Science in China
	Shanghai Pinghe School	Investigating Differences Between Two Types of English Teaching in China
	Hangzhou Foreign Languages School	The Solutions for the Current Chinese Recycling Industry
	Shanghai Pinghe School	The Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States: A Data-Based Analysis from a Canadian Perspective
Washington University in St. Louis	The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	Automated Measurement of the Fresnel Curve
Yale University (4)	Walt Whitman High School	Efficacies of Reactive Balance Intervention on the Fall Prevention of Different Levels of Impairment in Individuals Post-Stroke
	Georgetown Day School	The Structure of Kaiser Permanente and Its Effects on Kaiser’s Response to HIV/AIDS
	International Department, the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University	The Effects of 1968 Columbia University Student Protests on the Governance of American Universities
	Beijing No.4 High School, International Campus	Love and Politics in The Tempest

Colleges	Students’ High School	Pioneer Research Paper Title
Amherst College	Alexander Early College High School	Social Justice in a Non-American America
Barnard College	UWC Mahindra College	How Was Ethnic Identity Constructed in the Balkans During the Yugoslav Wars in Former Yugoslavia?
Bates College	Achievement First Brooklyn High School	Charter Schools vs. Public Schools: Is Education Equitable?
Bowdoin College	Beijing No.4 High School International Campus	Colonial Consequences: How British Rule in Hong Kong (1842-1997) and Japanese Rule in Taiwan (1895-1945) Shaped Distinct and Fragmented Identities
Colorado College (2)	Shenzhen College of International Education	Representations of Chinese Feminists in Chinese Media
Colorado College (2)	YK Pao School	Mapping Culture Through Wine: A Study of Chinese Alcoholic Beverage Production and Consumption
Davidson College	International Department, High School Affiliated to SCNU	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: The Role of Ideology in Its Early Stage
Macalester College	Hanoi – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted	Career Orientation Efforts For High School Students In The United States And Their Implication For Vietnamese Education
Smith College	Shanghai Foreign Language School	Attachment, Satisfaction, and Relationship Visibility on Social Networking Sites
Swarthmore College (2)	Beijing Academy	The Enhancement of the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of PbTe by Alloying with Large Bandgap GaTe and CdTe
Swarthmore College (2)	Chengdu Shude High School	Light Source Detection Based on Shadow
Vassar College	Chengdu Shude High School	Madonna’s Root in the Pagan Goddess
Wellesley College (4)	Indian Springs School	Tiktok: A Sociotechnical System for Unconscious Time Wasting
	UWC Costa Rica	Anti-Heroes in Modern Media
	United World College Changshu	Human Responses to Tragedy in Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	Modern Architecture Is In a Trend of Becoming Universal

Other US Universities: Early Action
Babson College (2)	Baylor University	Brevard College
Carthage College	Drexel University	Durham University (4)
Emerson College	Fordham University (6)	Grand Valley State University
Indiana University – Bloomington (3)	Northeastern University	Ohio Northern University
Ohio State University (3)	Pennsylvania State University (3)	Rose-Hulman College (3)
Rutgers University (2)	Salisbury University	Sarah Lawrence College
Southern Methodist University	St. Andrews University	University of Illinois — Urbanan Champaign (51)
University of Georgia	University of Massachusetts – Amherst (3)	University of Miami
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (6)	University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (2)
University of Pittsburgh (2)	University of Texas at Austin (2)	University of Washington
Webster University

Non-US Universities
King’s College London (3)	SOAS University of London	The University of Edinburgh (6)
University College London (9)	University of Manchester (5)	University of St. Andrews (3)
University of Toronto	University of Warwick (5)