We applaud all Pioneer Scholars who strode through 2020 with curiosity and diligence. Whether now set with a university or college admission through Early Action or Early Decision or waiting for April results, Pioneer scholars deserve our admiration for their outstanding research.
As is our tradition each year, we now report the statistics of Pioneer Scholars’ early college admission results, but it is the intellectual drive, the passion, and the dedication of these students that gives us pride.
Universities
Students' High School
Pioneer Research Topic
Boston College
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
Undocumented, Unemployed, and Sick in California: Extending Emergency COVID-19 Relief to Undocumented Immigrants
Boston University
Hisar School
Identifying the Receptor Based Vibrotactile Information Processing Channels Involved in Vibratory Analgesia and their Differences within the Ethnic Context.
Brown University (6)
Mahindra United World College India
Importance of and Pathways to Humanising Climate Change
Radians School of Math, Science and Technology
The Effects of the Unequal Distribution of Damages From Environmental Breakdown on the Wellbeing of Wome, Black People, and Low-Income Households
Beijing National Day School
Marketing and Reception of LGBT-themed Musicals in the U.S. and China
YK Pao School
How does Montesquieu create the effect of grotesque in Persian letters?
Analysis by various methods of x-ray absorption with synchrotron radiation data to qualitatively and quantitatively ascertain the chemical structures of sulfur
The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University
Modern Architecture: The Transformation of Windows in the Modern Era
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (6)
Alief Early College High School
The Role of Hawking Radiation in Cosmic Inflation Models
The Hill School
An Overview of Major EDCs in the Chesapeake Bay Area: Assessing the Risk of Ospreys Due to the Contaminants
Northside College Preparatory High School
Analysis of XANES Data to Arrive at the Composition of an Unknown Sample
Jayshree Periwal International School
Colonization, Exploration, and Research Vehicle for Venus
Southridge School
Relationship between MRN protein complex and Ku protein dimer concentrations and the probability of DSB repair
Klein Oak High School
Gravitational Wave Detection
Carnegie Mellon University
Oaks Christian School
Can you do good while earning money? Evaluation of Goonj
Columbia University (7)
École Jeannine Manuel
The Dynamics of a Generic Star Formation Model
University Prep Charter High School
What type of carbon nanotube has the optimum photovoltaic performance to improve carbon capture technology
Hawken School
Experimenting with Unsupervised and Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms
Athens College
The European Union During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Middlesex School
Coca-Cola's History in China: Coke Advertisements and Cultural Recreation
Amity International School, Saket
Is Nordic Region an Optimal Currency Area?
Shanghai American School Puxi
The Allegorical Truths in Plato's View of the Soul
Cornell University (18)
Pope John Paul II High School
Scapegoats or Pawns: An Analysis on the Progress of Anti-Chinese Sentiments and the Adoption of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Guangzhou Zhixin High School
Contradictions Make Waltz in B minor a Great Piece
Bishop O`Dowd High School
The Influence of Long-Term Sun Exposure on Soil
Shanghai Pinghe School
An Exploratory Study Of Chinese Adolescents' Views On Sex Education And Its Implication: Age, Culture, And Language Choice
Pine Crest School
Inequality of NCAA Decisions Concerning Waivers and Sanctions in Division I Football
Bellevue High School
Gender Discrimination toward Shoppers
An Analysis of the Role of Negative Emotions and Experiences in Stimulating Environmental Activism Within Society
Wuhan Britain China School of Wuhan Foreign Languages School
Youth Language in Chinese High Schools
Exeter Township Senior High School
Identifying The Extent of Ocular Genotypes Between Parkinson’s Disease Mutations Using Spatiotemporal Profiling
Hangzhou Foreign Languages School
Industrial upgrading in the international context: Chinese manufacturing under the US-China trade conflict
No. 2 High School Attached to East China Normal University
Contributing factors of plastic waste and the effectiveness of incentive and penalty policy in plastic recycling
Using Networks to Simulate Hepatitis C Transmission and Treatment
Shenzhen College of International Education
Economics of Property Crime Rates in India: Empirical study based on states of India in 2011
Shenzhen Middle School
Design and Construction of Box Model Characterizing Heavy Metals Content in Pearl River Estuary, China
The Effect of Gaokao on High-School Students in China
Harbin No.3 High School
A Sustainable Way to Improve Soil Quality for Harbin Local Corn Fields
Study of the Psychological States of Wuhan People During the First Few Months of the COVID-19 Outbreak
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
Reimagining Mulan: Gender, Ethnicity, and Otherness
Dartmouth College (3)
Shanghai High School International Division
From Zero to Seventy Percent: Economic Development in Korea since 1960
Chadwick International School
The Cycle of Our Planet’s Plastic Plight: Examining the Feedback Loop Between Marine Plastic Pollution and the Fishing Industry
Westwood High School
The Relationship between the Anti-Inflammatory Strength of Butyrate and the Progression of Colorectal Cancer
Duke University (6)
An introduction to basic graph discharging
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School
The Cognitive Effects of the Sexual Objectification of Women Demonstrated with Change Blindness
The Loomis Chaffee School
Incorporating Pre-Game Rankings to Colley, Massey, and Elo Methods
Arnold O. Beckman High School
The role of TMIE in adaptation of mechanoelectrical transduction channels in mammalian hair cells
Indus International School Hyderabad
Investigating the Accuracy of the 2-element Windkessel Model in Predicting the Relationship Between Arterial Compliance, Peripheral Resistance and Arterial Pressure
Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School
Analysis and Performance of Tonal Music; Analysis and Performance of Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32, op. 111.
Emory University (7)
United World College Changshu
Suicide and Euthanasia: Buddhist Ethics and Principles
Nanjing International School
How does different materials (polymers and metals) display different heating behavior
The Effect of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy
BASIS International School Shenzhen
Plato's Characterization of Socrates.
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy
Game Theory in Strategic Oil Production: Russia-OPEC Rivalry in the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Whether or not the identity of “Huji” influences parents’ educational investments
Saddle River Day School
Are We Witnessing the Growth of the New Youtube in China? Evidence from Valuation of Bilibili Inc.
Georgetown University (3)
John P. Stevens High School
Understanding the 2018 Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Causes and Remedies
The Potomac School
Venezuelan Risk Report 2020
Cretin-Derham Hall
The Modified Glucose Molecules as Material for Molecular Scale Electronics
Harvard University (3)
Guangzhou Foreign Languages School
WeChat Usage Associated with Media Ideals, Social Comparison and the 'Circle of Objectification; among Chinese Female Adolescents in Urban South-East China
The Latin School of Chicago
Polarizer, Catalyst: Why You Should Care about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi
Illinois Mathematics and Science academy
Implementation of ULMFiT for Recognition of Eukaryotic Promoters
Johns Hopkins University (6)
African Leadership Academy
The Effects of Using EMG-BFB on the Post-Stroke Impairments Affecting the Arm
Investigating the Cause of Decline in Taiwan’s Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) Population
Qingdao No.2 High School
Civil Disobedience in Plato and the Civil Rights Movement
Investigation into the Visual Pathway Using Visual Crowding Experiments
High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer and the Investigation of Exosomal PD-L1 in Immunotherapy of Colorectal Carcinoma
Beijing No. 4 High School
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)
St. Stephen`s and St. Agnes School
Diversity vs. Inclusion in STEM: Factors that Accurately Measure a Tech Company’s Commitment to Inclusion
Head-Royce School
The Neurological Mechanisms That Cause Us to Choke Under Pressure
Gravitational Wave Detection: Event GW170814 and the performance of matched filtering and ﰎﰏ-consistency testing in the presence of Gaussian noise, non-Gaussian distributed noise, and transient glitches
New York University (4)
United World College Mahindra College
An Olympic Face-Off: Examining Tensions between Olympic Principles and Political Neutrality
Violent Video Games: Factors Underlying Violent Video Games and Their Popularity Among Chinese Teenagers
The Webb School
Design of Si02/Ti02/Hf02 band-pass filter with high transmittance at the visible band
Jiangsu Tianyi High School
The Changing Description of Women in Film Noir
New York University-Stern
Beijing No.80 High School
The Literature’s View on the Differences Between Entrepreneurial and Managerial Leadership
Northwestern University (9)
The Effect of a High-MAC Diet on microbial diversity and immune response to S.typhimurium infection
Mountain View High School
Evoking Emotion: How Social Media Contributes to Political Polarization
Coppell High School
The Role of the Chaebol versus the Entrepreneurial First-Generation in South Korea
2020 Risk Report: Unstable Factors in the USA
Autonomous Vehicles and their Integration into Society
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
Timber Skyscrapers: Recent Advances and a Study of Mj?st?rnet
The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
The Secret Of Laughter: how James Thurber creates humor in his short stories
Rydal Penrhos School
What Made Singapore Successful in its Management of the 2003 SARS Epidemic: From a historical and Social Perspective
Beijing No.4 High School
The Neurocognitive Basis of Mind Wandering Interaction between Attention, Working Memory, and Consciousness
Princeton University
Norman High School
Medicine Organization and Alerting Machine
Rice University (7)
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
Primality Testing Algorithms and Prime Number Generation in Cryptography
Unimolecular Semiconductors: Comparison of Electrical Characteristics between Biphenyl-Dithiol Derivatives with Different Conjugate System Complication/Substituents and the Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
Investigating the Effectiveness of Restorative Community-Based Justice Systems as a Method of Preventing Ethnic Violence
Nanjing Foreign Language School
COVID-19 and Plastic Waste: Facts and Advice on Plastic Waste Management
Tactile channel basis of brief sensory memory
MacArthur High School
The Promise of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Qingdao No. 9 High School
Design and Development of Remote Self-Parking and Exiting Vehicle Model for Disabled Drivers
Stanford University (12)
William Howard Taft Charter High School
Georgia and Belarus: Analyzing Economic Growth in Post-Soviet States
Indian Springs School
The Effects of Class Culture on Education and Social Mobility in the United States
Rethinking Memes: Critique and Alternative to the Dawkinsian Meme Theory
Henry M. Gunn High School
How Erasmus’ Laughter Advances the Vision of Shared Humanity
St. George`s School
Canada’s proposed single-use plastic ban: Motivations for enactment and policy design suggestions
Franklin High School
Will the Movie Theater Industry be able to recover from COVID-19? A Comparison study between AMC, Cineworld, and Cinemark. Evidence from analyzing firm-level pre-crisis variables.
Fantastic Reflections: Literary and Historical References in Calvino’s Baron in the Trees
Newport High School
An Examination of the Applications of Torricelli's Law
McLean High School
Female Warriors in Two Different National and Cultural Contexts: The Cases of Mulan and Joan of Arc
Milpitas High School
An Analysis of Sustaintable Transportation Solutions for Santa Clara county, California
UWC Maastricht
Collectivism in propaganda during China’s Cultural Revolution
Chongqing Nankai Secondary School
The Effects of Paraffin Particles on the Thermal Diffusivity of Portland Cement
Tufts University (2)
How Does CCP’s Policy Aiming to Influence National Unity Influence Uyghur-Han Conflict?
UWC Pearson College
The Influence of Gaullism in the Evolution of France’s Intergovernmental Response to the Breakup of Yugoslavia
University of Chicago (20)
Nanwai King`s College School
Relationship Between Coping Strategies and Burnout of Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Dougherty Valley High School
Understanding the Racial Implications of a European Worldview
Shanghai Foreign Language School
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Government Responses to COVID-19 in Authoritarian vs. Democratic Countries
Chengdu Foreign Languages School
Hong Kong Protest: Western View as Almost Exclusively Political, Not the Case
Windermere High School
Investigating the Rise of the European Populist Radical Right
Letcher County Central High School
The Effects of Artificial Intelligence On the Workforce
Keystone Academy
Is Bilibili the Next YouTube of China? A Valuation of Bilibili Inc.
The Experimental High School Attached To Beijing Normal University
The Influence of Quantum Computing on the General Well-Being of People in Industrialized Nations
Beijing 101 High School
How Hong Xiuquan’s Modification and Localization of Christianity Helped to Gain Support for the Taiping Rebellion
Parrhesia and Epimeleia Heautou in Plato’s dialogues: An Expansion and Evaluation of Foucault’s Ideas.
Flintridge Preparatory School
Culture vs. Genetics: The Social Implications of Misleading Advertisements on Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Ancestry Testing
The Affiliated High School of Peking University
Tilings of Height 2n Rectangles with 1 x 1 Squares and n x n Squares
Tibetan Buddhism in Tibetan Art
Shanghai Weiyu High School
The Political Use of May Fourth in Contemporary China
Changzhou No.1 High School
The Sociological Role of Buddhism in Contemporary China
Next Generation Small Molecule Therapeutics for Treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Music, Culture, and Cultural Change on Taiwan’s Lan Yu Island
A Study on Continued Fractions Involving the Fibonacci, Lucas Numbers and Related Identities of the Golden Ratio
University of Notre Dame
Career Success of Quantitative Analysts: A Skill-set Analysis of Their Likelihood of Upward Mobility and Effective Leadership
University of Pennsylvania (15)
Bellarmine College Preparatory
How Search Engines Affect the Exchange of Quality Information Across the Internet
The Harker School
A Macroeconomic Analysis of Iceland through the Financial Crisis, Present Day, and Beyond
Hong Kong International School
Evaluating Olivine and Limestone Ocean Acidification Mitigation Methods for the Mediterranean Sea
Lynbrook High School
Can Crocs’ Restructuring Initiatives Save the Company from Decline – Again? A Valuation of Crocs, Inc.
Academy of American Studies
Microfinance and Female Empowerment Assessment Through Entrepreneurial Business Ventures in Rural Nigeria
Harrow International School Hong Kong
The Evolution of Caliban: Representing Darwin in Beerbohm Tree’s Production of The Tempest
Taipei Fuhsing Private School
Calcium Reduces Aminoglycoside Entry Into Hair Cells Through Slow Mechanotransduction Adaptation
Social Media Influence on the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Us vs. Them: An Analysis of the Causes of Partisan Polarization
Johnson College Prep
Pascal's Triangle and Fibonacci Numbers
Navkar Public School
A Study in the Growth of Nations: India and Germany Identifying Divergence in these Converging Countries through the Solow Growth Model
Monte Vista High School
Exit, Voice, and Violence: Contemporary Responses of Non-Hindu Groups to the BJP's Hindu Nationalism
The influence of shape, size and material on the optical properties of blue light emitting quantum dots
Maggie L. Walker Governor`s School
Dynamics in the Modern American Anti-Abortion Movement
Vanderbilt University (4)
NSU University School
Sensory Deficits and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Diagnostic Tool for Early Detection
Tenafly High School
BIPOC Lives Matter: Environmental Justice and African-Native American Communities on Social Struggles and Resilience
Alumni Network: a Crucial Part in University Entrepreneurship Programs
Shandong Experimental High School
Lithium Ion Batteries: Testing Different Anode Materials’ Discharging Performances by Establishing a Physics Simulation Model
Washington University in St. Louis (9)
Monta Vista High School
Permaculture-Based Design to Improve Water Quality
The Sharing Bike Recognition Object Detection Algorithms Research
A Study of Empress Theodora as Patroness of Art & Architecture in Byzantium
Effect of Heated Acupuncture on the Proliferation of Neural Cells in Substantia Nigra
Nanjing Jinling High School
The Bilateral Relationship Between Sleep and Brain Aging: Role of Oxidative Stress, Ion Homeostasis, and Other Factors
Servite High School
The Therapeutic Effect of Listening to Music: Can Music Induce Physiological and Hormonal Changes?
Saint Anthony`s High School
The Efficacy of Remdesivir for SARS-CoV-2 Treatment
A Study of Rumination and Leadership – Targeting Women
Endorphins and Pain: The effects of endorphins on postoperative cardiovascular pain and analgesia.
Yale University (14)
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts
Application of EEG signal analysis and machine learning in seizure prediction.
Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School
“¿Que Dijo?” Adolescent Feelings Towards Language Brokering and its Effects on Family Conflict: The Moderating Role of Ethnic Identity
L.C. Anderson High School
Pinpointing the Dynamic Lives of the Hypodermic Needle: Observations on an Object Situated in Urban America
Coral Reef High School
"Praise of Folly” and Imagination
Madison West High School
The Relativity of Reality and Power of Systems of Value in Don Quixote
Constructing Islamic Identity in a Context of Diversity: A Comparative Study of the Ashab Mosque and Hagia Sophia
Loyola High School
A Comparative Analysis of Bead Sort using Rust and Orca
Harrow School UK
Kevin Project
The Power of Civil Society in Promoting Peace: An Overview of Basque and Catalan Organizations in Spain
Type of Synaptic Dysfunction and Severity of Autism: A Potential Correlation
Hackenbush in Python
School for Advanced Studies - Wolfson
Predicting Marital Satisfaction in Mail-Order Relationships: Congruence of Benevolent Sexism Between Partners and the Moderating Role of Women’s Femininity
Greenhill School
Gender Quotas and Single-Member Districts: Incompatibility at the Superficial Level
Saint Paul Central High School
The Viability of “Tower in the Park” in Public Housing for Densely Populated Cities
Colleges
Barnard College
The International School Bangalore
A comparative analysis of the neuroinflammatory effects of SARS CoV- 1 and SARS CoV- 2 on causing encephalitis
Bowdoin College
A Review of the Effects of Game-Based Learning Designed for Mastery of Mathematics Achievement for Elementary Students
Bryn Mawr College
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
Bone of Bones is She: The Painful Humanity of Porcia (Portia) Cantonis
Colgate University
The Biosynthetic Development of Cow's Milk Allegrgens Casein (ΑS1-CN) and Β-lactoglobulin Genetic Based Detector
Colorado College (2 ED and 1 EA)
Ningbo Xiaoshi High School
Plato on Women's Equality
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School
Combating Domestic Violence in Chinese American Communities
Understand it While Ignoring it: How Meaning affects Inattentional Blindness?
Hamilton College
Application Reaction of Males and Females Receiving Different Levels of Income to Gendered Wording on Job Advertisements
Harvey Mudd College
Chatbot for the Future: A Practical Ethics Guide
Haverford College
Civil Disobedience to Violent Protest: Locke, Mill, and the Case of Hong Kong
Macalester College (3)
San Domenico School
Craving for Attention: Schizophrenic Patients’ and their Families’ Views on Neuroimaging Technologies in the United States from 2000 – 2020
Bugil Academy
Comparison of Drowning People Detection Systems for Water
Middlebury College
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
The Kiki Bouba Effect: Implicit Sound Symbolism Between Separate Language Families
Pomona College (3)
MAST@Homestead
Comparative Cultural Studies on Contemporary Environmental Concerns Among Young People in Ecuador and Germany
Robert College
Searching for Additional Mass Around Sagitarius A*
Yk Pao School
’A Town of Lucid Lunatics’: Grotesque Imagination and Fantasy Laughter in One Hundred Years of Solitude
Smith College
Zaha Hadid: Architecting with Context
Swarthmore College (2)
Flint Hill School
Star-Critical Ramsey Numbers for Multiple Copies of Complete Graphs
The use of mirror therapy for treatment of phantom limb pain and partial paralysis and brain plasticity
Williams College (3)
Golden Valley High School
The contribution of Julian Huxley’s ideas in religious naturalism to modern-day transhumanism: How Christianity is affected by futurism.
The Theodora Panel at the San Vitale Church
University School of Nashville
Nietzsche’s Agon with Plato: Truth, Morality, and Modernity
More US Universities: Early Action
Appalachian State University
Arizona State University (6)
Babson College (2)
Bard College
Birmingham University
Butler University
Case Western Reserve University (14)
Central Michigan University
Chapman University
Clark University
Coe College
College of Wooster
Colorado School of Mines
Creighton University
Drexel University (8)
Duquesne University
Durham University (9)
Elon University
Emerson College
Fordham University (5)
Geneva College
George Mason University
Georgetown College
Georgia Institute of Technology
Hofstra University
Howard University (2)
Indiana University (4)
Knox College
Lake Forest College
Lewis & Clark College
Loyola University (2)
Manchester University (3)
Mercer University
Michigan State University (3)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
North Carolina A&T State University
Northeastern University (3)
Ohio State University (2)
Oklahoma State University
Oregon State University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University - University Park (6)
Portland State University
Reed College (4)
Rhode Island School of Design
Rider University
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (6)
Rutgers University - New Brunswick (9)
Santa Clara University (9)
Spelman College
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Temple University (2)
Texas A&M University
Tulane University (4)
United States Naval Academy
University of Alabama
University of Arizona
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia (2)
University of Illinois (3)
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of Massachusetts (7)
University of Memphis
University of Minnesota (5)
University of Mississippi
University of Nevada
University of Oklahoma
University of Pittsburgh (2)
University of Puget Sound (2)
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee
University of Texas (2)
University of Texas - Austin (5)
University of Virginia (2)
University of Waterloo
University of Wisconsin - Madison (11)
University of Wyoming
Washington State University
Wayne State University (2)
Western Kentucky University
Westminster College
Willamette University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2)
Non-US Universities
Bocconi University
Eindhoven University of Technology
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (2)
Imperial College London (14)
King's College London (25)
KU Leuven
Maastricht University
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Queen's University
University College London (38)
University of Alberta
University of Amsterdam (2)
University of Auckland
University of Bath
University of Bristol (3)
University of Cambridge (2)
University of Edinburgh (26)
University of Groningen
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
University of Leeds
University of Manchester (11)
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford (12)
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews (10)
University of Sydney (3)
University of Toronto (26)
University of Warwick (12)
University of Western Ontario
York University
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