Pioneer Scholars Share Their Research Topics and Early Decision/Early Action Results

At Pioneer Academics, we proudly celebrate our scholars’ pursuit of original research and their recognition by top U.S. and international universities. As part of our annual tradition, we’re excited to share the remarkable Early Decision and Early Action admissions results — as well as the diverse and original research topics — from our alumni entering the 2025 academic year.

We applaud our Pioneer Scholars who embraced the challenge of conducting undergraduate-level research while still in high school, and we look forward to their continued success in college. Their intellectual curiosity and unwavering drive to tackle the world’s complex problems through original research are an inspiration to us all..

U.S. Universities: Early Decision and Restrictive Early Action

U.S. Universities	Pioneer Scholars’ High School	Pioneer Research Topic
Boston College (2)	United World College Changshu	Tiling Interpretations for Linear Recurrence Relations (Functions) with Integer Coefficients
	International Department, High School Affiliated to South China Normal University	Origin, Development, and Influence of the MeToo Movement in China
Boston University (1)	The International School Bangalore	Paradoxes on Special Relativity
Brown University (15)	Lexington High School	How to Interpret Art: A Preliminary Guide to Understanding Art Through an Existentialist Lens
	Shanghai High School International Division	The Manifestations of Creativity in Creative Writing Students with Bipolar, Schizophrenia, or Schizoaffective Disorder
	Haile Manas Academy	White Chicks and Big Momma’s House: How Do Disguises Crossing Social Categories Contribute to Humorous Scenes in Comedy Movies?
	United World College of the Atlantic	Topic Undisclosed
	Seoul Foreign School	Murder of Journalists in 21st-Century Mexico
	The International School Bangalore	Metafiction and Memoir: Confession in a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
	Verona High School	Bilingualism’s Effect on Children’s Cognitive Processing
	Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus	Economic, Institutional, and Geopolitical Influences on Democratic Elections and Violence in Mongolia
	Appleby College	The Hat Problem: A New Approach to Transductive Learning?
	Temple City High School	Box Counting Formula for Integer Partitions
	The Hill School	Fragmented or Unified: Distinguishing Chimeric and Hybrid Bodies in Contemporary Art
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	Working With the Dead: An Examination on Contextualization of the Implicit Attitude Towards Funeral Directors and A General Examination of People’s Attitudes Towards The Death Industry
	United World College of the Atlantic	Blues, Gospel, and the Impact of African American Music in the Civil Rights Movement
	Cinco Ranch High School	Asymptotic Formula for Partitions
	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	Adding the Seasonal Driving Term to the Holling-Tanner Model
California Institute of Technology (1)	İnanç High School	A Case Study on Cyclotron with Classical and Relativistic Perspectives
Carnegie Mellon University (10)	Fox Chapel Area High School	Restricted Tilings for Linear Recurrences
	Greenwood High School	Detection of SF6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants Using Photonic Crystal Sensors Mounted on Drones
	Culver Academies	Tiling of 3 × 2n rectangles using T-tetrominoes and Dominoes
	Shenzhen College of International Education	Enhancing the Color Accuracy of Imaging Sensors Using Quantum Dot Materials
	Tsinglan School	Application of Machine Learning Techniques on a Mobile Racing Game
	Shenzhen College of International Education	A Machine Learning Approach to Predict the Relative Abundance of Vibrio spp. on Microplastics
	Shanghai Foreign Languages School Affiliated to SISU	A Detailed Proof About Integer Partitions Formula
	Wuhan Britain-China School	The Effect of Anthropogenic Activities on Freshwater Cetaceans: Case Study of the Yangtze River Finless Porpoise
	Beijing National Day School	The Impact of E-Commerce on Consumer Behaviors in China’s Digital Age
	Hangzhou Foreign Languages School	A Promising Recognition Method for Sign Language Based on Deep Learning
Columbia University (8)	Dhirubhai Ambani International School	A Psychological and Anthropological Exploration of Female Participation in Economic Activity and Rising Divorce Rates in India
	United World College of the Atlantic	Beyond the Picket Fence: Expectations of Motherhood in Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
	Middlesex High School	How Violence from Criminal Organizations Leads to Shifts in the Political Power Held By Governments and Criminal Organizations
	Athens College Psychico College	ADH1B and PKD2 Expression Insights Reveal Potential Novel Treatment Triptolide for Pheochromocytoma
	Jumeirah College	The Impact of the Ukraine War on Banking in Poland
	Choate Rosemary Hall	Analyzing the Effects of Green Policies on the Singaporean Economic Growth Using the Romer Growth Model
	Chinese International School	Nanoparticle-Mediated Water Remediation: Investigating the Efficacy and Ecological Impact of Biosynthesized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Removing Heavy Metal Ions From Contaminated Water
	Baldwin High School	cXist Gene’s Influence in Modulating to Explain Sex Bias of Autoimmune Disorders
Cornell University (21)	Concordia International School Shanghai	The Three Greatest Global Risks by 2030
	Oakton High School	An Examination of Memory Transfer and Inter-Identity Amnesia in Dissociative Identity Disorder
	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	Analysis of Bluff by Bayesian Theory of Games
	Neuqua Valley High School	Non-Financial Consequences of Identity Theft in the 21st Century
	Uskudar American Academy	Comparative Analysis of Bot Behavior Across Different Geopolitical Events to Evaluate Bot Strategy and Impact
	Guangzhou Foreign Languages School	Using Machine Learning to Detect Toxic Text Online: A Punctuation and Case Aided Approach
	Dwight Englewood School	YOLOv8 and the Origins of Object Detection
	No. 2 High School of East China Normal University	Factors Affecting Energy Transfer Within a Double Pendulum
	Wardlaw-Hartridge School	The Mechanism and Impact of the Invasion of Lionfish in the Caribbean, and Potential Mitigation Strategies
	Haidian Foreign Language Academy	Sustainable Growth in Rural China: A Case Study on Economic and Ecological Integration in Xiaoheifa Village
	Canterbury School	The Nazis and the Soviets: Use of Propaganda
	Thacher School	Revision of Newman’s Proof of the Approximate Partition Formula
	Shanghai High School International Division	The Transformation and Preservation of Fujian Tulou
	Guangzhou Foreign Languages School	The Algorithm Evaluation for Sentiment Analysis Using Bi-LSTM, SVM, and Multinomial NB
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	Music Therapy Can Be Used as a Treatment to Reduce Levels of P-Tau and Improve Cognition Among Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
	No. 2 High School of East China Normal University	Parameter Estimation With IMRPhenomX GW Models on GW191219_163120
	Horace Mann School	A Return to the Ocean: Ambient Music as Activism in Japan’s Urbanized World
	Singapore American School	Land-Use Change and Biodiversity Loss: EU’s Renewable Energy Directive and Oil Palm Plantations in Malaysia
	The Attached Middle School to Jiangxi Normal University	Real Talk: The Cultural Appropriation of African American Vernacular English by Social Media Users
	International Department, High School Affiliated to South China Normal University	Optimizing the Global Placement of Gravitational Wave Detectors Using Programming Simulation Methods
	Portsmouth Abbey School	The History and Present Conservation Status of the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Dartmouth College (3)	Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute	2011: The Year of the Rebel
	Jakarta Intercultural School	Waste Colonialism in the 21st Century: Import and Export Trends in the Global Waste Trade
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	The Connexion of Hostilities: Oil Resources and Mobilization in Nationalistic Rebellions
Duke University (5)	The Hotchkiss School	Between the Hand and the Horse’s Mouth: A Demystification of the Horse Bit
	Oakridge International School – Bangalore	Machine Learning Analyses Reveal Novel Genetic Biomarkers for Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder
	Forest Ridge School Sacred Heart	Rising Salinity Levels Due to Climate Change in the Everglades: Bioindicators (Lucania parva, Crassostrea virginica, and Crocodylus acutus) Analysis and Enhanced Mitigation Strategies
	Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School	The Effect of the Elastic Coefficient of Worker and Carrier Cells and Oxygen Levels in a Tumor’s Microenvironment on the Size and Destruction of a Cancerous Tumor
	Tarsus American College	How Does an Inflationary Economy Change the Upper Limit of the Range of Reasonable Prices? The Case of Turkish Consumers
Emory University (9)	Hong Kong International School	How Marriage Has Stagnated in East Asia
	Li Po Chun United World College	How Can Hong Kong Become More Environmentally, Economically, and Socially Sustainable?
	Marist School	How Do Cultural Perceptions of Masculinity and Femininity Influence the Utilization of Preventive Health Services Among South Asian Men and Women in the U.S.?
	Dulwich College: Shanghai	TOP 3 Global Risks Evaluation
	Beijing National Day School	The Violence Continued: Illegal Activities and its Targeted Violence on Social Activists and Politicians
	Stratford Hall	What Role Does CDH6 Play in Regenerative Healing of Kidneys?
	Shanghai Pinghe School	Deciphering the c-Myc–Wnt/β-Catenin Axis in Gastric Cancer Pathogenesis
	Concordia International School Shanghai	Feminist Undercurrents in the Zombie Genre: Analyzing the Representation of Female Characters on the Influence from the Colonial Time and how they are able to Decolonialize
	Branksome Hall Asia	Analysis of How Musical Form Works in the Film Matilda the Musical to Effectively Convey Film’s Theme of: “Triumph of Good Over Evil” Through Music in Matilda the Musical
Georgetown University (5)	Bellarmine College Preparatory	Sri Lanka’s Tides of Turmoil: Unraveling the Causes and Consequences of Political and Economic Instability
	Hudson County Schools of Technology: High Tech High School	Zoning and Gentrification in Urban Communities
	Revere High School	“Wicked Smaht and Wicked Apaht”: Demographic Impacts on Voting Rates Through a Revere, Massachusetts Case Study
	Jay Pritzker Academy	Investigating Intratumoral Injection of Paclitaxel-Cholesterol Complex Spherical Cellulose Nanocrystal-Hybridized Chitosan-Based Hydrogel-treated Recurrent Glioblastoma Mice
	Garland High School	Relative Persuasiveness of Gain-Framed Beneficiary Framing Messages on Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Employee Discretionary Work Effort
Harvard University (3)	Northside College Preparatory High School	Educational Attainment Factor in Breast Self-Examination Behaviors Among Ethiopian Women: A Correlation Analysis
	Fairfax High School	Development of Machine Learning Algorithm Using Online Text Data for Bipolar Disorder Detection
	Super Nova School	Contrasting Economies: Discussing the Growth Paths of Pakistan and Qatar
Johns Hopkins University (12)	Heritage International Xperiential School	Investigating Neuroprotective Compounds in Parkinson’s Disease: Efficacy and Mechanisms of Action
	Shenzhen Middle School	Why Do People Engage in Lolita Fashion?
	Shenzhen College of International Education	Loss and Gain of Determinism: How Probabilistic Quantum Mechanics are Applied to Sensing and Precise Measurement
	Chinese International School	On the Representation of N by the Powers of the Golden Mean and Zeckendorf’s Theorem
	Bahcesehir High School for Science and Technology	A Thermal Analysis of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) for Safety and Performance
	Ethel Walker School	The Longevity of a Pancake Shop: An Ethnography of the Non-Local Food Shops in Shanghai and the Vendor’s Network in the Heart of a Breakfast Street
	Greenwood High School	The Effect of Reduced Gut Microbiome Diversity From High-Fat Diets on Food-Allergy–Related Immune Responses Over Generations
	The Pennington School	A Neural Mass Model with Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity Synapses
	Guangdong Country Garden School	Final Paper: Unstable Factors and Risks of Israel
	BASIS International School – Park Lane Harbour	The Influence of Tourism on Nutrient Pollution: A Case Study of Park Lane Harbor, Huizhou
	Lord Byng Secondary School	Regulation of Tumor-Induced Platelet Clearance Modulated by the ERCC Family Through Mitochondrial Pathway
	International Department, High School Affiliated to South China Normal University	The Impact of Four Communication Styles on Memory Encoding and Emotional Responses
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)	Friends Seminary	Effects of Social Media Use on Erotomanic Delusional Disorder
	Horace Mann School	GEM-CDR: Cancer–Drug Response Prediction Using Graph Neural Networks and Molecular Attention
	Troy High School	How Does Deep Brain Stimulation Influence the Mechanisms of T-Type Calcium Channels in Thalamocortical Circuits When Targeting Absence Epilepsy Using a Rat Model?
New York University (15)	Stevenson School	The Impact of ESG Practice on Corporate Profitability: A Case Study of Tencent
	Pingry School	To What Extent Were Africans Affected Mentally and Physically Due to Abuse and Torment on the Middle Passage Starting in the 1500s?
	Harrow International School Beijing	Determining the Impact of Global Commodity Price Fluctuation on Peru’s Trade Volume
	Astana Garden School	What Impact Did African American Architects Have During the 20th and 21st Centuries in Chicago Architecture, Considering Their Unique Stylistic Contributions and the Challenges Architects Faced?
	International School of Beijing, Shunyi	The Effects of WeChat on Friendships Among Teenagers
	Chinese International School	“It’s Not So Bad”: A Holistic Qualitative Exploration of Perceived Discrimination in Young Female Nepalese Refugees in Hong Kong
	Manhattan/Hunter Science High School	A Brief Summary of Albert Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
	Hong Kong International School	Culture and Marketing: An Analysis of McDonald’s’ Strategy
	YK Pao School	Consumer Societies Through Time: The Ubiquity of Goods and Services in the U.S. and China
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	An Analysis of the Catalysts and Hindrances for Saudi Arabia and South Korea’s Growth and Development and Recommended Policies
	BASIS International School Guangzhou	Navigating Urban Spaces: The Intersection of Civil Religion, Social Identity, and Community Inclusion for Blind Individuals in China’s Rapidly Urbanizing Cities
	High School Affiliated to South China Normal University	Comparison between the Efficacy of Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tics of Adolescents
	Pinetree Secondary School	Macroeconomic Growth and Empirical Analysis of the Republic of Korea
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	Spring Shunto and Its Impact on Japan’s Inflation: An Analysis
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	Hegel’s Insights on Compatibilism and Free Will: An Unprecedented Synthesis
New York University, Abu Dhabi	Shanghai Guanghua Cambridge International School	Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Effect on Instagram Thin Ideal and Body
Northwestern University (21)	Overlake School	Social Media Advertisement and its Impact on Revenue Growth in the Tech Industry: A Case Study
	Haile Manas Academy	Engineering Lightweight, Flexible One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals for Solar-Powered Flight
	Port Charlotte High School	Stealing Votes or Changing Folks? An In-Depth Exploration for Why the 2020 Election Had States Blue in the Race and People Red in the Face
	Adlai E Stevenson High School	Contrastive Evaluations of Olympic Athletes in Chinese and American Media
	Hong Kong International School	A Synthetic Strategy Towards the Tetrahydroisoquinoline Alkaloid Berberine and its Analogues
	Saint Mark’s School	The Pink Persecution: Homosexuals in Nazi Germany and Post-War Society
	Hsinchu County American School	Journalism, Photos, and Visual Truth
	No. 2 High School of East China Normal University	Digital Health Dilemmas in China: Ethics, Gender, and Rural–Urban Disparities
	Emma Willard School	Managing Anxiety During the Pandemic: Terror Management Theory and Social Media During the 2022 COVID-19 Lockdown in Shanghai, China
	Parkway North High School	Topic Undisclosed
	Tsinglan School	The Effects of Gamification in Flipped Learning on Student Achievement and Motivation in a Secondary Mathematics Classroom
	St. George’s Senior School	Exploring the Roles of 3D Quantum Walks in Music Composition
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	A Voice Lost and Found: Margaret Hossack
	Ladue Horton Watkins High School	Dissemination and Incorporation of East Asian Culture through Video Game Soundtracks: An Analysis of the Music of Genshin Impact
	Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School	An Analysis of the Optimal Physical Condition to Prevent Corrosion Behavior of Carbon Capture and Storage Steel Pipelines in a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Environment
	University High School	Assessing the Impact of Hofstede’s Cultural Factors on International Venture Capital Exits
	Seoul International School	How the US Can Battle Against AI and Deepfakes in Its Elections: Mitigating the Erosion of Trust in Social Media
	Cranbrook Kingswood School	Hagia Sophia’s Reconstruction From Mehmed II to the 20th Century: Islam’s Decreasing Compatibility With Christianity
	Dulwich College: Shanghai	The Therapeutic Potential of BUD31–MYC Synthetic Lethality in Human Clear-Cell Renal Carcinoma
	United World College Changshu	Subjective Realism as a Narrative Style in Lee Chang-Dong’s Burning
	WLSA Shanghai Academy	Improving the Solubility of Vortioxetine
Princeton University (3)	Rolling Meadows High School	Environmental Temperature and Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: Molecular Interactions of the DN1p Neuron and Acetylcholine in Drosophila melanogaster
	Independent Schools Foundation Academy	What Is the Current Status of Deep-Sea Mining and the International Seabed Authority’s Governance?
	Sage Hill School	Why Are Humanitarian Interventions Dying?
Rice University (6)	Beijing World Youth Academy	Business Signals of Ethicality: Evaluation of Effect on Consumer Behavior
	Oakton High School	Harnessing the Wind: An Analysis of the Feasibility of Offshore Wind Farms in Virginia and Implications for the East Coast
	Suzhou North America High School	BLE Mesh Network Solutions for Manhole Cover Monitoring
	Bentonville High School	Exploring Solar Gravitational Lens for Exoplanet Imaging
	Shenzhen College of International Education	Class and Gender Intersections: Different Gender Navigations During the Southern Decline
	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	What Is the Impact of the Baseball Angel Community Sports Program on Characteristics That Are Associated With Upward Social Mobility for Socioeconomically and Ethnically Marginalized Students in Chinese Suburban Areas?
Stanford University (10)	Los Amigos High School	Educating the Next Civic Leaders: Civic Education in the United States
	Collins Hill High School	An Evaluation of Quantum Error Mitigation Techniques Under Amplitude Damping and Depolarizing Noise
	Stuart Hall High School	Insights from Thyroid Cancer-Induced Gene Expression and Therapeutic Implications
	Spence School	Uterine Neoplasms: Gene Expression Insights into Gynecological Malignancies
	Menlo School	A Content Analysis of Sports Betting Agencies’ Ads in the Born-Digital Medium
	The Culver Academies	Yeon Sang Ho’s Zombie Trilogy: Necropolitics and Crip Theory
	North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	Numerical Simulations of a Hypothetical Ninth Planet’s Gravitational Influence on Sedna’s Orbit
	School Year Abroad – France	Term Risk Analysis of Angola for Recommendation to Eni
	University High School	On the Utility of Local Regularization for PAC Learning of Hypothesis Classes That Are Generalized Binary with Distinct Label Sets
	Nanjing Foreign Language School	Multiple Convolutions of Linear Recurrence Sequences with Similar Signatures
University of Chicago (13)	Yongsan International School	Trafficking of Southeast Asians and Government Protection
	Dougherty Valley High School	U.S. Financial Regulation: Causes, Impact, and Response to the Global Financial Crisis
	Lebanon Trail High School	AI Chatbot Political Bias
	Shanghai World Foreign Language Middle School	Unlocking Gravitational Waves: The Signal Processing Framework of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
	University High School Academy	A Deep Learning Approach to Hough Circle Transform Star Detection
	Taipei American School	Modern Solutions to Piracy: The Bundling of Educational Materials for the Pre-College Market
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	Women’s Economic Roles and the Political Economy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
	Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School	The Impact of Jet Fuel Price Fluctuation on Airlines: Analysis Between LCCs and FSCs Under the Energy Crisis and COVID Recovery
	Chongqing Nankai Secondary School	What Is Cartesian Certainty?
	United World College Changshu	Reflection of Gender in Mosuo Architecture
	Shanghai United International School, Gubei Campus	Behind the Festival Celebrations: Persistence of Conventional Gender Roles in Private Spheres
	International Department, High School Affiliated to South China Normal University	Illiberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic
	United World College Costa Rica	The Habitable Period of a Planet in a Dual-Star System
University of Notre Dame (4)	Phillips Exeter Academy	The Flawed U.S. Carceral System: Systemic Challenges of Mass Incarceration Exposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Bishop Gorman High School	An Ancient Take on the Modern World: Pompeii’s Civil Forum and Central Park
	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	Maternal Health in Low-Income Countries in Light of COVID-19
	Carmel High School	From the Inside Out: Placing Prison Education Programs Within Broader Debates on Higher Education
University of Pennsylvania (23)	John Adams High School	Maternal Depression and Hippocampal Volume: A Longitudinal Study
	Chinese International School	Definitions of Death and Their Implications: A Case for an Additional Cortical Criterion and Right to Choice
	Rye Country Day School-Upper School	Campaign Finance at the Local Level in Westchester County, New York
	American Collegiate Institute	A Quantum Mechanical Approach to Magnetic Hyperthermia: EMR Absorption Spectra Analysis on Maghemite (Fe₂O₃)
	Dougherty Valley High School	Social Ontology in the Modern Age
	STEM High School For Boys – 6 of October	Evaluation of the Effect of Schizophrenia Candidate Genes on Neural Connectivity and Synaptic Protein Expression Using a CRISPR-iPSC Disease Model Approach
	West Chester East High School	Examining the Causes of Germany’s Economic Growth Between 1991 and 2024 Through the Solow Growth Model
	Hong Kong International School	A Novel Therapeutic Strategy: Enhancing PARP Inhibitor Efficacy with Quercetin as a Treatment for BRCA1/2-Mutated Breast Cancer
	Del Norte High School	Effect of Distance Between Trapped Ion Qubits on Decoherence Time in Trapped Ion Chains
	The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University	Was Mao Tse-Tung a Populist? An Analytical Examination of the Relationship Between Mao Tse-Tung’s Thought and Populism Through the Lens of Contemporary Western Definitions of “Populism”
	Monta Vista High School	A New Wave Function Collapse Approach to the Maximum Betweenness Problem
	Crofton House School	The Effect of Language on Trade Within the Manufacturing Industry Between Spanish-Speaking Countries and the United States of America
	STEM High School For Boys – 6 of October	Continuous Gravitational Waves From Gravitars in Quadratic f(R) Modified Gravity
	Sevenoaks School	To What Extent Is the Multiverse Theory a Plausible Objection to the Teleological Argument for the Existence of God
	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	Strategies to Mitigate Educational Inequality
	Peddie School	Investigating the Relationship Between ESG Ratings and the Stock Market
	Chengdu Foreign Languages School – AP Center	Factors Affecting Band Gap Tunability in Quantum Dot–Based Solar Cells
	Harrow International School Hong Kong	Dynamic Solution of the Travelling Salesman Problem Using an Ant Colony Optimization-Inspired Algorithm
	Nanjing Foreign Language School	High-Reflectivity Dielectric Mirrors: The Influence of 1D Photonic Crystal Periodic Structures on Reflectivity and Reflection Band
	Cheong Shim International Academy	Afro-Asian Literary Connection Invoking Human and Social Freedom, Focusing on Written Work by African American Writers and Korean Writers During the 1940s and 1970s
	Northville High School	Introducing Novel Derivatives of Galantamine to Reduce Toxicity and Improve Effectiveness
	Xian Tie Yi High School	Oral Poetics: The Manas Epic
	Culver Academy	The Difference Between Existentialism and Nihilism in the Perspective of Sartre and Beauvoir and its Role as a Solution to Nihilism
Vanderbilt University (4)	Yongsan International School	Socioeconomic Effects in the Treatment and Wellbeing of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Patients
	University School at Nova Southeastern University	Closing the Gap: How Minimum Wage Policies Influence Gender Wage Disparities across Fifteen Countries
	Maranatha Christian Schools	How Do Different Existentialists’ Ideas on Subjectivity Apply in 21st-Century American Society?
	ISA Wenhua High School of Guangzhou	The Most Efficient Isomer of Hexane by Using Catalyst Platinum: A Computational Chemistry Study
Washington University in St. Louis (10)	Singapore American School	The Potential Use of CRISPR to Edit iPSCs of Schizophrenic Patients
	Shanghai High School International Division	The Argentine Paradox: Argentina’s History of Unsustainable Economic Growth
	The Barstow School Ningbo	Ningbo’s Journey From a Prosperous Port to a Semi-Colonial Entity: The Treaty of Nanjing Effect
	Shanghai High School International Division	The Neural Correlates of Déjà Vu: Mechanisms, Theories, and Pathological Insights
	Webb Schools Of California	Social Media and LGBTQ+ Adolescent Development: How the Duality of Social Media Impacts LGBTQ+ Teenagers’ Exploration of Their Sexual Orientation
	YK Pao School	The Abandoned Maidens: An Investigation of Medea and Ariadne as Deserted Archetypes in Greek Mythology
	Beijing No. 101 High School	Solar Cell With 1D Photonic Crystal
	High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College	The Effect of Augmented Reality and Haptics Technology on Student Engagement and Learning in STEM Education
	Wuxi Dipont School of Arts and Science	An Investigation of Stress and Coping Strategies in Long-Term Caregivers of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
	Nanjing Foreign Language School	Western Musical Elements in Kun Opera Performances
Yale University (11)	Lynbrook High School	Written Bridges: Immigrant Poets Ocean Vuong and Gloria Anzaldúa as Heroic Rebels
	Blue Valley Northwest High School	Let’s Try Labels Again: Investigating the Effectiveness of Labels on AI-Generated and Digitally Altered Thin-Ideal Images
	Marymount School	The Role of the Media: How Media Framing of Ethnic Conflict Changes Support for Foreign Intervention
	Richwoods High School	Upper Limb Rehabilitation Post-Stroke: Sensory Retraining—A Scoping Review
	Harmony Science Academy – Carrollton	Tracing the Anti-Vax Movement: The History, Key Figures, and Social Media Utilization
	Loyola High School	Capable of the Greatest Heights and of the Greatest Depths
	Walter Payton College Preparatory High School	Stigma Toward Those With Schizophrenia Based on Humans’ Bias Toward Their Perceived Etiology
	Saint Georges School	The Performativity of Reconciliation: Central Coast Salish First Nations Song and Dance
	Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS)	Investigation of the Risk of Microplastic Contamination in Water, Evaluation of Current Water Treatment Processes, and Analysis of Potential Advancements in Microplastic Removal Using Coagulation Methodologies
	Beijing Huijia Private School	Transformations of the Great Mosque of Córdoba: Deciphering Political and Religious Messages in Medieval Spain
	Keystone Academy	Theories on Conflict: Kant Versus Hegel

U.S. Liberal Arts Colleges: Early Decision

U.S. Colleges	Pioneer Scholars’ High School	Pioneer Research Topic
Barnard College (4)	Indus International School – Pune	Insights From the Evaluation of Genetic Links Between Endometriosis and Autoimmune Conditions
	Rahway High School	The Historic Exclusion of Women From Science and Its Detrimental Effects on Modern Women of the United Kingdom and United States
	Attached Middle School – Jiangxi Normal University	A Comparative Study About Feminism Attitudes in Beauty Standards: How Chinese Teenage Girls Straddle Their Makeup Habits and Feminist Ideas
	Dulwich College: Shanghai	Modernist Poetry From China and Nigeria That Reinvigorates Traditional Myths and Legends, as Part of a Project for Rebuilding National Identity
Bryn Mawr College (1)	Super Nova School	History and Evolution of Biotechnology in Pakistan: A Sudden Phenomenon or a Gradual Series of Developments?
Carleton College (2)	White Station High School	The Impact of Social Media on Transgender Body Image
	Beijing No. 101 High School	Understanding and Developing Number Sense: Key Factors and Educational Strategies
Harvey Mudd College (1)	Beijing Number 4 High School	The Characteristics of Trajectories of Rotating Bodies in Rotating Frames of Reference: An Integrated Approach to Landslide Range Prediction
Middlebury College (3)	Pingry School	Design Can Reshape Our Memory: Pearl Harbor and 9/11 Memorials Influence How We Remember Historic Events
	Beijing No. 101 High School	Yellow Face and Yellow Body: Rethinking Orientalism in the History of Hollywood
	Shanghai Pinghe School	Exploring the Evolving Significance and Future Prospects of China–Central and Eastern European Country Cooperation in the 21st Century: A Case Study of the Czech Republic
Oberlin College (1)	Parkdale High School	The Connection Between Perceived Criticism From Teachers and the Development of Anxiety in Students
Smith College (2)	The Masters School	Finding Truth: What Can Richard Wright and Lorraine Hansberry Tell Us About Life in Chicago Between the 1930s and 1960s?
	Suzhou International Academy	Exploring Gender Differences in SAT Math Performance Among American Students
Swarthmore College (2)	Phillips Academy	The Geographical Studies of John Greaves: A Reflection of the Interdisciplinary Focus of Seventeenth-Century Education at the University of Oxford
	Diamond Bar High School	The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Antipsychotic Compliance in Schizophrenia Patients With Different Ages of Onset
University of Richmond (1)	Kaohsiung American School	Navigating Digital Landscapes: The Impact of Internet Use on Adolescents’ Autonomy, Competence, and Sense of Relatedness
Wellesley College (6)	Phoenix Military Academy	New vs. Old: The Sources of Tension Between the New Immigrants and the Old Immigrants Within the City of Chicago From the Established Immigrant Perspective
	Emma Willard School	The Empire in Your Smartphone: Digital Colonialism, Labor, and E-Waste in the Global South
	Nanjing Foreign Language School	Beyond Political Lines: Understanding the Variation in Tampon Tax Policies Across U.S. States
	Vivian Webb School	Parasocial Relationships: Why Social Media Influencers Were an Effective Marketing Strategy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Shenzhen College of International Education	“Flâneuse” in 21st-Century Shenzhen: Examining the Female Friendliness of Shenzhen’s Urban Design
	Crofton House School	Does Anonymity Increase the Prevalence of Cyberbullying?
Williams College (1)	Haile Manas Academy	The Influence of Identity Threat Message on Reducing Secondhand Clothing Purchases

Other U.S. Universities: Early Action

Institutions	#Pioneer scholars admitted
Arizona State University	1
Babson College	3
Bard College	1
Baruch College	1
Baylor University	2
Berklee College of Music	1
Binghamton University	9
Bradley University	1
Buffalo State University	4
Case Western Reserve University	20
Chapman University	2
Clemson University	2
College for Creative Studies	1
College of Staten Island	1
Colorado College	4
CUNY Hunter College	1
DePaul University	1
Florida Institute of Technology	1
Florida International University	1
Florida State University	5
Fordham University	14
George Mason University	1
Georgia Institute of Technology	2
Hofstra University	1
Indiana University, Bloomington	7
Loyola Marymount University	5
Loyola University Maryland	1
Manchester University	2
Maryland Institute College of Art	1
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	1
Miami University	1
Michigan State University	6
Minerva University	1
Ohio State University	2
Otis College of Art and Design	1
Pace University	1
Pennsylvania State University, University Park	21
Pepperdine University	4
Pratt Institute	1
Purdue University, West Lafayette	1
Reed College	2
Rhode Island School of Design	1
Rhodes College	2
Rochester Institute of Technology	1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	9
Rutgers State University	4
Rutgers University-Newark	2
Rutgers University, New Brunswick	8
Salisbury University	1
Santa Clara University	16
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	2
School of Visual Arts	1
Seton Hall University	2
Southern Methodist University	3
St. John’s College	1
Stony Brook University	9
SUNY Albany	1
SUNY New Paltz	1
SUNY Purchase	1
Temple University	1
Texas A&M University	9
Texas Christian University	1
The New School	1
Towson University	2
Trinity University	3
Tulane University	4
University of Arizona	2
University of Central Florida	1
University of Colorado, Boulder	1
University of Delaware	1
University of Denver	1
University of Georgia	4
University of Illinois, Chicago	5
University of Maryland, Baltimore	1
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	3
University of Massachusetts, Boston	1
University of Massachusetts, Lowell	1
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	6
University of Missouri, Columbia	1
University of Missouri, Kansas City	2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1
University of North Texas	1
University of Notre Dame	4
University of Pittsburgh	11
University of San Francisco	1
University of South Carolina	1
University of Southern California	1
University of Texas, Arlington	1
University of Texas, Austin	4
University of Texas, Dallas	2
University of Vermont	3
University of Virginia	1

Institutions	# Pioneer scholars admitted	Institutions	# Pioneer scholars admitted
Arizona State University	1	Babson College	3
Bard College	1	Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)	1
Baylor University	2	Berklee College of Music	1
Binghamton University	9	Bradley University	1
Buffalo State University, State University of New York	4	Case Western Reserve University	20
Chapman University	2	Clemson University	2
College for Creative Studies	1	College of Staten Island, City University of New York	1
Colorado College	4	DePaul University	1
Florida Institute of Technology	1	Florida International University	1
Florida State University	5	Fordham University	14
George Mason University	1	Georgia Institute of Technology	2
Hofstra University	1	Hunter College, City University of New York	1
Indiana University, Bloomington	7	Loyola Marymount University	5
Loyola University Maryland	1	Manchester University	2
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)	1	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	1
Miami University	1	Michigan State University	6
Minerva University	1	Otis College of Art and Design	1
Pace University	1	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	21
Pepperdine University	4	Pratt Institute	1
Purdue University, West Lafayette	1	Purchase College, State University of New York	1
Reed College	2	Rhode Island School of Design	1
Rhodes College	2	Rochester Institute of Technology	1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	9	Rutgers State University	4
Rutgers University, New Brunswick	8	Rutgers University-Newark	2
Salisbury University	1	Santa Clara University	16
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	2	School of Visual Arts	1
Seton Hall University	2	Southern Methodist University	3
St. John’s College	1	State University of New York at New Paltz	1
Stony Brook University, State University of New York	9	Temple University	1
Texas A&M University	9	Texas Christian University	1
The New School	1	Towson University	2
Trinity University	3	Tulane University	4
University at Albany, State University of New York	1	University of Arizona	2
University of Central Florida	1	University of Colorado, Boulder	1
University of Delaware	1	University of Denver	1
University of Georgia	4	University of Illinois, Chicago	5
University of Maryland, Baltimore	1	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	3
University of Massachusetts, Boston	1	University of Massachusetts, Lowell	1
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	6	University of Missouri, Columbia	1
University of Missouri, Kansas City	2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1
University of North Texas	1	University of Notre Dame	4
University of Pittsburgh	11	University of San Francisco	1
University of South Carolina	1	University of Southern California	1
University of Texas, Arlington	1	University of Texas, Austin	4
University of Texas, Dallas	2	University of Vermont	3
University of Virginia	1

International Universities

Institutions	# Pioneer scholars admitted	Institutions	# Pioneer scholars admitted
Ain Shams University	1	Goldsmiths, University of London	1
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	2	Imperial College London	1
King’s College London	2	McMaster University	1
New York University, Abu Dhabi	1	Northwestern University, Qatar	2
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	1	University College London	7
University of Amsterdam	1	University of Bath	1
University of Bristol	4	University of British Columbia	3
University of Edinburgh	3	University of Exeter	1
University of Glasgow	1	University of Hawai’i at Manoa	1
University of Manchester	3	University of Oxford	1
University of St Andrews	6	University of York	1
Western University	1

Institutions	#Pioneer scholars admitted
Ain Shams University	1
Goldsmith, University of London	1
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	2
Imperial College London	1
King’s College London	2
McMaster University	1
New York University, Abu Dhabi	1
Northwestern University, Qatar	2
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	1
University College London	7
University of Amsterdam	1
University of Bath	1
University of Bristol	4
University of British Columbia	3
University of Edinburgh	3
University of Exeter	1
University of Glasgow	1
University of Hawai’i at Manoa	1
University of Manchester	3
University of Oxford	1
University of St Andrews	6
University of York	1
Western University	1