Testing statistics of those reporting scores when applying to college
Average SAT Statistics: Evidence-Based Reading=747, Mathematics =782
Average ACT Statistics: 34
Average TOEFL Score (International Students): 114
Average IELTS Score (International Students): 8
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*Admission results should not be construed as a direct outcome of any one program. Colleges and universities use a holistic application process to evaluate all aspects of an applicant, and while experience in an academically respected program may distinguish a student, no single credential will determine admission results.
Testing statistics of those reporting scores when applying to college
Average SAT Statistics: Evidence-Based Reading=730 , Mathematics =785
Average ACT Statistics: 34
Average TOEFL Score (International Students): 113
Average IELTS Score (International Students): 8
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*Admission results should not be construed as a direct outcome of any one program. Colleges and universities use a holistic application process to evaluate all aspects of an applicant, and while experience in an academically respected program may distinguish a student, no single credential will determine admission results.
Testing statistics of those reporting scores when applying to college
Average SAT Statistics: Evidence-Based Reading=734, Mathematics =790
Average ACT Statistics: 34
Average TOEFL Score (International Students): 113
Average IELTS Score (International Students): 8
Enlarge
*Admission results should not be construed as a direct outcome of any one program. Colleges and universities use a holistic application process to evaluate all aspects of an applicant, and while experience in an academically respected program may distinguish a student, no single credential will determine admission results.
Testing statistics of those reporting scores when applying to college
Average SAT Statistics: Evidence-Based Reading=733, Mathematics =784
Average ACT Statistics: 34
Average TOEFL Score (International Students): 113
Average IELTS Score (International Students): 8
Enlarge
*Admission results should not be construed as a direct outcome of any one program. Colleges and universities use a holistic application process to evaluate all aspects of an applicant, and while experience in an academically respected program may distinguish a student, no single credential will determine admission results.
Testing statistics of those reporting scores when applying to college
Average SAT Statistics: Evidence-Based Reading=725, Mathematics = 786
Average ACT Statistics: 34
Average TOEFL Score (International Students): 114
Average IELTS Score (International Students): 8
Enlarge
*Admission results should not be construed as a direct outcome of any one program. Colleges and universities use a holistic application process to evaluate all aspects of an applicant, and while experience in an academically respected program may distinguish a student, no single credential will determine admission results.
All Pioneer scholars shine in their own ways. Each year some Pioneer scholars responded to our editor’s invitation to feature their sharing. We welcome all Pioneer Scholars to share their stories and pictures with the community by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
We applaud all Pioneer Scholars for their curiosity and diligent effort in 2021. Whether they have committed to a university or college through Early Action/Early Decision or are waiting for April results, our Pioneer graduates deserve kudos for their outstanding research.
Though Pioneer Scholars’ college acceptances are remarkable, it is the intellectual drive, passion, and dedication of these students that makes us most proud.
Seoul Foreign School
Dartmouth College
Kambala Church of England Girls’ School
Cornell University
American International School of Vienna
Barnard College
STEM High School for Boys- 6th of October
Franklin and Marshall College
African Leadership Academy
Notre Dame University
Los Altos High School
Claremont McKenna College
Achievement First Brooklyn High School
Middlebury College
Advanced Technologies Academy
Princeton University
Chengdu Foreign Languages School
Stanford University
Dhirubhai Ambani International School
Columbia University
Shanghai Pinghe School
Washington University in St. Louis
Greengates School
University of Chicago
African Leadership Academy
Rice University
Hong Kong International School
University of Pennsylvania
ASMSA (Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts)
Yale University
Pope John Paul II High School
Cornell University
UWC Pearson College
Tufts University
The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
Yale University
RDFZ
Swarthmore College
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy
Stanford University
Beijing National Day School
Duke University
Smoky Hill High School
Creighton University
Navkar Public School
University of Pennsylvania
Athens College
Columbia University
Western Academy of Beijing
Imperial College of London
Bahcesehir High School for Science and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Pine View School
Northwestern University
Greenwood High International School
Brown University
Greenwood High International School
Brown University
Hanoi – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted
The Latin School of Chicago
Harvard University
School for the Talented and Gifted
Rice University
United World College of India
Barnard College at Columbia University
East Mountain High School
Columbia University
Charlotte Country Day School
Yale University
Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
University of Pennsylvania
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
University of Oxford
Lakeland High School
Washington and Lee University
Northside College Preparatory High School
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Northside College Preparatory High School
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Lusher Charter School
Stanford University
Seoul Foreign School
Johns Hopkins University
Jayshree Periwal International School
University of Pennsylvania
High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dartmouth College
Lynbrook High School
Princeton University
Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School
Harvard College
The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University
Stanford University
Robert College
Yale University
African Leadership Academy
Babson College
American Embassy School
Columbia University
Milton Academy
Dartmouth College
Choate Rosemary Hall, US
Yale University
Monte Vista High School, US
Boston University
High Technology High School, US
Harvard University
Achievement First Brooklyn High School, US
Stanford University
Scholars’ Academy, US
Stanford University
Beijing National Day School, China
Brown University
International Department of the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, China
TBD
Beijing No. 2 Middle School, China
Stanford University
Midlothian High School, US
Stanford University
Seoul International School, South Korea
Cornell University
International Department of the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, China
Stanford University
Carondelet High School, US
Brown University
Summer 2021 Pioneer Scholar
University:
Dartmouth College
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2021
Pioneer Research Topic:
Advancement during Crises in Developed Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Growth in Germany and Italy
Spring 2021 Pioneer Scholar
University:
Cornell University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring 2021
Pioneer Research Topic:
The Politics of the Gig Economy: Entrepreneurship, Technological Innovation, and Politics
Summer 2021 Pioneer Scholar
University:
Barnard College
Pioneer Research Topic:
The Medieval Mediterranean: Confluence of Cultures
Summer 2021 Pioneer Scholar
University:
Franklin and Marshall College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Environmental Justice of Resource Conflicts
Spring 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
African Leadership Academy
University:
Notre Dame University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Exploring Aluminium-Magnesium Properties to Reinforce Space Shuttles Against Micromdaroites
Summer 2021 Scholar
High School:
Los Altos High School
University:
Claremont McKenna College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Impacts of Project Financed by Export-Import Banks of China and the United States on Sub-Saharan African Institutional Development
Summer 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Achievement First Brooklyn High School
University:
Middlebury College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Erase the System and Stop Continuing its History
Spring 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Advanced Technologies Academy
University:
Princeton University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Mental Health Stigma in West Africa in Relation to Crime Against People with Mental Illnesses (with an emphasis on Gender-based/Sexual Violence): A Qualitative Study
Spring 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Chengdu Foreign Languages School
University:
Stanford University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Violence, Religion, and Masculinities: The Persecution of LGBT Persons in Iraq and Syria during Armed Conflicts
Spring 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Dhirubhai Ambani International School
University:
Columbia University
Pioneer Research Topic:
An Application of Swarm Robotics to the Exploration of Fireground Environment
Spring 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Shanghai Pinghe School
University:
Washington University in St. Louis
Pioneer Research Topic:
Double Consciousness as Resistance in Native American Literature
Summer 2021 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Greengates School
University:
University of Chicago
Pioneer Research Topic:
Treatment of Arm Dysfunction After a Stroke
Spring-through-Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
African Leadership Academy
University:
Rice University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
Investigating the Effectiveness of Restorative Community-Based Justice Systems as a Method of Preventing Ethnic Violence
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Hong Kong International School
University:
University of Pennsylvania
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
Evaluating Olivine and Limestone Ocean Acidification Mitigation Methods for the Mediterranean Sea
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
ASMSA (Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts)
University:
Yale University
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
Application of EEG Signal Analysis and Machine Learning in Seizure Prediction
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Pope John Paul II High School
University:
Cornell University
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
Scapegoats or Pawns: An Analysis on the Progress of Anti-Chinese Sentiments and the Adoption of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Spring-through-Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
UWC Pearson College
University:
Tufts University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
The Influence of Gaullism in the Evolution of France’s Intergovernmental Response to the Breakup of Yugoslavia
Spring-through-Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
University:
Yale University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 2019
Pioneer Research Topic:
Not How Things Happened — Dreams and Flashbacks in the works of Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch
Spring-through-Summer 20 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
RDFZ
College:
Swarthmore College
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 20
Pioneer Research Topic:
The use of mirror therapy for treatment of phantom limb pain and partial paralysis and brain plasticity
Spring-through-Summer 20 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy
University:
Stanford University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 20
Pioneer Research Topic:
Rethinking Memes: Critique and Alternative to the Dawkinsian Meme Theory
Spring-through-Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Beijing National Day School
University:
Duke University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
An Introduction to Basic Graph Discharging
Spring-through-Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Beijing National Day School
University:
Duke University
Pioneer Semester:
Spring-through-Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
An Introduction to Basic Graph Discharging
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Smoky Hill High School
College:
Creighton University
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
Discourse Ethics and Its Practical Applications in Politics
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Navkar Public School
College:
University of Pennsylvania
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
Pioneer Research Topic:
A Study in the Growth of Nations: India and Germany Identifying Divergence in these Converging Countries through the Solow Growth Model
Summer 2020 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Athens College
College:
Columbia University
Pioneer Semester:
Summer 2020
Pioneer Research Topic:
The European Union During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Germany’s and Portugal’s Responses
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Western Academy of Beijing
University:
Imperial College of London
Pioneer Research Topic:
Untitled
Spring 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Bahcesehir High School for Science and Technology
University:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Pioneer Research Topic:
The Key Exchange Problem in Classical and Quantum Computing
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Pine View School
University:
Northwestern University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Investigating Hyperactive and Oncogenic Ras Inhibition
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Greenwood High International School
University:
Brown University
Pioneer Research Topic:
An Exploration of Strategies in Walker-Breaker Games
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
African Leadership Academy
University:
Oberlin College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Marxism Restructured in Marxist Revolutions: Why did Marxist revolutionary regimes decide to diverge from Marxism?
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Hanoi – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted
University:
Unknown
Pioneer Research Topic:
Career Orientation Efforts For High School Students In The United States And Their Implication For Vietnamese Education
Spring 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
The Latin School of Chicago
University:
Harvard University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Polarizer, Catalyst: Why You Should Care about Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi Education
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
School for the Talented and Gifted
University:
Rice University
Pioneer Research Topic:
The Invisible Culture of Pain and the Opioid Crisis
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
United World College of India
University:
Barnard College at Columbia University
Pioneer Research Topic:
How was ethnic identity constructed in the Balkans during the Yugoslav wars in Former Yugoslavia
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
East Mountain High School
University:
Columbia University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Tilings of 2 × n Rectangular Strips Using Dominos and L-shaped Trominos
Spring 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Charlotte Country Day School
University:
Yale University
Pioneer Research Topic:
An Investigation of Male Dominance in Professional and Casual Environments
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
University:
University of Pennsylvania
Pioneer Research Topic:
Social Media Strategy and its Effect on Sustained Virality: Differential Audience Response to Five Crafting Channels
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
University:
University of Pennsylvania
Pioneer Research Topic:
Social Media Strategy and its Effect on Sustained Virality: Differential Audience Response to Five Crafting Channels
Spring 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
University:
University of Oxford
Pioneer Research Topic:
Political Governance and Economic Performance: A Comparison of Two Special Economic Zones in Africa
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Lakeland High School
University:
Washington and Lee University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Young American Activists: Why American Youth Have Become Politicized
Summer 2019 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Northside College Preparatory High School
University:
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pioneer Research Topic:
Analysis of XANES Data to Arrive at the Composition of an Unknown Sample
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Homo Educandus Agogi
University:
National Technical University of Athens
Pioneer Research Topic:
Analysis of solar radiation time series
Summer 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Lusher Charter School
University:
Stanford University
Pioneer Research Topic:
The Consequences of Global Warming for Aqueous Concentrations of DDT in the Arctic and Bio Concentrations in Marine Life
2017 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Beijing No. 2 Middle School, China
Pioneer Research Paper:
The Brother as an Other: Redefining Otherness through Examining the Similar
Attending institution:
Stanford University
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Seoul Foreign School
University:
Johns Hopkins University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Current Antidotes and Future Possible Substances against Chemical Nerve Agents
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Jayshree Periwal International School
University:
University of Pennsylvania
Pioneer Research Topic:
Will Advances in Quantum Computing Render Present Cryptosystems Obsolete?
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
University:
Dartmouth College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Language Attitudes, Identity, and Accent Practice: A Study of Chinese Students’ English Accent Acquisition
Summer 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Lynbrook High School
University:
Princeton University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Sustainable Cooling System for Stadiums Using Indirect Evaporation
Summer 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School
University:
Harvard College
Pioneer Research Topic:
How does Perturbation-Based Interventions Improve Reactive Balance Control in Stroke Survivors?
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University
University:
Stanford University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Love Thy Neighbor: A Comparative Analysis of Public Discourse about Chinese Rural Migrant
Summer 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Robert College
University:
Yale University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Populist Usage of Religion: A Comparative Study of Hungary and Turkey
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
African Leadership Academy
University:
Babson College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Congestion Control in Content Centric Networks
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
American Embassy School
University:
Columbia University
Pioneer Research Topic:
Stakeholder Analysis: An Explanation of the Botswana Paradox
Spring 2018 Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Milton Academy
University:
Dartmouth College
Pioneer Research Topic:
Man versus Nature: Public Opinion and Ecological Research as They Relate to Environmental Policy
2017 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Choate Rosemary Hall, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
Comparative Inquiry Into Western Liberal Democratic Values
Attending institution:
Yale University
2017 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Monte Vista High School, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
Trophic Cascades Caused by Overfishing Analysis and Prevention
Attending institution:
Boston University
2017 Spring Pioneer Scholar
High School:
High Technology High School, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
Sustainable Urban Development
Attending institution:
Harvard University
2016 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Seoul International School, South Korea
Pioneer Research Paper:
The Study of Biology: How Biology Gives Rise to Sexism
Attending institution:
Cornell University
2017 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Achievement First Brooklyn High School, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
Social Justice and Activism in African American communities
Attending institution:
Stanford University
2016 Spring Pioneer Scholar
High School:
International Department of the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, China
Pioneer Research Paper:
Chinese Tracking: An Unexploited Hotspot with Underlying Benefits
Attending institution:
Stanford University
2017 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Scholars’ Academy, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
The Relationship between the Molecular Structure of Insecticides and their Biological and Environmental Implications
Attending institution:
Stanford University
2017 Spring Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Beijing National Day School, China
Pioneer Research Paper:
The Development of Folk Music in Modern China
Attending institution:
Brown University
2016 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Carondelet High School, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
Research into Human Genetics and Precision Medicine
Attending institution:
Brown University
2017 Spring Pioneer Scholar
High School:
International Department of the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University, China
Pioneer Research Paper:
Ethical Considerations of State Responsibility toward Refugees: Analyzing China’s Refugee Capacity from a Socio-Economic
Attending institution:
TBD
2017 Summer Pioneer Scholar
High School:
Midlothian High School, US
Pioneer Research Paper:
Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango: Musical analysis of a Contemporary Epitome of Tango
Attending institution:
Stanford University