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The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is the nation's most prestigious pre-college science competition. Alumni of STS have made extraordinary contributions to science and hold more than 100 of the world's most coveted science and math honors, including the Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science. The Intel STS recognizes 300 students and their schools as semifinalists each year to compete for $1.25 million in awards. From that select pool, 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC in March to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for the top award of $100,000.
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Aalami, Arshia (17)
Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY
Aiylam, Dhroova (16)
Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester, MA
Anand, Giridhar M. (17)
Newton North High School, Newtonville, MA
Anderson, Zach Clarke (17)
Hume Fogg Academic High School, Nashville, TN
Applebaum, Eliana (17)
Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck, NJ
Arditi, Rose Lynn (17)
Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
Armstrong, Emily (17)
Our Lady of Mercy High School, Rochester, NY
Arora, Aishvarya (17)
St. Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, NY
Babbitt, Matthew (17)
Babbitt Homeschool, Fort Edward, NY
Bandyopadhyay, Saumil (17)
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, Richmond, VA
Bansal, Puja (17)
Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, NY
Bedekar, Niharika Milind (17)
Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA
Beebe-Wang, Nicasia Joanne (17)
Westhampton Beach High School, Westhampton Beach, NY
Bernstein, Joby B. (17)
Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, NY
Bhattacharya, Paulomi (18)
The Harker School, San Jose, CA
Bhupatiraju, Surya Narayanaraju (17)
Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
Blum, Zachary (17)
Bowman, Adam Joseph (17)
Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, TN
Brenner, Alec (17)
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
Bricker, Jonathan Tyler (17)
Buch, Shyamal (17)
Vista del Lago High School, Folsom, CA
Buduma, Nikhil (18)
Bellarmine College Preparatory School, San Jose, CA
Buhimschi, Alexandru D. (17)
Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT
Bushlow, Megan (17)
Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY
Cai, Jieyi (17)
Greenhill School, Addison, TX
Carter, Landon (16)
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
Catanzaro, Alice (17)
Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH
Celik, Deniz (17)
Chakraborty, Uttara (17)
Chakraborty Homeschool, Chesterfield, MO
Chan, Jennifer (18)
Academy for Medical Science Technology, Hackensack, NJ
Chan, Jonathan (17)
William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, NC
Chanthrakumar, Pran (17)
Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY
Chapin, Arielle Bryn (17)
Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY
Chattopadhyay, Aheli (17)
Foxborough High School, Foxborough, MA
Chen, Andrew (17)
Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA
Chen, Angelica (17)
High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ
Chen, Christina (18)
Chen, Jenny (17)
Chen, Kevin (17)
Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
Chen, Richard (18)
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Chen, Sharon (17)
Chen, Yanqi (17)
Central York High School, York, PA
Chen, Yimo (17)
Chin, Lillian Tiffany (17)
The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA
Chin, Michelle Man-Si (17)
West Shore High School, Melbourne, FL
Chirinos, Deriam (16)
John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck, NY
Chittampalli, Yashaswini (17)
Cho, Haejun (18)
Milton Academy, Milton, MA
Chong, Julie (18)
Academy for Engineering & Design Technology, Hackensack, NJ
Choudhary, Arrush (17)
Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA
Chow, Amanda Yuling (17)
Chowdhary, Kaitavjeet (17)
Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT
Christianson, Karen Electra (17)
Episcopal Academy, Merion, PA
Cordwell, Katherine (17)
Manzano High School, Albuquerque, NM
Cox, Wesley (17)
Kings Park High School, Kings Park, NY
Dai, Annie (17)
Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, AZ
Danoff, Michelle (18)
The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
Dantzler, Alexa Victoria (17)
Bishop O'Connell High School, Arlington, VA
Dave, Ronak Mahendra (18)
Woodward Academy, College Park, GA
David, Yonatan (17)
North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck, NY
Dean, Victoria Lee (18)
Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA
Despo, Orion C. (17)
Marvin Ridge High School, Waxhaw, NC
Di Capua, Christopher August (17)
Ding, Taide (18)
Oxford High School, Oxford, MS
Donenfeld, Daniel Brian (17)
Dong, Menglu (17)
Duffy, Connor Vo (16)
Mounds View High School, Arden Hills, MN
Eom, Christopher (18)
Middleton High School, Middleton, WI
Evans, Kathryn Elizabeth (17)
Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY
Fagan, Melissa Rachel (17)
San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, CA
Fan, Bo (16)
Ames High School, Ames, IA
Feldman, Drew (17)
Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, NY
Fiacco, Nick (17)
Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY
Fishberger, Gregory (17)
Forsyth, Alexander William (17)
Episcopal High School of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Fu, Martina (17)
Okemos High School, Okemos, MI
Fulop, Daniel (17)
John Jay High School, Cross River, NY
Garbe, Kevin (17)
Ge, William Hao (17)
Gee, John (16)
Calhoun High School, Port Lavaca, TX
George, Kavitha (17)
La Canada High School, La Canada, CA
Godfrey, Elizabeth Louise (18)
Northside Health Careers High School, San Antonio, TX
Goetz, Laura Gould (18)
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Goldshlager, Gil (17)
George Walton Comprehensive High School, Marietta, GA
Gondi, Suhas (17)
Goyal, Abhi (17)
Goyal, Rohan (16)
Gudibanda, Aditya (17)
Gunderman, Lane (18)
The University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, IL
Gungor, Busra (17)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School, Nashville, TN
Guo, Melissa (17)
Guo, Michelle (16)
Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, NJ
Gupta, Nakul (17)
Farmingdale High School, Farmingdale, NY
Hamann, Linus (17)
Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, NY
Haugh, Alison Rose (18)
Farragut High School, Knoxville, TN
He, Jianing Jenny (18)
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, TX
Herrup, Rachel (18)
Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
Hersh, Caleb (17)
Ossining High School, Ossining, NY
Ho, Johnny (17)
Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA
Ho, Katherine (17)
Hong, Alex (17)
Hu, Daniel Alexander (17)
El Camino High School, South San Francisco, CA
Ilangovan, Diwakaran (17)
Jaggi, Sahir (17)
Shaker High School, Latham, NY
Jain, Kavita (17)
Smithtown High School, Smithtown, NY
Jain, Nimansha (17)
Millard North High School, Omaha, NE
Jiang, Christie (17)
Jiang, Helen (17)
Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA
Jin, Benjamin E. (17)
Davis Senior High School, Davis, CA
Jin, Tammy (17)
Johnson, Jacob Paul Smullin (17)
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, MA
Joshi, Sonia M. (17)
Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, NY
Kaczmarek, Zofii (17)
Kallenbach, Jonah (17)
Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, PA
Kandola, Amanpreet Singh (17)
Kania, Krishan (17)
Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ
Kay, Jason Michael (17)
George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, NY
Keglovits, Sarah Ann (17)
Holland Hall School, Tulsa, OK
Kerr, Ryan Daniel (17)
Danbury High School, Danbury, CT
Khanna, Kern (17)
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Khare, Eesha (17)
Kim, David (17)
Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
Kim, Jihoon (17)
Barrington Community High School, Barrington, IL
Kim, Jonathan J. (17)
Kim, Minah (17)
Kim, Paul (18)
Kindschuh, William (17)
Regis High School, New York, NY
Klein, Aaron J. (17)
Brookline High School, Brookline, MA
Knyszek, Michael (17)
Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, Hackensack, NJ
Kondamuri, Nathan Sai (18)
Munster High School, Munster, IN
Kraft, Peter (17)
Krishna, Meenakshi (17)
Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, NY
Kumar, Arvind (16)
Kundu, Shohini (17)
Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA
Kwan, Kitty (17)
Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA
Lai, Jenny (18)
Wayzata High School, Plymouth, MN
Lam, Samuel (17)
Larson, Hannah Kerner (18)
South Eugene High School, Eugene, OR
Le Breton, Stephen Adam (17)
Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
Lee, Joan Yujae (16)
Clarkstown High School North, New City, NY
Lee, Jongyoon (18)
Levine, Ethan (17)
Li, Jonathan Rong (17)
Duluth High School, Duluth, GA
Li, Miranda (17)
Liebman, Emma (17)
Lim, Keonho Chris (17)
Millburn High School, Millburn, NJ
Liu, Angela (17)
Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY
Liu, Brendan (17)
Liu, Jerry (17)
Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA
Long, Michelle Jiang (17)
Syosset High School, Syosset, NY
Lu, Amy Diane (18)
Mesquite High School, Gilbert, AZ
Lubkin, Alex (18)
Blind Brook High School, Rye Brook, NY
Luo, Andrew (17)
Mago, Aashna (17)
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
Mahata, Sumana (17)
Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, CA
Majumdar, Antara (17)
Manepalli, Prady (17)
Mayukha, Ananya (17)
Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, MI
McAuliffe, Phoebe Blyth (17)
Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY
McCullagh, Colette Mary (17)
Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville, NY
McFadden, Monica (18)
Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills, KY
McNamara, Emma Ann (17)
Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick, NY
McQuaid, Daniel Conor (17)
Mehrotra, Pavan N. (17)
Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, CA
Meng, Ashley (17)
Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
Micek, Christopher (17)
Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY
Minke, Madeleine (17)
Modi, Payal Nikhil (17)
Monastero, Rebecca Nicole (17)
Sayville High School, West Sayville, NY
Moretto, Mark (17)
Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, NY
Mudalegundi, Vijeth (17)
South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA
Mundkur, Naethan Sid (17)
duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY
Mutlu, Kenan (17)
Naidu, Yamini Tondamantham (17)
Valley Catholic High School, Beaverton, OR
Naik, Jeewan (17)
Nie, Alexander (17)
O'Leary, Vincent Jacob (17)
Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Wheeling, WV
Padmanabha, Akshay (16)
Houston High School, Germantown, TN
Palmer, Corlin (17)
Point Loma High School, San Diego, CA
Pan, Grace Annette (17)
Park, Peter Seho (17)
Korea International School, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Parker, Greg (18)
Patel, Anand Vijaykumar (17)
Poolesville High School, Poolesville, MD
Patel, Meera Vijay (18)
Patil, Abhinav (17)
Pawlak, Kevin (17)
Peng, Jennifer (17)
Peng, Jiayi (17)
Pleat, Benjamin Isaac (17)
Pollock, Joshua Phillip (17)
John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, NY
Popova, Lilia (17)
Ann Arbor Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI
Radin, Daniel Pierce (18)
Rahman, Rishad (17)
Rao, Vaishnavi Lakshminarasimha (17)
Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA
Rude, Eitan David (17)
Rude, Sam (17)
Ruiz, Amanda Elyssa (17)
Sauer, Christopher P. (17)
Menlo School, Atherton, CA
Sauer, Eric Michael (18)
Savitsky, Kimberly (17)
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, NJ
Schneider, Eric (17)
Scibelli, Samantha Marie (17)
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Burnt Hills, NY
Selvakumar, Raja (17)
Milton High School, Milton, GA
Sha, Carrie (17)
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Shah, Naomi Chetan (17)
Sunset High School, Portland, OR
Shah, Sohil (17)
James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, WI
Shamul, James (17)
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, Plainview, NY
Shang, Charles (17)
Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO
Shea, Meghan Marjorie (18)
Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA
Shen, Lilly (18)
William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX
Shen, Michael R. (16)
Sherman, Alain Emil (17)
Shi, Kensen (17)
A&M Consolidated High School, College Station, TX
Shrivastava, Peeyush (17)
William Mason High School, Mason, OH
Silver, Benjamin (17)
Suffern High School, Suffern, NY
Singh, Nalini (17)
Singhal, Sanjula (17)
Sinha, Aradhana (16)
Salinas High School, Salinas, CA
Skarda, Jinhie Lee (17)
Solimano, Jamie Lee (17)
Sosnowik, Avigael (17)
Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, Hewlett Bay Park, NY
Spiezio, Nicholas (17)
Smithtown High School East, Saint James, NY
Sridhar, Mayuri (17)
Sun, Cuthbert (17)
Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sung, Janice Yejin (18)
Sur, Debnil (17)
Swaminathan, Ashvin Anand (17)
Takahashi, Jack Ryan (17)
Tang, Lisa Ann (17)
Dulaney High School, Timonium, MD
Tannenbaum, Robert (17)
Tanzer, Jamie (17)
Tao, Emily (17)
Troy High School, Fullerton, CA
Thakor, Jai (17)
River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
Thevuthasan, Sangeetha (18)
Kamiakin High School, Kennewick, WA
Tiwari, Tanvi (17)
Tran, Andy (17)
Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Houston, TX
Traver, Chris (17)
Croton-Harmon High School, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Tripathi, Raghav (17)
Westview High School, Portland, OR
Tse, Alexandra Leigh (17)
Tsui, Elizabeth Llanes (17)
Tung, Laura Hsia (17)
Vasudevan, Sahana (15)
Gnyanam Academy, Palo Alto, CA
Vavilala, Vaibhav (17)
Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
Vemuri, Harsha (17)
Vittimberga, Brooke Ashley (17)
Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA
Volz, Sara (17)
Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs, CO
Wald, Corey (17)
Wellington C. Mepham High School, North Bellmore, NY
Wallach, Jordan Andrew (17)
Walsh, Jennifer Ming (18)
The Winsor School, Boston, MA
Wan, Christopher (17)
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
Wang, Andrew (17)
Wang, Anson (17)
East Meadow High School, East Meadow, NY
Wang, Chloe (16)
Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Wang, Haiyin Hein (17)
Dawson High School, Pearland, TX
Wang, Helen (17)
Centennial High School, Ellicott City, MD
Wang, Joy Yiran (17)
Parkland High School, Allentown, PA
Wang, Suyang Kevin (18)
Westview School, San Diego, CA
Wang, Yu (17)
Wax, Jacob Gary (17)
Harborfields High School, Greenlawn, NY
Weiss, Jared Brandon (17)
Wen, Lily (17)
Wenger, Brittany (18)
Out-of-Door Academy, Sarasota, FL
Wong, Catherine (17)
Morristown High School, Morristown, NJ
Wu, Katherine (17)
Wu, Raymond (17)
Xiao, Larry (17)
Xie, Emma (17)
Xie, Lijia (17)
North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
Xu, Amy (18)
Xu, Eric (17)
Xu, Haotian (18)
University High School, Irvine, CA
Xu, Ray (17)
Plano Senior High School, Plano, TX
Xue, James (17)
Xue, William (17)
Yang, Phillip (17)
Troy High School, Troy, MI
Yao, Carolyn (17)
Ye, Ivan Bochuan (18)
West High School, Iowa City, IA
Ylitalo, Andy (17)
Stillwater Senior High School, Stillwater, MN
Yu, George (17)
Yu, Kimberley (17)
Plano West Senior High School, Plano, TX
Zang, Ben (17)
Zbarsky, Samuel (17)
Zeng, Joy Shuang (17)
Zhang, Annie (16)
Zhang, Charlie R. (17)
Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA
Zhang, David (17)
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD
Zhang, Kelly (17)
The College Preparatory School, Oakland, CA
Zhang, Michael (18)
Zhang, Shuodan (18)
Zhang, Yejia (17)
Zhang, Yifan (17)
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
Zhao, Roy (17)
Zheng, Gloria (17)
Zheng, Jenny Jie (17)
Zheng, Simon (16)
Somers High School, Lincolndale, NY
Zheng, Sunny (17)
Zhou, Cyrus (17)
Zhou, Kat (17)
Interlake High School, Bellevue, WA
Zhuang, Julia (17)
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