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Why start research
in high school?

Students who start research in high school enter college more confident and prepared – equipped with advanced academic skills, stronger career direction, and the initiative to stand out in competitive university environments.

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Academic performance

Research boosts your critical thinking, writing, and college readiness.

Career focus

Research clarifies your goals, provides real-world experience, and strengthens professor connections.

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Engagement in classes

Research leads to your active participation and deeper classroom questions.

Skill development

Research develops time management, planning, data analysis, and scientific writing skills.

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Accepted to Cornell
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Student: Ingrid C.

Project Topic: “Few-Shot Learning Approach To Acne Classification”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to Cornell University
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Accepted to Cornell
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Accepted to
Cornell
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Accepted to UPenn
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Student: David X.

Project Topic: “CMOS Architecture”
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
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Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to
UPenn
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Accepted to UPenn
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Student: Maria Z.

Project Topic: “A Computational and Synthetic Approach for the development of the first selective agonists towards the 5-Hydroxytryptamine2A receptor”
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Bristol
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Accepted to
UPenn
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Accepted to UCL
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Student: Richard D.

Project Topic: “A Comprehensive Overview of Epigenetics”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to the University College London
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Accepted to UCL
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Accepted to
UCL
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Accepted to Penn State
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Student: Shunsuke N.

Project Topic: ‘’How Convolutional Neural Networks Can Help Predict NFT Prices by Analyzing Images”
Published in the Curieux Academic Journal and accepted to Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
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Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to
Penn State
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Accepted to Princeton
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Student: Nathan N.

Project Topic: “Applications of Australian Native Aquatic Plants on Purifying Wastewater Sources”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to Princeton University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to
Princeton
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Accepted to Columbia
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Student: Joseph B.

Project Topic: “A Stretchable and Tough Small-Scale Magnetic Actuator for Biomedical Applications”
Published in the Journal of Student Research and accepted to Columbia University
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Accepted to Columbia
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Accepted to
Columbia
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Accepted to Brown
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Student: Jiale Z.

Project Topic: “The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health across Different Genders and Sexualities”
Published in the Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences (URJHS) and accepted to Brown University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to
Brown
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Accepted to Manchester
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Student: Wing T.

Project Topic: “Impacts of Alzheimer’s Disease on Identity and Potential Therapeutic Approaches for Mitigating Identity Loss”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to University of Manchester
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Manchester
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Accepted to
Manchester
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Accepted to Cornell
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Accepted to Cornell
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Student: Ingrid C.

Project Topic: “Few-Shot Learning Approach To Acne Classification”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to Cornell University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Cornell
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Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Penn State
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Student: David X.

Project Topic: “CMOS Architecture”
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Bristol
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Accepted to Bristol
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Student: David X.

Project Topic: “CMOS Architecture”
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Bristol
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Accepted to UCL
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Accepted to UCL
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Student: Richard D.

Project Topic: “A Comprehensive Overview of Epigenetics”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to the University College London
Link to Publication →
Accepted to UCL
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Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Penn State
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Student: Shunsuke N.

Project Topic: ‘’How Convolutional Neural Networks Can Help Predict NFT Prices by Analyzing Images”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to the University College London
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to Princeton
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Student: Nathan N.

Project Topic: “Applications of Australian Native Aquatic Plants on Purifying Wastewater Sources”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to Princeton University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to Columbia
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Accepted to Columbia
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Student: Joseph B.

Project Topic: “A Stretchable and Tough Small-Scale Magnetic Actuator for Biomedical Applications”
Published in the Journal of Student Research and accepted to Columbia University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Columbia
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Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to Princeton
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Student: Srina B.

Project Topic: “Democratising Dissent: Counter-Hegemony Through Art in India’s Citizenship Protests”
Published in the Critical Debates HSGJ and accepted to Princeton University.
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Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to Manchester
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Accepted to Manchester
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Student: Wing T.

Project Topic: “Impacts of Alzheimer’s Disease on Identity and Potential Therapeutic Approaches for Mitigating Identity Loss”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to University of Manchester
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Manchester
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Accepted to Cornell
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Accepted to Cornell
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Student: Ingrid C.

Project Topic: “Few-Shot Learning Approach To Acne Classification”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to Cornell University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Cornell
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Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Penn State
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Student: David X.

Project Topic: “CMOS Architecture”
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Bristol
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Accepted to Bristol
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Student: Maria Z.

Project Topic: “A Computational and Synthetic Approach for the development of the first selective agonists towards the 5-Hydroxytryptamine2A receptor”
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Bristol
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Accepted to UCL
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Accepted to UCL
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Student: Richard D.

Project Topic: “A Comprehensive Overview of Epigenetics”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to the University College London
Link to Publication →
Accepted to UCL
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Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Penn State
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Student: Shunsuke N.

Project Topic: ‘’How Convolutional Neural Networks Can Help Predict NFT Prices by Analyzing Images”
Published in the Curieux Academic Journal and accepted to Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Penn State
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Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to Princeton
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Student: Nathan N.

Project Topic: “Applications of Australian Native Aquatic Plants on Purifying Wastewater Sources”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to Princeton University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Princeton
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Portrait of a young man with dark hair wearing a white collared shirt against a plain light background.
Accepted to Columbia
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Accepted to Columbia
Columbia University shield featuring a blue and white chevron with three crowns and Latin motto on a blue ribbon.

Student: Joseph B.

Project Topic: “A Stretchable and Tough Small-Scale Magnetic Actuator for Biomedical Applications”
Published in the Journal of Student Research and accepted to Columbia University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Columbia
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Accepted to Princeton
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Accepted to Princeton
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Student: Jiale Z.

Project Topic: "The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health across Different Genders and Sexualities"
Published in the Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences (URJHS) and accepted to Brown University
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Brown
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Accepted to Manchester
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Accepted to Manchester
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Student: Wing T.

Project Topic: “Impacts of Alzheimer’s Disease on Identity and Potential Therapeutic Approaches for Mitigating Identity Loss”
Published in the IJHSR and accepted to University of Manchester
Link to Publication →
Accepted to Manchester
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