Intel Science Talent Search

The 2002 Intel Science Talent Search finalist banquet, held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, where the ten winners were announced and all 40 finalists were acknowledged.

The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), known for its first 57 years^[1] as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" ^[2] science competition. In his speech at the dinner honoring the 1991 Winners, President George H. W. Bush called the competition the "Super Bowl of science."^[3]

On September 9, 2015, Intel announced that it was ending its sponsorship.^[4]

History

The Society for Science & the Public began the competition in 1942 with Westinghouse Electric Corporation; for many years, the competition was known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. In 1998, Intel became the sponsor after it outbid several other companies.^[5] Over the years, some 147,000 students have entered the competition. Over 22,000 have been named semifinalists and 2,920 have traveled to Washington, D.C., as contest finalists. Collectively, they have received millions of dollars in scholarships and gone on, in later years, to capture Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, MacArthur Fellowships and numerous other accolades.^[6]

Eight went on to receive Nobel Prizes, two earned the Fields Medal, five have been awarded the National Medal of Science, twelve received MacArthur Fellowships; 56 have been named Sloan Research Fellows; 30 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; and five have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.^[6]

The competition

Entrants to the competition conduct original research—sometimes at home and sometimes by "working with leading research teams at universities, hospitals and private laboratories."^[1] The selection process is highly competitive, and besides the research paper, letters of recommendation, essays, test scores, extracurricular activities, and high school transcripts may be factored in the selection of finalists and winners.

Awards as of 2015^[7]

Award	Prize
Basic Research Medal	$150,000
Global Good Medal	$150,000
Innovation Medal	$150,000
Second place (3 awards)	$75,000
Third place (3 awards)	$35,000
31 Finalists	$7,500
300 Semifinalists	$1,000

Each year, approximately 1,700 papers are submitted. The top 300 applicants are announced in mid-January and since 1999-2000 each Semifinalist and their school has received $1,000 from Intel.^[8] In late January, the 40 Finalists (the award winners) are informed. In March, the Finalists are flown to Washington, D.C. where they are interviewed for the top ten spots, which have awards ranging from $35,000 to $150,000 for the medal winners. The judges have included Glenn T. Seaborg (Nobel Laureate with Edwin M. McMillan in Chemistry, 1951) and Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1993). All Finalists receive awards of at least $7,500.^[7]

Where winners have come from

Since the beginning of the competition, students from New York have done very well in the Science Talent Search, although there have been finalists from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Certain high schools have been particularly successful at placing semifinalists and finalists in the Science Talent Search.

Top states

New York has had by far the most finalists in the competition, followed by California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Texas. ^[9][10][11]

Top states for Intel finalists (1942–2016)
State	Finalists
New York	967
California	266
Illinois	173
Pennsylvania	119
New Jersey	111
Maryland	110
Florida	108
Virginia	91
Massachusetts	92
Ohio	87
Texas	85

Finalists by state (1942–2016)
State	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Alabama	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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California	3	2	1	1	5	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	3	4	1	4	3	2	0	5	5	3	3	1	3	5	4	2	2	3	4	2	5	3	1	3	3	5	4	4	0	1	3	3	1	3	1	4	3	4	2	1	3	6	2	4	5	4	4	1	2	3	4	3	3	0	5	8	11	10	7	12	11	10
Colorado	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Connecticut	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
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District of Columbia	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	3	4	2	1	3	1	4	0	2	2	3	0	4	1	3	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	1	2	2	0	5	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2
Georgia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
Hawaii	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Idaho	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Illinois	3	3	2	6	4	4	3	2	0	1	4	2	3	5	3	5	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	4	2	4	3	4	7	6	2	2	1	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	5	1	2	3	0	5	2	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	3	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0
Indiana	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
Iowa	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maine	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Maryland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	5	5	0	1	2	0	4	6	3	2	4	1	4	4	4	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	3
Massachusetts	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	2
Michigan	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1
Minnesota	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mississippi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Missouri	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Montana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
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New Hampshire	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Ohio	0	4	3	1	0	3	4	3	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	3	0	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Oregon	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	0	2	1
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Rhode Island	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tennessee	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	4	2	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	1	1
Utah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Vermont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	1	2	3	2	3	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	4	2	1	3	1	2	4	2	4	2	1	4	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
Washington	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
West Virginia	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wisconsin	3	2	4	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wyoming	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Leading high schools in the Intel era

Since Intel took over sponsorship of the Science Talent Search in 1998, several schools have consistently produced a large number of semifinalists and finalists. Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD and Stuyvesant High School in New York, NY have produced the most winners over this time period and are the only schools averaging more than 10 semifinalists each year and more than 1 finalist each year.

Ten schools, all of which are public schools (Stuyvesant High School, Montgomery Blair High School, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Ward Melville High School, Bronx High School of Science, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Byram Hills High School, Jericho High School, Great Neck North High School, and Great Neck South High School), have had semifinalists in every year that Intel has sponsored the competition.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

Schools with the most semifinalists and finalists (1999–2016)

School	City	State	Semi-finalists	Finalists
Montgomery Blair High School	Silver Spring	MD	192	34
Stuyvesant High School	New York	NY	183	22
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	Alexandria	VA	156	11
Bronx High School of Science	Bronx	NY	137	9
Ward Melville High School	East Setauket	NY	131	12
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science	Denton	TX	84	11
Paul D. Schreiber High School	Port Washington	NY	84	6
Byram Hills High School	Armonk	NY	83	15
The Harker School	San Jose	CA	70	10
Jericho High School	Jericho	NY	70	7
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	Durham	NC	68	3
Great Neck North High School	Great Neck	NY	64	7
Ossining High School	Ossining	NY	61	3
Bergen County Academies	Hackensack	NJ	53	6
Midwood High School	Brooklyn	NY	50	5
Lawrence High School	Cedarhurst	NY	49	3
Illinois Math and Science Academy	Aurora	IL	43	9
Great Neck South High School	Great Neck	NY	42	5
John F. Kennedy High School	Bellmore	NY	40	4
Lynbrook High School	San Jose	CA	27	5
Greenwich High School	Greenwich	CT	23	3

Semifinalists by school each year (1999–2016)
School	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Monta Vista	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	2	5
Gunn	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	3	3	1	2
Lynbrook	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	2	4	2	4	2
Harker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	6	4	7	11	6	10	15	4
Greenwich	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	7	1
IMSA	1	1	1	3	0	2	6	5	5	4	2	4	5	3	1	0	0	0
Montgomery Blair	11	13	10	17	12	13	13	12	12	5	12	12	7	8	5	9	12	9
Bergen County Academies	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	7	6	2	7	7	8	4
Byram Hills	2	5	7	8	4	6	6	6	4	3	5	4	1	3	5	8	1	5
John F. Kennedy	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	4	6	2	1	3	1	3	1	3	3	2
Bronx Science	9	8	17	6	10	6	6	6	6	5	9	5	8	8	6	7	8	7
Midwood	8	13	5	6	4	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ward Melville	2	8	12	8	8	11	12	12	4	13	11	7	6	5	3	2	2	5
Great Neck North	3	3	10	6	3	6	4	3	4	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Great Neck South	4	1	3	4	4	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1
Jericho	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	5	5	7	5	8	3	6
Lawrence	7	5	6	7	3	1	2	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0
Stuyvesant	10	10	16	15	19	19	5	8	7	11	10	9	5	13	10	11	2	3
Ossining	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	6	3	4	8	4	4	3	5	8
Paul D. Schreiber	8	9	3	2	8	8	5	8	6	6	3	4	3	3	2	3	1	2
NCSSM	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	4	7	6	7	7	9	8	7
TAMS	0	2	5	2	5	3	3	2	5	7	8	8	7	9	3	1	6	8
Thomas Jefferson	15	12	11	4	5	2	5	7	14	10	15	13	7	11	6	5	6	8

Finalists by school each year (1989–2016)
School	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Monta Vista	0			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Gunn	0			0				1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Lynbrook	0			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
Harker	0			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	3	1
Greenwich	0		1	0				0			0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
IMSA	1			0				0		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Montgomery Blair	0	2		2	3		1	1		1	6	2	2	3	1	2	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	2
Bergen County Academies	0			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0
Byram Hills	0		1	0				0			0	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
John F. Kennedy	0			0			2	0			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bronx Science	6	5	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Midwood	3	1		1		1		0	1		0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ward Melville	0		1	0		2	2	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Neck North	0			0				0		1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Great Neck South	0			0				0		1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jericho	0			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1
Lawrence	0			0				1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stuyvesant	2	5	6	4	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0
Ossining	0			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Paul D. Schreiber	0			2			2	0	2		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NCSSM	1			0				0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
TAMS	0			0				1		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Thomas Jefferson	1			0				1	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

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List of prominent individuals who were past finalists

Finalist[6]	Year	Placed[32]	High School	Notoriety
Robert Kraichnan	1944	2nd boy		National Academy of Sciences
Andrew Sessler	1945	Finalist		National Academy of Sciences
Ben Mottelson	1944	Finalist	Lyons Township High School	1975 Nobel Prize in Physics
Leon Cooper	1947	Finalist	Bronx High School of Science	1972 Nobel Prize in Physics
Martin Karplus	1947	Top Boy		2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ronald Breslow	1948	Top Boy		1991 National Medal of Science
Walter Gilbert	1949	Finalist	Sidwell Friends School	1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Sheldon Glashow	1950	Finalist	Bronx High School of Science	1979 Nobel Prize in Physics
Paul Cohen	1950	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	1966 Fields Medal
David Mumford	1953	Finalist	Phillips Exeter Academy	1974 Fields Medal
Joanna Russ	1953	Top Ten	William Howard Taft High School	Hugo and Nebula Awards, author of The Female Man
Marcian Hoff	1954	Top Ten		2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Roald Hoffmann	1955	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Leroy Hood	1958	Finalist	Shelby High School	2011 National Medal of Science
Gary A. Wegner	1963	Finalist	Bothell High School	Humboldt Prize
Ray Kurzweil	1965	Finalist	Martin Van Buren High School	1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Frank Wilczek	1967	Finalist	Martin Van Buren High School	2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
Roger Y. Tsien	1968	1st Place	Livingston High School	2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Eric Lander	1974	1st Place	Stuyvesant High School	2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Paul Zeitz	1975	1st Place	Stuyvesant High School	USAMO
Richard H. Ebright	1977	Finalist	Muhlenberg High School	American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Lisa Randall	1980	1st Place	Stuyvesant High School	National Academy of Sciences
Brian Greene	1980	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	The Elegant Universe
Noam Elkies	1981	Finalist	Stuyvesant High School	2004 Levi L. Conant Prize
Jordan Ellenberg	1989	2nd Place	Winston Churchill High School	American Mathematical Society Fellow
Matthew Headrick	1990	1st Place	University of Chicago Laboratory Schools	High h-index/highly cited physicist
Maneesh Agrawala	1990	Finalist	Montgomery Blair High School	2009 MacArthur Fellowship
Christopher Bouton	1992	Finalist	Saint Ann's School (New York City)	Entagen
Wei-Hwa Huang	1993	6th Place	Montgomery Blair High School	World Puzzle Championship 1995, 1997-1999
Jacob Lurie	1996	1st Place	Montgomery Blair High School	2014 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
Feng Zhang	2000	3rd Place	Theodore Roosevelt High School	2012 NIH Director's Pioneer Award

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External links

• Intel STS online entry system
• STS historical background