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A Mountain View student is among five Santa Clara County high school seniors who have been selected as finalists in the this year’s Intel Science Talent Search in Washington, D.C., according to the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
Forty finalists will travel to the nation’s capital in March to compete for over $1 million in awards, including the top three receiving $150,000 each, county education officials announced last week.
The Intel Science Talent Search is a program of the Society for Science & the Public that encourages students to tackle challenging scientific questions.
Anjini Karthik of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Jonathan Ma of The Harker School in San Jose, Anin Sayana of Bellarmine College Preparatory School in San Jose, Pranav Srinivas of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino and Maya Varma of Presentation High School in San Jose will represent the Bay Area at the competition, according to county officials.
The students are past or current participants of the Synopsys Championship, Santa Clara County’s Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held this year on March 17.
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Very cool. Surprised to see that 4/5 are private.
I think Harker high school, for example, has a special PhD scientist led class on techniques in advanced science experimentation. Then you might think of the science fair project as a year or two long class project. But for more than $30,000 in tuition, you should expect something special. Maybe.
FYI, Harker has university level science labs, I think including RNA-sequencing equipment and an electron microscope.
Also, Harker tuition Grades 9-12 is $41,432 according to their web site.
Four of 5 of the students attend private schools.