NY Science Nerds At It Again

NY State has the most semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search, with 117 entrants out of 300. Eighteen semifinalists are from NYC public schools. Here's the breakdown: Stuyvesant has 7; Bronx Science has 6; Townsend Harris, SI Tech, Murrow, Midwood and Brooklyn Tech each have 1. Mayor Bloomberg said, "It's another testament to the quality of our schools." Well, it's a testament to seven schools, at least.

Forty finalists will be chosen on January 31. Last year, no one from a NYC public school made it, but don't worry - each semi-finalist gets $1,000 and his or her schools gets $1,000.

And here's the list of semi-finalists for NY State.

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By Jen Chung in News on January 18, 2007 1:53 PM

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pocketpenprotector

go science!!!

bigloser

I was a semi-finalist in 1996, and now I'm a temp. Go me!

patty and thelma

The money guys will attract gold diggers. Yeah, quality women.

amazing

Head of the Claaaaaass!!!

Wally

Why do asians giggle like little girls? Its hard to take them seriously.

mikestuy

those fuckin' stuy nerds

smitty

A girl from my high school in CA was an Intel finalist in 1999. She later went on to MIT (I think she had a full scholarship from what I heard) and she was Miss Massachusetts and competed in the Miss America pageant.

jen's conscience

yea why call them nerds? What an asshole.

Samantha T

Meh. A dude from my high school class was lauded as some math/science genius, went to MIT and is extremely successful. I still wouldn't go near him with a ten-foot-pole. I'm self-sufficient that way, though.