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Young Scientist Award
Inspiring Young Minds to Embrace Science
CACS Young Scientist Award 2022, Calling for Submission
CACS Young Scientist Award 2022, Calling for Submission
PURPOSE: Dedicated to promoting chemistry and other STEM areas as a career choice among young Chinese Americans in the greater Tri-State area.
GUIDELINES: The candidates must be high school junior/senior students who will enter colleges as freshmen in the 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 academic year. The awards will be honored on the basis of the academic performance alone to those who have the highest potential & intend to pursue careers in chemistry & science-related fields.
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a full-time high school junior/senior in the 2022-2023 school year.
- Plan to enter an accredited four-year college in the 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 academic year as a full-time student.
- Have a GPA of 3.8 or higher and an SAT score above 1550 (out of 1600).
- Nominated by a current member or friend of Tri-State CACS*
*Each current member or friend of Tri-state CACS can nominate up to 2 candidates.
IMPORTANT TIMELINE
- Application deadline: September 15, 2022
- Winners notified: October 01, 2022
The application package shall include:
- An essay describing the candidate’s interest in pursuing a career in chemistry/science (500 words or above). Participation in science-related activities and innovation are highly valued.
- A list of received awards.
- A list of Advanced Placement or Honors courses with updated grades.
- Two letters of recommendation with at least one from a science teacher.
- Current transcript until the end of the junior year (for senior students) or the end of the sophomore year (for junior students).
- Documents for SAT scores, such as a screenshot showing SAT scores
Please submit all the application materials using the application form: https://bit.ly/3NRVYGD
Best wishes and stay safe!
Tri-State CACS Board
Congratulations to Awardees of The Year 2021!
Lawrence Cai
Lawrence Cai
Lawrence Cai
Lawrence Cai is a senior at Holmdel High School and has a large background in STEM. He is the developer and President of Crohn's Care, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating software to help people suffering from Crohn’s disease. He has a deep background in Robotics and leads Team 5398 Robotux in competing in the FTC competition every year winning various design awards and winning alliances.
Lawrence loves to tutor and teach kids programming and robotics in his free time and teaches Lego Robotics in underprivileged schools. He also has patent pending on various inventions relating to the science and chemistry field where he has helped with multiple research papers.
Andrew Fei
Lawrence Cai
Lawrence Cai
Andrew is currently a senior at Princeton International School of Math and Science and is planning on pursuing a career in biochemistry. He has participated in multiple chemistry competitions and is currently working on developing a paper-based glyphosate detector. As both an athlete and a school prefect, he spends a lot of time either in the pool or helping out the student body. However, he still makes time to focus on STEM in order to learn about more interesting topics. When he's not doing such activities, he can either be found at the basketball court or trying out new dishes in the school cafeteria.
Vanessa Gong
Lawrence Cai
Vanessa Gong
Vanessa Gong is currently a senior at Ridge High School who plans to pursue a career in STEM, specifically engineering. She is interested in studying systems or mechanical engineering in college and bringing more diversity in the field of STEM. Most of her free time is spent reading and sewing.
Cindy Ma
Angela Shen
Vanessa Gong
Cindy Ma is a senior at South Brunswick High School. She hopes to pursue her interest in STEM fields in college. In her free time, she enjoys being a math tutor, playing on her high school's volleyball team, and trying new foods.
Angela Shen
Angela Shen
Angela Shen
Angela Shen is a student at Holmdel High School with a deep interest in chemistry, science in general, and the arts. She has won multiple awards in the Scholastic Art Competition, and actively participates in academic competitions and National Art Honor Society. In her free time, Angela enjoys cultivating her mini succulent garden, experimenting with graphic design, and reading.
Congratulations to Awardees of The Year 2019!
Hannah Wang
Ganqiu (Jacklyn) Zhu
Hannah Wang
Hannah Wang is currently a senior at Bridgewater Raritan Regional High School. She is extremely passionate about science, particularly biology and chemistry. Her passion for hands-on learning has led her to start a club at her school that focuses on learning difficult scientific concepts through action and experimentation. When she is not
Hannah Wang is currently a senior at Bridgewater Raritan Regional High School. She is extremely passionate about science, particularly biology and chemistry. Her passion for hands-on learning has led her to start a club at her school that focuses on learning difficult scientific concepts through action and experimentation. When she is not in school, she spends most of her time at dance; her favorite style of dance being ballet. In college, she plans to major in Cellular and Molecular Biology and later pursue a career in medicine.
Evan Wang
Ganqiu (Jacklyn) Zhu
Hannah Wang
Senior Princeton High School student and budding software engineer. Involved in everything computer-related, from competitive programming and app development to computer hardware and robotics.
Ganqiu (Jacklyn) Zhu
Ganqiu (Jacklyn) Zhu
Ganqiu (Jacklyn) Zhu
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School