First Place

• Sara Douglas, East Hampton High School, NY Read Essay

Second Place

• Allan Mak, Mayde Creek High School, Houston, TX
• Ben Hale, Fairview High School, Lafayette, CO
• Daniel Stein, Suncoast High School, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Kate Stafford, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, North Dighton, MA
• Rebecca Knapp, The Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Hackensack, NJ

Third Place

• Alicia Manning, Paul R. Wharton High School, Tampa, FL
• Betsy Frost, Escola Americana de Brasilia, Brazil
• Courtney Glass, Kinkaid High School, Houston TX
• James Vanzo, Essex Junction High School, Essex Junction, VT
• Josh Branson, St. Marks School of Texas, Dallas, TX
• Julia Haag, Florence High School, Florence, CO
• Leah Levinger, Home Schooled, San Francisco, CA
• Michael McDonald, Plymouth-Salem High School, Canton, MI
• Robyn Schroeder, Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, IN
• Selina Spinos, Midlothian High School, Midlothian, VA

Finalist

• Andrea Holman, A & M Consolidated High School, College Station, TX
• Anne Gordon, North Middlesex Regional High School, Townsend, MA
• Annie Erlandson, Lincoln Independent Study High School, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Billy Grams, Father Lopez High School, Daytona Beach, FL
• Brigit McGuire, St Thomas More High School, Rapid City, SD
• Courtney Donner, Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, IN
• Devin Browne, La Canada High School, La Canada, CA
• Erica Fuss, Holmen High School, Holmen, WI
• Jeff Gabster, Sentinel High School, Missoula, MT
• Jennifer Loucks, Guilderland High School, Guilderland Center, NY
• Jennifer Silverman, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, CT
• Jeremy Freed, University School, Huntington Valley, OH
• Jeremy M Murphy, Oak Park High School, Oak Park, CA
• Jessica Bantham, University High School, Normal, IL
• Jill Schoepf, Apollo High School, St Cloud, MN
• Joyce E DeLyria, Elsik High School, Houston, TX
• Justin Christofel, Stephen Hempstead Senior High School, Dubuque, IA
• Karen Drahos, Roanoke Catholic School, Roanoke, VA
• Katherine Casey, The Key School, Annapolis, MD
• Katie Zagnoli, Douglas County High School, Castle Rock, CO
• Laura Burns, Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN
• Laura Ridge, Plainsboro High School, Princeton, NJ
• Maha Zehra Jafri, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
• Marvin Campbell, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill, PA
• Matthew Soerens, Clonlara School, Ann Arbor, MI
• Mauri Elizabeth Systo, Crittenden County High School, Marion, KY
• Meredith Stewart, Sheldon High School, Sacramento, CA
• Michelle Joyce Parthum, Muskego High School, Muskego, WI
• Rachel Pease, St Amant High School, St Amant, LA
• Robert Frohardt, George Washington High School, Denver, CO
• Sarah Jazmine Fugate, Gate City High School, Gate City, VA
• Shaun Lue, Clear Brook High School, Friendwood, TX
• Talia Cele Robins Liben, Maimonides School, Brookline, MA
• Will Shipley, Saugus High School, Saugus, CA

Semi-Finalist

• Adam Champion, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Worthington, OH
• Alessandra Gonzalez, Stratford Senior High School, Houston, TX
• Alexis Teagarden, Immaculate High School, Danbury, CT
• Ali Aghazadeh Naini, Weyburn Comprehensive High School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan
• Alice Chen, Brookfield High School, Brookfield, CT
• Alice Ching, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, IL
• Alicia Williams, One High School Hill, Atascadero, CA
• Alison Conner, West Genessee High School, Camillus, NY
• Amanda Shaw, Narbonne Math-Science Magnet, Harbor City, CA
• Amber Smith, Alton High School, Alton, IL
• Amir Shachmurove, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA
• Amy Courtright, Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
• Andrea Eddy, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL
• Andrew Marx, Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing, NJ
• Andrew Moore, Delran High School, Delran, NJ
• Andy Rossmeissl, Madison East High School, Madison, WI
• Angela Marie Lipe, Pine Forest High School, Fayetteville, NC
• Angie Chang, 124 North Maple St., Enfield, CT
• Angie Olson, Mt. Vernon High School, Fortville, IN
• Anna Chrzanowska, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
• Anna Kolontyrsky, Saint Anns School, Brooklyn, NY
• Annie Yaniga, Berea High School, Berea, OH
• Ariel Lyons-Warren, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, MO
• Arielle Benstin, Pomperaug High School, Southbury, CT
• Ashley Brodkin, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
• Barbara Flick, Mother of Mercy High School, Cincinnati, OH
• Birgit Larson, Omaha Westside High School, Omaha, NE
• Bobby Ren, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, NC
• Brandon Levitan, St. Gregory College Prep,
• Brett Holverstott, Kentwood High School, Covington, WA
• Brian Reichard, Lafayette High School, Lafayette, LA
• Brianna Ranney, Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
• Bridget Heenan, Phoenixville Area High School, Phoenixville, PA
• Camilla Page, Viewmont High School, Bountiful, UT
• Charlie Buck, Atascadero High School, Atascadero, CA
• Christina Zawerucha, Suffern High School, Suffern, NY
• Christopher Garvie, Taconic Hills High School, Craryville, NY
• Claire McKenna, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, MO
• Clay Houser, Meade High School, Meade, KS
• Clint Lohse, Kaycee High School, Kaycee, WY
• Colleen A. McCoy, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
• Colleen Griffin, Homer Central High School, Homer, NY
• Colleen M. Samson, Hugh C. Williams High School, Canton, NY
• Cynthia McReynolds, Ross S. Sterling High School, Baytown, TX
• Daniel Ellman, Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
• Daniel J. Kleinbaum, The Pennington School, Pennington, NJ
• Daniel Nehemiah Leatherwood, Central Kitsap High School, Silverdale, WA
• Daphne Rozenblatt, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
• Darnisha, Amante, John Dewey High School, Brooklyn, NY
• David Kenner, Concord Academy, Concord, M
• David Marcovitz, Upper Dublin high School, Ft. Washington, PA
• Dennis Kearney, Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford, MA
• Dia Saunders, Durango High School, Durango, CO
• Dieu-Hien Huynh, Evergreen High School, Vancouver, WA
• Dinah Goldberg, Burlington High School, Burlington, VT
• Edwin A Pell IV, Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck, NY
• Elaine Chang, Atlantic High School, Delray Beach, FL
• Elise Mravunac, James Madison High School, Portland, OR
• Elizabeth Blackford, Grand Blanc High School, Grand Blanc, MI
• Elizabeth C. Villines, Newton High School, Newton, KS
• Elizabeth Carlisle, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT
• Elizabeth Chan, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
• Elizabeth Daily, Mattoon High School, Mattoon, IL
• Elizabeth Darbie, Walnut Hills, High School, Cincinnati, OH
• Elizabeth Vandik, Benet Academy, Lisle, IL
• Emi Aprekuma, St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, IL
• Emily Barnes, Kentlake High School, Kent, WA
• Erica Raterman, Skyline High School, Idaho Falls, ID
• Erin McCarty, Millard West High School, Omaha, NE
• Erinn Beck, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
• Esther Goordeen, American High School, Hialeah, FL
• Eugene Dyer Stewart, Narraguagus High School, Harrington, ME
• Evan Samek, Blaine High School, Blaine, MN
• Fay Ellen LaManna, Toms River High School, Toms River, NJ
• Gaylen Elyse Marano, John F. Kennedy, Bellmore, NY
• George Gilbert, Bethseda-Chevy Chase, Silver Springs, MD
• Greg Faucher, Stanton College Pre, Jacksonville, FL
• Heather Mercer, Maumee High School, Maumee, OH
• Heidi Misty Benstead, Augusta Christian School, Martinez, GA
• Jake Spirek, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO
• James G. Sweeney, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
• James Quacinella, Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY
• Jared Blackburn, Westminister Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Jeannine Sherman, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS
• Jennifer Fox, Port Richmond High School, Staten Island, NY
• Jennifer Lyn Strickland, St. Marys Memorial High, St. Marys, OH
• Jennifer Malkovski, Whiney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
• Jennifer Page, Brecksville-Broadview High School, Broadview Heights, OH
• Jennifer Silver, Hewitt-Trussville High School, Trussville, AL
• Jeremy Berman, West Bloomfield High School West Bloomfield, MI
• Jeremy Shuback, West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield, MI
• Jessamyn A Fairfield, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
• Jill McClain, Vanguard College Prep School, Waco, TX
• Joan Colflesh, Olentangy High School, Lewis Center, OH
• Joanne Yim, McKinley High School, Honolulu, HI
• Johanna Wright, Wisconsin Heights High School, Mazomanie, WI
• John Butt, Holy Cross High School, Riverside, NJ
• John E. DeeWald Jr., University Liggett High School, Grosse Point Woods, M
• John Knauss, San Marino High School, San Marino, C
• John Mulligan, Clinton High School, Clinton, WI
• Jonathan Barley, Francis Scott Key High School, Union Bridge, MD
• Jorge Andres Barrett, Trinity Valley School, Ft. Worth, TX
• Joshua J. Markowitz, Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago, IL
• Julian Smith, Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck, NY
• Juliet Serra, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
• Justin Grant Turner, Northside Christian Academy, Charlotte, NC
• Justin M. Fowler, Jamestown High School, Williamsburg, VA
• Kari Allen, Oneida High School, Oneida, NY
• Katherine Victoria Molina, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, IA
• Katie Hintz, Norris High School, Firth, Nebraska
• Katie McBride, Owensboro Catholic High School, Owensboro, KY
• Katie McKee, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, MN
• Kristen Aldebol, J.L. Mann Academy, Greenville, SC
• Kurt Samson, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
• Larry Dressel, Troy High School, Troy, MI
• LaToya Thurman, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands, CA
• Leah Lenardic, Brookfield East High School, Brookfield, WI
• Leigh Seeleman, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA
• Lindsey Smith, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
• Lisa Konno, Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, HI
• Lori Ann Flores, Alice High School, Alice, TX
• Lynzie M.. Steffel, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
• Maggie Walsh, Wellington Community High School, Wellington, FL
• Maithilee Kunda, Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, TN
• Malini Kochhar, Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, India
• Maria Haverovich, Line Mountain High School, Herndon, PA
• Mark Christy, Wyoming Park High School, Wyoming, MI
• Marshall Bussen, Waukesha West High School, Waukesha, WI
• Mary Barrett, Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro, MA
• Matt Lockaby, McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN
• Maurice R. Ayache, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, NY
• Mellah Lipp, Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna, WI
• Michael Cherry, Schoharie Central School, Main Street Schoharie, NY
• Michael Elias, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
• Michael Gertner, John F. Kennedy, Bellmore, NY
• Michael Hansen, Powell High School, Powell, WY
• Michelle M. Mora, Windsor High School, Windsor, CO
• Michelle Yuen, Fontbonne Hall Academy, Brooklyn, NY
• Miroslav Enev, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
• Natalie Beal, Hilliard Davidson High School, Hilliard, OH
• Nick Brown, Evergreen High School, Seattle, WA
• Nicole Rae Henry, Meridian High School, Meridian, TX
• Nilo F. Couret, St Joseph Academy, St Augustine, FL
• Owen Wickenkamp, Pauls Valley High School, Pauls Valley, OK
• Pam Dutt, Petoskey High School, Petoskey, MI
• Patricia Krugjohn, Sturgis High School, Sturgis, SD
• Patrick Kelly, Hinsdale South High School, Darien, IL
• Patrick Levin, Framingham High School, Framingham, MA
• Patrick Maynard, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
• Paul Best, home school, Surry, NH
• Paul Boehlert, St Pius X Catholic High School, Atlanta, GA
• Peter Jenks, The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN
• Peter T Cahill, Community High School, Downers Grove, IL
• Phillip Ortmann, Ford City High School, Ford City, PA
• Rachel Hicklen, Blackman High School, Murfreesboro, TN
• Rachyl Stupor, Newberg High School, Newberg, OR
• Rob Hill, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Rob Schwieger, Eugene, OR
• Robert Bortins, Pinebrook Academy, Winston-Salem, NC
• Robert J. Johnston, Palos Verdes Peninsuela High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
• Robin A. Smith, Yorktown, VA
• Rose Weill, Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria, VA
• Rrhiannon Leach, Tahquah High School, Tahquah, OK
• Ryan James David, Ontario High School, Ontario, OR
• Ryan P. Ireland, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem, PA
• Saly Thomas, Plano east Senior, Plano, TX
• Sam Bagwell, Hoover High School, Glendale, C
• Sam Dreeben, San Antoniio, TX
• Sandra Salsbury, Woodside High, Woodside, CA
• Sarah Bowerman, Bethel Regional High School, Bethel, AK
• Sarah J. Wu, Carlsbad High School, Carlsbad, NM
• Sarah Jansen, Woodbridge High School, Irvine, CA
• Sarah Miller, Allianc High School, Alliance, NE
• Satyajit Sarna, Walt Whitman High School, Bethseda, MD
• Scott Grant Stewart, Malibu High School, Malibu, CA
• Scott W. Morey, Frankfort High School, Frankfort, MI
• Sergey, Rakhmanov, Armwood High School, Seffner, FL
• Shelby M. Renoos, Chippewa Falls Senior High, Chippewa Falls, WI
• Stacy Lorfeld, Shoreland Lutheran High School, Somers, WI
• Stephan I. Miran, Nanuet Senior High, Nanuet, NY
• Stephanie Leah Wolter, Marine Academy, Sandy Hook, NJ
• Stephen Ou, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
• Steven Bair, Billings Senior High School, Billings, MT
• Sunny Hwang, Pasadena High School, Pasadena, CA
• Suzanne Oliason, Round Rock High School, Round Rock, TX
• Tamara Marie Woodson, Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, CA
• Tammi Stout, Randall High School, Amarillo, TX
• Theodore Wu, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA
• Thieng Le, Stone Bridge High School, Ashburn, VA
• Thomas Workoff, Silver Creek Central School, Silver Creek, NY
• Tim Christian Ganser, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
• Tim Miller, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL
• Tony Walters, Tahlequah Senior High, Tahlequah, OK
• Tracy M. Holmes, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
• Truc Nnguyen, Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, CA
• Tu (Tiffany) Cam Le, Escondido High School, Escondido, CA
• Tyler Deveny, Saint Albans High School, Saint Albans, WV
• Tyler Seiple, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Worthington, OH
• Udhay Krishnan, The Wheatley School, Old Westbury New York
• William C. Schnackel, University School, Hunting Valley, OH