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Web Site, Location, Dates, & Application Deadline |
Web Site
www-pgss.mcs.cmu.edu Location
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Dates
June 29 - August 2, 2008
Application Deadline
Postmark: Monday, January 7, 2008
Received By: Friday, January 11, 2008
Application
The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences Application
 http://www.pde.state.pa.us/excellence/lib/excellence/PGSS2008App.pdf
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In this age of information explosion, scientific research is constantly developing new frontiers and the technology with which to conquer them. It is understandably difficult in terms of budget, scheduling, and heterogeneous talents among student bodies for local schools to deliver the front line in science and mathematical experiences to students with special abilities and talents in these fields. The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences (PGSS) meets this need by providing a program in the discrete sciences, mathematics, and computer sciences that emphasizes access to hands-on laboratory research and the sophisticated technology and facilities available at Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing center, and elsewhere in the City of Pittsburgh.
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Academically talented high school students who are current juniors at the time of the application deadline may apply to the Governor's School for the Sciences. Applicants are asked to demonstrate academic achievement, especially in the sciences and mathematics and a record of pursuing this interest beyond the classroom.
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provides tuition, room, board, instructional materials and program activities for all participants. Families are responsible for transportation to and from the program, pocket money, a residential life deposit that is refunded if all conditions are met, and for damages not covered by the deposit. Students must remain in residence for the full 35-day program, including weekends. They are expected to arrive promptly for all classes and activities. There is some unscheduled time nearly every day for personal use, but the Governor's School cannot provide special facilities or alter schedules for formal athletic training, intensive music study or other commitments unrelated to the program.
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The applications are read by faculty from the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences and Carnegie Mellon University, research scientists and education officials. Applications are broken down into Intermediate Unit region groups (geographic). Applications are only compared to others in the same group and not to the entire pool. If a region does not have applications that meet basic or competitive criteria, no one from that region will be taken (however, that is a rare occurrence). A strong performance in the essays is critical to selection; a strong transcript and/or high test scores will not offset sloppy, indifferent writing.
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Essays in General Basic Criteria: Are competently written; are fully developed; avoid clichés; demonstrate an interest in the sciences, mathematics and computer science.
Competitive Criteria: Demonstrate excellent, mature writing skills; the presence of a voice and personal writing style; critical thinking; ownership of the ideas presented; self-awareness; show rather than tell readiness for program; are not "campaign" speeches; does not recite resume in place of autobiographical writing.
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| Weekdays | 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast | 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Core courses | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Labs, electives, team projects | 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Dinner, free time | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Electives, leadership, guest lecturers, special events | 8:00 p.m. | Students in residence halls, study time |  | |
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Curriculum, Faculty, & Facilities |
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The Program of Learning Core Courses To keep apace with the rapid changes in professional scietific inquiry, PGSS courses change from year to year. The courses and research opportunities listed below provide a general picture of the experiences students can expect. Students are required to take all the core courses at first but may drop one core course after the second week, provided they are carrying at least one elective course. The following are examples of recent core courses:
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