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.
|
