High School:

• • Awards: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category.

    • 1st place: average score ≥ 90

    • 2nd place: average score ≥ 85

    • 3rd place: average score ≥ 80

    • If no exhibit meets a threshold, that place may not be awarded.

  • NYS Science Congress competition: 

    • Top 3, 4, or 5 highest-scoring exhibits (number depends on total registered) advance to NYS Science Congress.

    • Additional alternates: 4th–9th highest-scoring exhibits receive medals as alternates (number used depends on total registered).

  • Top-scoring exhibit among all High School entries is given the prestigious Marilyn Reiner Science in Education Award

  • Top High School Award: 

    • Criteria (three separate rankings):

      • Average score across all the school's exhibits.

      • Average of the school's top three exhibit scores.

      • Points from category awards: First = 3, Second = 2, Third = 1; sum these points.

    • Scoring

      • Rank schools separately for each criterion.

      • Add the three ranks to get the school's total rank.

      • If tied on total rank, the school with the single highest individual exhibit score gets the better final rank. 

      • The school with the lowest total or best rank receives the Frank Iacopelli Award for Academic Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering  & Mathematics