<p>This won’t help you, but I am a co-primary investigator in what will most likely be a finalist for the SSEP. It means I’ll be part of one of the teams that goes up on the last shuttle. </p>
<p>If you’re interested in Biological Engineering, see if you can find someone to sponsor a SMART Team. We get a mentor who gives us information about his/her favorite protein and we make a molecular story. This year, we’re seeing if we can publish the story we created on proteopedia, the protein Wikipedia. If we can, it will count as a scientific publication. If you like biology, look into starting one. The Milwaukee School of Engineering is the school that sponsors all of the SMART Teams. There is summer training for teacher sponsors, but it is possible to be a teacher sponsor for the first year without it. That’s what my current sponsor did (we changed sponsors - old one moved.) We presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in a poster session along with graduate students. We also heard a really renowned biologist (the name escapes me) give a level 400 biology lecture (in terms of college lectures). </p>
<p>I’m part of the Maryland MESA (mathematics engineering and science achievement). I don’t know if it is in other states, but I picked what liked (effective communications. Other options are bridge, windmill, and electric cargo plane. I might be forgetting something.) and got 1st in regionals for my team. The policy for advancement is messed up in my area, though: the team that gets the MOST places goes to states. The other teams told me they had it down. They didn’t. It’s not that hard to get to States, though. </p>
<p>Assuming you’re a decent test taker, you could look into various Olympiads. There’s a physics (USAPhO), a chemistry (USNCO), a biology (USABO), and two computer programming olympiads (USACO and NACLO). </p>
<p>You could also self study science APs. I’m going to take a total of 22 tests (every single one minus the languages/music theory/arts) and self study 10 of them. I’m selfstudying both Calcs, bio, Env Sci, and both Physics C tests in addition to some humanities. </p>
<p>There are also a variety of SAT Subject Tests (SAT IIs) that you can take related to math and science: Chemistry, Math II, Physics, Biology focusing on Ecology (Bio E), and Biology focusing in molecules (Bio M).</p>
<p>Someone here may be able to tell you about the various robotics ECs (FIRST is a common one). I’ve never done it, though.</p>
<p>You could design a website, iPod app, or computer game. You could look into becoming an intern at a local tech company or gaining some certification. That’s all I can think of that’s math and science related off the top of my head.</p>