The list of regional finalists in the Siemens competition has been posted at:
http://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/SIMS/DocumentAssets/405194_v2.pdf
Congratulations to all of the finalists, and to all of those who participated in the competition, whether finalists or not! I think this program is very worthwhile.
One aspect of this that bothers me a little, though: the 97 finalists come from just 20 states--mostly the usual suspects. I do not think that these states have a lock on "smart people," nor a lock on "hard-working people," but it seems to me that there is some inequality of opportunity that is reflected in the list of finalists. Of course, there will be regions within the favored states where there is less opportunity than in other regions within those states. The geographic concentration is probably more extreme than the 20/50 fraction represents.
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