For the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors, this final summer before college has been anything but ordinary. Alyssa YuPoolesville, Maryland →Harvard UniversityOne conversation during the Regeneron Science Talent Search changed Alyssa Yu’s summer. He also submitted his Regeneron Science Talent Search physics paper to a scientific journal and is now revising it in response to peer review. She also returned to MIT’s prestigious Research Science Institute, this time as a teaching assistant in data science, statistics and research methodology. Learn more about applying to the Regeneron Science Talent Search: https://sciencetalentsearch.smapply.org/