Ingenuity at Poly

The Ingenuity Project at Poly is a citywide public school program for academically gifted students in grades 9 to 12. The focus of Ingenuity is on advanced mathematics, science and research. Admission is by examination; qualifying students perform independent research projects off campus during the summers and during their senior year of school. Ingenuity emphasizes participation in competitions at city, state, and national levels including entry to the Intel Science Talent Search.

Ingenuity students are an elite corps of college bound Poly students: high achieving, hard working, and goal oriented.

The Ingenuity Project at Poly 2007-2008 enrollment: 132 students in grades 9-12; average class size for mathematics and science classes: 21.

In 2001-2008 100% of Ingenuity's classes entered colleges and universities. College acceptances:

Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis, Johns Hopkins, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Penn State, Lehigh, Duke, Haverford, Prinston University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Maryland, Washington University in St. Louis, Carlton, University of Virginia, Wake Forest University, Washington and Lee University, United States Naval Academy, and many others.

Additional Academic Achievements

• Freshman Lawrence Wang scored a perfect 800 on math SAT. Also a perfect 800 score received: junior Annabel Boeke in reading and writing, junior Hannah Bands in reading and senior Shauna Linn in writing, May 2008.
• Channel 2 teen reporter Lauren Robinson interviewed Ingenuity at Poly students Eboni Lightner, Dominique Duval, David Lai and Shauna Linn. The interview was broadcast on May 31.
• Senior Shauna Linn won two awards at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta, Georgia. She won the First Place Award from Psy Chi (the Psychology Honor Society) and ISEF's Second Place Award in the category of Behavioral Sciences.
• Michail Denchev won the 1st Place in the Senior Web Sites category at the National History Day. Anne Juan won the 2nd place in the Senior Individual Documentaries Category. Jeanie Lai and Michael Lampart received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Award, April 2008.
• Ingenuity team won a third place in the 2007-08 Maryland Math League contest, and Joel Wheatley received the highest cumulative score at Poly.
• Junior Jasmen Rice won a Gold Medal in Medicine and Health at Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). Senior Dominique Duval and junior Ariel Bowers won silver medals in Medicine and Health and in Earth and Space Sciences respectively. Junior Ebony Ashby-Bey won Bronze in Engineering, April 2008.
• Senior David Lai won the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Award.
• Ingenuity students are the winners at the 2008 Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). Oral Research Presentations: 2nd place - David Lai; Poster Presentations: 1st place - Tyrone Howard, 2nd place - Christian Wisner-Carlson, 3rd place - Reema Sharma.
• Senior Shauna Linn won the Grand Prize in Biological Sciences and the American Society for Quality for Use of Statistical Analysis Award at the 2008 Baltimore Science Fair. Senior David Lai won the National Society of Black Engineers Award.
• Ingenuity students Carly Wais and Matthew Ekey are Carson Scholars, March 2008.
• Three Ingenuity at Poly students, the winners of AMC 12, qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME).
• Ingenuity at Poly senior, Shauna Linn, is a USA Bio Olympiad semifinalist.
• David Lai, an Ingenuity at Poly senior, is the Siemens Competition semifinalist, October 2007.
• Black Professional Men, Inc. (BPM) honored three Ingenuity seniors, Brandon Demory, Brandon Jones and Jerimiah Cross, as new BPM Scholars for 2007, June 2007.
• Ingenuity at Poly senior Lynna Nguyen is a recipient of the 2007 Maryland Science Center Dr. H. Bentley Glass Scholarship, May 2007.
• Two Ingenuity at Poly juniors scored a perfect 800 on Math SAT 2; senior Aaron Jones is the first Ingenuity student to score a perfect 800 on SAT 2 US History Exam.
• Ingenuity team won a second place in the 2006-07 Maryland Math League contest, and Joel Wheatley with 31 cumulative points (out of 36) is #8 on the list of high scoring students, April 2007.
• Ingenuity at Poly students took 1st place in the Senior Group Documentary categoy in the Maryland History Day contest.
• Ingenuity at Poly students won 1st place at 2007 Maryland Wood Bridge Challenge, April 2007.
• Three Ingenuity sophomores have been selected by the judges to receive a 2007 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Honorable Mention Award, March 2007.
• Ingenuity at Poly senior, Danielle Weissman, is a USA Bio Olympiad semifinalist. She is among the top 500 participants nationwide eligible to take the Semifinal Exam.
• Emma Call is the Intel Science Talent Search 2007 winner, she places 10th in the nation.
• Three Ingenuity at Poly students, the winners of AMC 12, qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam.
• Ingenuity junior Michael Mountain is a winner of the University of Maryland Math Competition in the City of Baltimore.
• 8 Ingenuity at Poly students solved all the problems with a perfect score in a Maryland Math League.
• 10 Ingenuity students were inducted to the William R. King Chapter of the National Honor Society, December 2006.
• Ingenuity at Poly senior scored a perfect 800 on Math SAT 2.
• Emma Call, an Ingenuity at Poly senior, is the Siemens Westinghouse Competition semifinalist! October 2006.
• Ingenuity senior Renae Mitchell placed first in the Senior Papers category at the Local National History Day Competition. Seniors Sam Hudnet and Justin Tibbels placed second in the Senior Group Documentaries at the State History Day Competition. Senior Jerusa Contee placed third in the same category and won the award for Best Ethics Issue with her project.
• Ingenuity at Poly senior Justin Tibbels won The Young Naturalist Awards competition for the 12th Grade Division.
• Ingenuity junior Emma Call places 4th in Egineering at the 57th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 2006.
• Ingenuity alumnus Ryan Harrison, 2005 Intel 5th place winner, is inducted into the National Gallery for America's Young Inventors in Akron, Ohio. Each year 6 students nationwide are inducted, and Ryan is one of the six.
• Ingenuity students performed incredibly well at the 2006 Baltimore Science Fair winning both of the Grand Prizes: Grand Prize in Biological Sciences: Nahathai (Ploy) Srivali, and Grand Prize in Physical Sciences: Emma Call. Our Grand Prize winners went go to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis. Myers (Abe) Davis won First Place in Physical Sciences.
• Emma Calll represented Maryland at the 2006 Junior Science and Humanities National Symposium in Albuquerque, NM, on April 25, 2006.
• Myers Davis, the Ingenuity at Poly senior, is the Intel Science Talent Search 2005-2006 winner.
• 13 Ingenuity at Poly students qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME), February 2006.
• Renae Mitchell, Whitney Taylor and Justin Tibbels, Ingenuity seniors, receive an early acceptance and tuition scholarships to Johns Hopkins University, December 2005.
• Myers Davis and Owen Hill, Ingenuity at Poly seniors, are the Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, November 2005.
• Myers Davis, Ingenuity senior, is a semifinalist in the Siemens Westinghouse Science Competition, October 2005.
• Jack Kearns, Jacob Mallott and Nahathai Srivali scored a perfect 800 on the mathematics SAT.
• Ingenuity senior Ryan Harrison places 5 th in nation in Intel Science Talent Search, March 2005.
• Ryan Harrison, Jasmine Jones and Kim Smith have been accepted by the Johns Hopkins University as part of its new Baltimore Scholars program ( $30,140 tuition scholarships), December 2004.
• Tam Nguyen, Ingenuity at Poly senior, is a semifinalist in the Siemens Westinghouse Science Competition, October 2004.
• Graduating senior, Jennifer Weston , scored 800 in both Mathematics and Verbal SAT. Jennifer was the first Ingenuity student to score a perfect 1600 on the SAT, May 2004.
• Antonio Didonato scored 800, a perfect score, on the Math SAT.
• Sophomore scored 800 on the Physics SAT Subject Test.
• Freshman scored 800 on the Biology SAT Subject Test.
• Junior scored 800 on the Math SAT and another scored 800 on the Verbal SAT, Winter 2004
• Ingenuity at Poly has had four graduating classes in 2004, and at least one student from each class has scored 800 on the Math SAT. Three students from the Class of 2003 scored 800.
• Graduate (Class of 2001) completed college in three years and is now a Fulbright Scholar.

In order to receive college credit for an Advanced Placement (AP) course, students must score a grade of 3 or better on the AP exam at the completion of the course. However, it is still at the discretion of the college/university to determine how much credit a student will receive.