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Extra-curricular success at Immerse Education: Read the stories of 100% scholarship winners!

Immerse Education essay competition winners were awarded 100% scholarships to summer schools in Cambridge, Oxford, London and Sydney. The next round of free competition is open until 4th January 2023.

Back in 2021, 14-year-old Kornelia’s school in Poland invited her to take part in a competition hosted by Immerse Education. The rules were simple - write a 500 word essay, answering a subject-specific question set by the educational summer school company Immerse Education.

“I was so taken aback, I could not believe what I was seeing! On my way back from school I decided to open my emails, not expecting much in all honesty. Immerse’s name popped up and I stopped.”

Kornelia, quoted above, was one of ten students per year awarded a 100% fully-funded scholarship, and joined the Immerse Education programme in 2022.

When students are invited to take part in an essay competition, it can often feel as though they are putting a lot of effort in for something that may never happen. For scholarship winners like Kornelia, Pedro, Riya and Noor, this thought had also crossed their minds. It’s a lot of work, on top of school assignments, to make time to go through the process of writing a university-style essay.

Noor also won a 100% scholarship, attending the Law Academic Insights programme in 2022.

The essay that Noor wrote was in response to the question ‘What is an example of modern slavery?’. A sensitive and nuanced topic such as this one made Noor stop to think - making sure to create a carefully considered answer.

“I found out about the essay competition through my school in Pakistan. When I read about the prizes that participants could win I was surprised. The essay prompts for all the subjects were genuinely fascinating and thought provoking, which made me want to write an essay even if I didn’t win.”

Essay writing is a skill which, like any other skill, needs to be practiced and developed over time. Critical thinking and constructing persuasive arguments which are also backed up with water-tight research is a skill that many students struggle to master, making this free-to-enter competition a fantastic way to develop essay writing skills outside of school.

We spoke to a member of the Immerse Education essay competition team about how they choose the winning essays.

“We receive thousands of competition entries every year from students all over the world. Marked anonymously by our panel of expert tutors, each essay is given careful consideration, and a score based on impact and clarity amongst a variety of other aspects that make an excellent essay. We’re thrilled to be able to give this opportunity to everyone, and it’s great to meet the scholarship winners when they attend the programme of their choice in the summer”

The essay competition is running again in 2022 and 2023, and is open to all students, from anywhere in the world. The competition offers the opportunity for students to practice their essay-writing skills, with essay questions on over 25 topics. Although the 100% scholarship prize is only awarded to 10 winners, Immerse Education also awards runners-up with partial scholarships of up to 50% off their summer school.

You can read both Noor’s and Kornelia’s story and a selection of other 100% scholarship winners here .

Learn more about the Immerse Education Essay Competition here . The current competition closes on the 4th of January 2023.

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Immerse Education 2020 Essay Competition Success

The Immerse Education Essay Competition offered students from around the world the opportunity to benefit from their award-winning academic programmes. Muhammad's essay has been selected to receive a partial scholarship to attend the Immerse Education academic summer programmes in 2020, held in Cambridge University colleges in the UK. 

Read his winning article below:

24° 28' N 54° 20' E

This was the current location of Admiral Clay on the large yet jagged planet of Breccia.

Stationed with a small band of ten infantry soldiers and a set of military equipment, Clay was tasked with defending one of Breccia’s many cadmium deposits from the dreaded interstellar empire: the Eartheners. Legend states that this ferocious empire can traverse between galaxies in months and construct Dyson Spheres in mere weeks. Breccia was their next target. Breccia was forced to divide their current active military the best they can, equating to only a handful of units for every significant ore deposit and mineral reserves. However, this would only slow down the inevitable.

“Any news, Admiral?” asked Lieutenant Ebsworth, Clay's second in command.

“The Eartheners have conquered our neighbouring planet, Diorite. Luckily, all of the researches stationed there have been evacuated. It is expected that they will construct a skyhook by evening and launch an attack at midnight,” replied Clay.

“And what are the government doing?”

“We have a plan.”

Sure enough, a large rod of metal was orbiting Diorite: a skyhook. This invention can launch hundreds of non-lightspeed spacecraft within a day. Unbeknownst to the Eartheners, Breccia had been anticipating this for a long time. Despite their lack of exploration beyond their own solar system, they have developed heat-seeking missiles that can travel up to a parsec’s distance. Across the Breccian horizon, Clay and Ebsworth observed an immense exertion of smoke, followed by the launch of thousands of missiles into the atmosphere. Eager yet anxious, Clay and Ebsworth watched the event unfold through their portable telescope.

What followed was a brilliant explosion of white, rapidly dismantling both the Earthen base and the now non-existent planet. Rejoice and triumph erupted all over Breccia. But then, silence.

From beneath the smoky remains of Diorite emerged a single entity: an Earthen Dreadnaught. Capable of storing a million colonists and having the fire power off a white dwarf, the fear that it induced to poor Breccia was understandable.

Admiral Clay and his squadron lay down in shame. Even though the battle wasn’t lost on their behalf, they felt responsible and embarrassed for the planet's flimsy defenses. Through the government communication intercom, several voices were frantically arguing on what orders to give to each squadron. Alas, it was no use – the fate of Breccia had been decided.

Over the coming days, Breccia descended into a state of despair. While some fought with resistance, attempting to destroy the Megalodon with only a handful of puny jets, most did otherwise. The government decided to destroy all valuable resources in the planet, even bombing the very cadmium deposit that Clay and his squadron was tasked to protect just a few moments prior.

Of the ten members of the squadron, only one was killed during the onslaught. That, of course, was Admiral Clay himself, who sacrificed his future so that Ebsworth and his comrades could escape with the Breccian evacuation operation. At last, the Eartheners celebrated yet another successful expansion of their interplanetary empire, but little did they know, the war hadn't yet ended; Breccia will live to fight another day.

Muhammad, Year 10

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Immerse Education Essay Competition

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Immerse Education Essay Competition: Win a full scholarship to the Immerse Summer School in Oxford, Cambridge, London or Online! The Immerse Education Essay Competition offers students the opportunity to win a 100% scholarship for one of Immerse Education’s award-winning residential or online academic programmes (further information below). In the last round of the Essay competition, there were 10 full scholarship winners and 300 shortlisted partial scholarship winners selected from over 4000 entries. Students aged 13-18 are required to submit essay responses to a pre-set question relating to their chosen subject and age group. From  Medicine, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Creative Writing, English Literature, and many more subjects , there is a category for every area of interest. The competition is a great way to practice your academic writing skills and previous scholarship winners have referenced their success in the Essay Competition on their university application to the world’s top universities. For further guidance and to enter, visit  https://www.immerse.education/essay-competition/   (Deadline for entry: 5th January 2022)

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Immerse Education Essay Winner – Iram Pannu

February 15, 2022.

Iram Pannu, a student of Grade 8, has won a scholarship of 20% to take part in summer programs at Oxford, Cambridge and LSE through the Immerse Education Essay Competition 2022.

The Immerse Education Essay Competition provides students aged between 13 and 18 with the opportunity to submit essays related to their chosen subject. Iram presented her essay on the topic ‘Romance’. She did a wonderful job of capturing the essence of the Romance genre and what it means to everyone.

Iram’s words depicted Romance differently amongst her competitors and pushed her to win. We are proud of your achievement, Iram. Best of luck for all future endeavours!

“Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no; it is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;”

– Shakespeare, Sonnet 116

Romance, a genre which has never failed to make my heart aflutter. The theme tugs at vulnerable  hearts. Love, the word itself makes us feel an emotion, that some are desperately trying to find while  some don’t want to believe in it’s existence. It tempts inquisitive teenagers along with wise adults  with its overwhelming clichés and makes them believe that love is the most beautiful thing that one  can experience.

Romance can be found in the deepest corner of a library, where only the hopeless romantics look, for  a new journey down the rocky road of love to make their heart skip a beat. Even the most intellectual  minds find themselves turned towards the calling of romance. Romance stirs something deep inside us  which is not in our control.

Romance pulls us into a fairy tale, where we observe the love shared between two individuals. As we  observe their growing admiration towards one another, we start to get emotionally connected to the  characters and we hope to find love, the love which is in a romance novel.

Romance, as a genre, lets us be in a character’s shoes as we feel their extreme emotions take over us.  It lets us empathise with the characters in their most difficult times and makes us celebrate in their  happiest. Although, this is applicable for all genres, romance has much more to offer and one of those  things is an assured happy ending. Happy endings have always seemed to reassure me that the love  between the main leads is eternal, which makes it easier for oneself to connect to the characters. We  understand them and put ourselves in their situation just to feel their happiness and their pain.

One of the greatest examples of eternal love is the love between Heathcliff and Catherine from Wuthering Height, by Emily Brontë . The love between Heathcliff and Catherine was so passionate  that it destroyed the others around them. Catherine had a lot of pride due to which she tried to forget  her love for Heathcliff and married Edgar Linton. But, her love for Heathcliff was much more than  her pride. Though she was married to Edgar, she knew that she could never love him as much as she  loved Heathcliff. Heathcliff never gave up on his love. One thing that never failed to surprise me was  his faith in his love for Catherine.

There are countless people who assume that romance is mainly based on physical affection, but,  romance is so much more. It’s about the emotional bond that a reader and the characters share. It’s  more about the people and their emotions than the physical display of affection. Romance teaches us  that love has no religion, caste or sex and that everyone has the right to love and be loved.

In conclusion to this, romance gives an encouraging and important message, which is that everyone  deserves to be loved. It teaches us compassion and brings us together in a way that no other genre can.

IMMERSE EDUCATION ESSAY COMPETITION

Application Deadline: 12th September 2024

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Take part in the Immerse Education Essay Competition for your chance to win a full or partial scholarship to our university and career preparation programmes

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The Immerse Education Essay Competition provides the opportunity for students aged 13-18 to submit essay responses to a question of their choice relating to a subject of interest. There are over twenty questions to choose from which can be found in our full Essay Competition Guide. 10 winners will receive a 100% scholarship to study with us at a world-leading university of their choosing. Outstanding runners-up also receive partial scholarships.

The Immerse Education Essay Competition is open to students worldwide of all nationalities. You must be aged between 13-18 during your chosen programme.

10 winners will receive a 100% scholarship. Take a look at previous essay competition winners.

Runners Up will be awarded partial scholarships of up to 50% to study their chosen subject with Immerse. The number of runners-up will be determined by the number of entries received and the quality of the work submitted. The next category of entrants who are not runner-ups receive partial scholarships worth up to 20%

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The Immerse Education Essay Competition provides the opportunity for students aged 13-18 to submit essay responses to a question of their choice relating to a subject of interest. There are over twenty questions to choose from which can be found in the full Essay Competition Guide. 10 winners will receive a 100% scholarship to study at a world-leading university of their choosing. Outstanding runners-up also receive partial scholarships.

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Immerse Education was founded in 2012 with the aim of providing students aged 13-18 with unparalleled educational experiences. We have educated thousands of students through our exceptional academic enrichment programmes in the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge University, University College London and the University of Sydney. Check out our courses in Cambridge, Oxford, London, Sydney and Online courses. At Immerse, we are committed to the highest quality of education. Our programmes are unique in their focus on academic rigour, stimulating our participant&rsqu... continue reading

• Funded scholarship to study abroad:  The essay competition offers students like you the chance to win a full or partial scholarship to one of their Online Programmes or residential programmes in locations such as Oxford, Cambridge, Sydney, London and more.
• Ongoing support from Immerse while you write:  Full support from the team as you write your essay, with free guides and top tips to help you along the way. Sign up to receive the full Essay competition Guide and free tips and tricks as you write.
• Demonstrate what you know:  The competition is a chance for you to demonstrate your content knowledge by answering advanced university-style questions.
• Build your skills and knowledge:  The opportunity to apply and advance your essay writing skills. You will likely learn something new in the process!
• Develop your self-discipline:  A chance to strengthen your self-discipline as you commit to a challenging project and complete it from start to finish.
• 1st place: 10 winners will receive a 100% scholarship.
• Runners Up will be awarded partial scholarships of up to 50% to study their chosen subject with Immerse. The number of runners-up will be determined by the number of entries received and the quality of the work submitted. Usually, around 7% of entrants receive scholarship funding to attend an Immerse programme.
• The Immerse Education Essay Competition is open to students worldwide of all nationalities.
• You must be aged between 13-18 during your chosen programme.
• Be interested in all subjects, from Architecture to Medicine, Creative Writing to Film Studies.

For more details, visit  Immerse Education website

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Immerse Education Essay Competition 2024 (Fully Funded)

• Deadline January 4, 2024
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Applications are open for the Immerse Education Essay Competition 2024. Are you also one of the students who want to attend the Immerse Summer School in Oxford, Cambridge, Sydney, or maybe London? The Immerse Education Summer School Essay Competition 2024 is now accepting applications. The essay competition  allows students aged 13 to 18 to submit essays in response to a pre-determined question about their selected subject.

The Immerse Education Essay Competition 2024 is open for young people interested in all subjects, from Architecture to Medicine, or Creative Writing to Film Studies, and this is the essay competition for the applicants if they want to show off their academic abilities! This competition provides a chance to win a full scholarship for summer school in the UK. This is an amazing opportunity for young students to  study in the UK  for free.

The Immerse Education Essay Competition provides the opportunity for students to submit essay responses to a question of their choice that is related to their subject of interest. In their full Essay Competition Guide, there are over twenty questions to choose from. In this fully funded essay competition, 10 winners will receive a 100% scholarship to study for free at the world’s top university of their choice. Some outstanding runners will receive partial scholarships of up to 50% to study with Immerse in their chosen subject. The number of runners-up is dependent on the number of entries received. It also depends on the quality of the work submitted. Usually, immerse selects around 7% of entrants to receive different scholarship funding to attend the fully funded Immerse program.

The Immerse Essay Competition 2024 is a unique opportunity, that will help students win free education abroad. It is a chance for young individuals to try their luck and get fully funded or partially funded scholarships just by winning this essay competition. Furthermore, it also provides an opportunity for students to learn from top mentors in top institutes. By learning directly from professionals in immersive environments, immersive education equips motivated students worldwide with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the future.

Immerse also helps these individuals in essay writing by providing them with a full essay-writing guide. This guide includes a list of essay questions, required essay specifications, referencing guidance, top tips for writing an academic essay, terms and conditions of the program, and guidance on plagiarism. Moreover to help students they also provide webinars, which provide top tips and guidance from their experts. So what are you waiting for? Apply for the Immerse Essay Competition and win a chance to attend summer school in the UK. Share it with your friends and schoolmates, as sharing is caring.

• The fully funded Immerse Essay Competition 2024 is an opportunity for young individuals to compete in an international competition.
• Further, the international essay competition is free to enter.
• Students will get a chance to be part of international summer schools for free and learn from top mentors from all over the world.
• Win a 100% scholarship to attend summer school at Oxford, Sydney, Cambridge, London and many more.
• The top 10 winners will receive a full scholarship.
• Runners-up will receive a partial scholarship of up to 50% waiver to study their desired subject.
• The program will provide free support to the applicants in essay writing by providing them with essay-writing guides and webinars.
• An opportunity to build and enhance your essay writing skills.
• A chance to study in top institutes worldwide.

Eligibilities

• First and foremost, the essay competition program is open to applicants of all nationalities.
• Applicants must be 13 to 18 years old during the summer of 2024.
• Furthermore, they can only make one entry at a time to be eligible for the fully funded essay competition.
• Only the first one will be evaluated if the applicant submits entries for more than one subject.

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• The application process is entirely online. Click the  Apply Now  button below submit your essay for the immerse essay competition.
• At first, applicants must submit the Immerse Education Essay Competition Entry For

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2021 Essay Competition Winner – Riya R

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Take a look at one of the winning entries to the Immerse Education Essay Competition from the Medicine category. Congratulations to all participants and in particular to those who won 100% scholarships!

by Riya R . Read Riya’s Scholarship Story Here.

How important are soft skills for medical professionals?

The Oxford English Dictionary defines soft skills as ‘personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people’. Soft skills, often referred to as transferable or professional skills, are intangible, non-technical, and are the personal character traits or qualities to help succeed in any profession. 1 For medical professionals, soft skills such as communication, teamwork, patience and compassion are vital to effectively engage with patients, their families and coworkers.

In 2007, a study of 240 medical errors by trainees, including 167 breakdowns in teamwork, identified poor non-technical skills as the main cause. By contrast, 139 errors were attributed to lack of technical competence. 2

Teamwork is a critical soft skill for medical professionals to safely and compassionately deliver patient care. In surgery, increasing effective teamwork between multi-disciplinary teams is found to decrease patient mortality rates. 3 This shows the significance of soft skills in saving lives.

Effective communication skills can help identify patient needs. Medical professionals communicate with one another and patients in various ways including written, face-to-face, and virtually. Written communication is key to making referrals, updating patient records and prescribing medication. 4

“When I define communication, I think of a new grad who is proactive, direct, open, honest, thoughtful and it’s not just about what they say, it’s how they say it,” says Jennifer O’Leary, Faculty, Genetics Technology at The Michener Institute, Canada. 5 Good communication skills include actively listening to others, processing feedback received, and reflecting on the feedback.

Surgeons are among those most resistant to acknowledging the need to brush up their speaking skills and a cause of concern for the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), UK. According to Charles Collins, Chair of the Patient Liaison Groups at RCS, “Only around 25 per cent of a surgeon’s job requires technical expertise, even less in many specialties. The rest is about communicating with patients.” 6 Surgeons need communication skills to discuss complicated procedures and help patients make informed choices. 7

Patience is an essential soft skill for medical professionals. Whether guiding a patient and family through a challenging illness, or managing staff members during a period of heavy admissions, having patience can help decompress stress and enable more effective problem-solving. 8

As medical professionals continually adopt new technologies to engage remotely with patients – as seen during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – there is an increasing reliance on soft skills. In light of COVID-19, the NHS has turned to remote consultations to minimise the risk of infection for staff and patients. 9 Such consultations using live video conferencing highlight a clinician’s body language and facial expressions, enabling a patient to clearly understand the message being conveyed. 10

To summarise, soft skills for medical professionals are more important than ever to deliver safe and effective patient care. An increasing dependency on technology and virtual interactions make it imperative for soft skills to be taught as part of medical and associated healthcare curricula globally.

Bibliography

1 Ashley Rego. “Soft skills: Who says they can’t be taught?” Canadian Journal of Medical Laboratory Science 79:2 (2017): 11

2 Hardeep Singh, Eric J. Thomas, MD, MPH, Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH, “Medical Errors Involving Trainees: A Study of Closed Malpractice Claims from 5 Insurers” JAMA Internal Medicine 167:19 (2007): 2030-2036

3 Andrew Jenkinson. “Teamwork in Surgery” The Laparoscopic Consultant

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4 Evie Lee. “Effective Communication in Health and Social Care” CPD Online College (2021) https://cpdonline.co.uk/knowledge-base/care/effective-communication/ [Last Accessed: 3rd Jan 2020]

5 Ashley Rego. “Soft skills: Who says they can’t be taught?” Canadian Journal of Medical Laboratory Science 79:2 (2017):11

6 Jane Feinmann . “Brushing up on doctors’ communication skills.” The Lancet. 360:9345 (2002)

7 Wendy Levinson, Pamela Hudak, Andrea C.Tricco. “A systematic review of surgeon–patient communication: Strengths and opportunities for improvement” ScienceDirect 93:1 (2013): 3-17

8 Bushardt, Reamer L. “Patience is still a virtue” JAAPA (Journal of the American Academy of PAs)

29:5 (2016): 13-14

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Tristan Morton, 12, a student at St. Michael School in Augusta, was notified recently that his entry for the essay contest hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution was selected for second place among 6th grade entries nationally. He is shown outside of the Maine State House holding his awards and his essay. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

AUGUSTA — Tristan Morton was captivated by the story of when “The Stars and Stripes Forever” was first performed in Philadelphia in 1897.

In an essay, Morton recalled how an audience of hundreds of people at Willow Grove Park awaited the performance of the new march song.

“All of a sudden the audience was hushed when 28 instruments started to play and John Philip Sousa started to conduct,” Morton wrote.

Morton, a 12-year-old who recently completed sixth grade at St. Michael School in Augusta, placed second nationally for his grade in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s American History essay contest.

The Daughters of the American Revolution is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer women’s service organization. Founded in 1890, the group promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism. There are currently over 3,000 chapters across the world, consisting of about 190,000 members altogether.

The DAR provides various educational resources for children, including essay contests, awards and scholarships. It supports schools within communities, promoting education in youth and giving them opportunities to succeed. Advertisement

The group’s “American History Essay Contest” is one of those opportunities, allowing students from grades 5-8 to write an essay on the assigned topic. The DAR American History Committee was created in 1956, according to Julia Smythe, the Maine state chair of the contest. This group within the DAR is in charge of administering the essay contest.

The topic for the essay changes every year, allowing students to have more variety each year if they compete in more than one year. It is open to students in public, private and parochial schools, as well as homeschooling programs. The essays are judged on criteria that include historical accuracy, adherence to the topic, originality and spelling. For every contest level, there are three independent judges who score the essays based on merits provided by the national DAR.

After the local chapter’s contest, one essay is chosen from each grade and sent for state-level judging. The winning essay is then judged divisionally before being sent to the national competition. Chapter winners receive bronze medals and certificates, state winners receive silver medals and certificates, divisional winners receive a certificate and a book, and national winners receive a special certificate, pin, and monetary award. Second- and third-place winners of the national contest also receive certificates and monetary awards.

This year’s essay topic was John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” which became the national march of the U.S. on Dec. 11, 1987. The essayists had to imagine that it was 1897, and they were reporters who had to write an article about the new song that was being performed for the first time that day. The article had to tell about Sousa’s life and the story behind the composition, as well as including the “reporter’s” thoughts about the music and how the audience reacted.

The American History Essay has been a longstanding tradition at Morton’s Catholic school, but his teacher had connections to the local chapters of the DAR, which he noted was helpful when preparing for the contest.

Tristan Morton, 12, a student at St. Michael School in Augusta, was notified recently that his entry for the essay contest hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution was selected for second place among 6th grade entries nationally. He is shown outside of the Maine State House. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Morton won the local, state, and divisional 6th-grade competitions before his essay was entered into the national contest for his grade. He wrote his essay in October and received news that he won the local competition in December. After that, it was a whirlwind of essay entries into the state and divisional contests between January and March and finding out that his essay would be moving on to the national contest. Advertisement

In May, he received the news that his essay placed second nationally in the 6th-grade contest.

“I felt proud because the essay didn’t write itself, and I worked hard on it,” Morton said in an interview.

Morton’s parents, retired Army Reserve officers Col. Marleen Lajoie and Col. Jeffrey Morton, got to watch their son present his essay to the local DAR group based in Augusta — the Koussinoc Chapter — in March and attended the state reception with him in April.

“We are super proud of him and all of his effort. Tristan put in the hard work and got to see the reward,” Jeffrey Morton said.

The family also attended the National DAR Conference in Washington, D.C., which was held June 26-30. At the conference, Morton received his recognition of second place.

“We are thrilled with everyone who participates and are excited to work with Tristan over the next few years,” said Smythe, the Maine state chair of the contest. “We are all very proud of him.”

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The 2024 Immerse Education Essay Competition is currently accepting applications for students interested in attending the Immerse Summer School in locations such as Oxford, Cambridge, Sydney, or London. Open to students aged 13 to 18, the competition requires participants to submit essays addressing a predetermined question related to their chosen subject.

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