National Economics Challenge
“The National Economics Challenge (NEC) is the nation’s only high school economics competition. Each year, over 11,000 students across the U.S. participate in the competition. The Challenge recognizes exceptional high school students for their knowledge of economic principles and their ability to apply problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to real-world events.”
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How do I expand this narrative arc? If you are passionate about business, economics and investing there are lots of great opportunities to expand and deepen your exposure to this area. For example:
Combine business sense with public interest activism when you enter the Mastercard Challenge to improve banking access to low income populations.
Compete in the National Economics Challenge
Explore one of the many intensive and rigorous business-related summer programs for high school students at the Wharton School