Admissions

Results
MSTC Students have distinguished themselves in
many ways. Their average score on the SAT exam is
currently about 400 points higher than the national
average. MSTC Students have achieved a score of 3
or higher on over 94% of all Advanced Placement
exams taken in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and
Calculus with nearly 50% of the scores being the
maximum of 5.

Any eighth or ninth grade student who is a resident of Fayette County and who will complete
Algebra I by the end of the eighth grade is welcome to apply by completing the application that
can be found online August 15 October 7th . A
series of assessments are given to each applicant. The assessments include tests of mathematics skills and logical reasoning appropriate
for the MSTC program.

Math, Science
a n d Te c h n o l o g y
Center

Based on these results we select the top eighth

grade candidates.
Freshmen participate in the same testing procedures and are ranked in the event that positions
become available in the sophomore class.

Each year students in the MSTC program are

selected to compete for Presidential Scholar
status.
45% of MSTC students have been named National Merit finalists.
Numerous MSTC students have perfect scores
on SAT and ACT exams.
MSTC students have presented their research
at regional and national conferences and several have published their research in professional
journals.
MSTC students compete in science fairs and
many are able to qualify for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
MSTC students are accepted into the most
prestigious schools in the country. Examples
include: MIT, Harvard, Washington University in
St. Louis, Cornell, Columbia, Yale, Stanford,
CalTech, Vanderbilt, Princeton, and the University of Virginia.

For additional information, please contact the

MSTC office.

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Beverly E. SmithMSTC Facilitator
1600 Man O' War Blvd.
Lexington, KY 40513
Beverly.smith @fayette.kyschools.us
http://www.pld.fcps.net/
http://www.pld.fcps.net/mstc/index.html

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

1600 Man O W ar Blvd.
Lexington, KY 40513

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The Math, Science and Technology Center offers a four-year program designed to develop
students who are internationally competitive in
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math) disciplines. We expect our students to
demonstrate their success with a significant
individual research project, with Advanced
Placement and other standardized test scores,
with the college majors they select, and with
the colleges to which they are accepted.
Students, selected from eighth grade students
county-wide, enter the MSTC program at the
beginning of the ninth grade. These students
then spend their four high school years attending the MSTC program within Paul Laurence
Dunbar High School.
Success in the MSTC requires ability, interest,
and maturity. The MSTC school day is one hour
longer, and the academic workload is very time
consuming. MSTC students are, in fact, working at the college level during all four of their
high school years. This includes the privilege of
having academic and personal freedoms usually reserved for college students.

Curriculum
the MSTC-classes schedule
9th grade
*Chemistry I
*AP Computer Science A
*Appropriate math course
10th grade
*Physics I
*Biology I
*AP Statistics
*Appropriate math
course

Staff
The MSTC staff are an extraordinarily qualified and
capable group of educators. In addition, MSTC students are supported by individuals from the local
business and education communities who serve as
guest speakers and as individual mentors for the
MSTC research projects.

11th grade
*MSTC Research
*Appropriate math course
* MSTC Earth/space
*MSTC advanced elective
*MSTC advanced elective
12th grade
*MSTC Senior seminar
*MSTC Research
*Appropriate math course
*MSTC advanced elective
*MSTC advanced elective

MSTC Electives
(AP)Chemistry II (AP) and III (Organic Chemistry)

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To be awarded an MSTC diploma, students must

complete all graduation requirements of the
Fayette County Public Schools as well as:

Biology II (AP) & Biology III

A 360 hour research project

Physics B (AP) and C

At least one MSTC mathematics course each

year which must include MSTC Calculus

Computer Science II and III

Calculus II

Fifteen full-year MSTC courses during high

school

Linear Algebra / Discrete Math

Three years of the same foreign language

Engineering Problems