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This is a worldwide synthetic biology competition that was initially aimed at undergraduate university students, but has since expanded to include divisions for high school students, entrepreneurs, and community laboratories, as well as 'overgraduates'. The iGEM competition gives students the opportunity to push the boundaries of synthetic biology by tackling everyday issues facing the world. Made up of primarily university students, multidisciplinary teams work together to design, build, test, and measure a system of their own design using interchangeable biological parts and standard molecular biology techniques. Every year nearly 6,000 people dedicate their summer to iGEM and then come together in the fall to present their work and compete at the annual Jamboree. At the annual ‘iGEM Jamboree’ teams from all continents meet in Boston for a scientific conference where they present their projects to each other and to a scientific jury of ~120 judges. For more information...

The International Young Physicists’ Tournament is an annual physics competition where students respond to open-ended research problems that are published yearly in late July. Students create and present solutions to their chosen experimental questions before defending their answers through "Physics Fights," sessions where three to four teams debate their proposed solutions at the national competition. IYPT Korea is the national edition of the competition for high school students that will determine who will be the students forming Korea's team attending the international stage of IYPT. The competition aims to stimulate students' interest in physics as well as develop their autonomous and critical thinking, and encourages team work and investigative research. For more information please visit the official website here .

AIPC Pandora is an organisation seeking to foster a sense of global citizenship among youths in Spain. As part of its work, AIPC Pandora's Solidary Summer offers Spain residents the opportunity of participating in an international development project in several international locations. These development projects are within the themes of Education, Community Inclusion, Children and Women's Rights or Environment and Sustainability. Volunteering experiences, particularly of the international sort, can sometimes read as shrewdly calculated and somewhat exploitative on a college application. However, early-age participation in one of these programmes can significantly boost a student's emotional intelligence and critical thinking, besides bolstering in communication skills. For more information visit here . 

Spain's National University for Distance Learning, UNED, offers online courses both during the summer and throughout the year. These often include a presidential component for students living near the UNED branch(es) where the course's teaching staff is located. Because of its comprehensive, lenient admissions requirements, UNED offers the simplest path for a secondary school student Spain to become acquainted with the modes and methods of tertiary education. Over 100 courses are on offer during any given session, a great majority of them in the Humanities. Enrollment in a pertinent course will demonstrate a student's passion and commitment, as well as advanced academic standing or intellectual capabilities. For more information visit here . 

A local chapter of the International Math Olympiad, the first stage of the Spanish Math Olympiad is usually held around December in each University District. It consists of two written tests in which a total of 8 problems have to be solved; the three best participants within each district will go on to the National championship. The National phase is usually held around March, and is made up of two written tests, each lasting four and a half hours, during which participants must tackle 6 problems. The 6 best participants in this National phase are eligible to go on to the International Math Olympiad, held around July, while the best 4 also go on to the Iberian-American Math Olympiad, held around September. Please note that the 2020 Olympiad has been cancelled due to Covid-19 precautions.  For more information visit here .   

While eSports are on the rise as a competitive discipline, associating with videogames would still seem slightly heterodox on most college applications. This said, controlled participation at an early age can demonstrate abilities from teamwork and the ability to perform under pressure all the way to strategic planning in certain circumstances; there are also various technical skills to be picked up. Málaga's GamerCamp offers introductory experiences in videogame development, digital design and streamed content production, activities which may inform valuable aspects of academic work such as creative writing and presentation structuring. The camp is affiliated to EVAD, Andalusia's leading tertiary education institution for videogames and the digital arts. For more information visit here .