MESA or Academic Decathlon

gsp_silicon_valley
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:41:20 +0000

Why do you have to choose one over the other?

The [U.S. Academic Decathlon](http://www.usad.org/) would probably be considered more prestigious sounding to those who are into looking prestigious.

[url=http://mesa.ucop.edu/]MESA[/url] is more for students considered educationally disadvantaged so that they can excel in math and science and graduate with math-based degrees.

If the only reason why you want to participate in one of these is how prestigious it will look on a college app, then don’t choose MESA. Leave that program for students who can truly get value from participating in it.

Though there is some friendly competition in MESA, it is not a national competition like Academic Decathlon.