Isabelle P Places Second at Minds Underground Essay Competition

Isabelle P (Lower Sixth) has achieved runner-up in the Minds Underground Essay Competition for her Psychology entry on Consciousness. Isabelle responded to the prompt ‘What, if anything, is consciousness made of?’, exploring various biological, environmental, philosophical, phenomenological, and cognitive perspectives.

The Minds Underground competition is open to UK and International pupils who submit a 1,500-word essay which is then judged by experts in the field. For Isabelle to place second out of thousands of pupils is an impressive achievement. This follows Isabelle’s success in the Global Psychology Olympiad where she placed in the top 10 per centof entrants, and the British Brain Bee Neuroscience Olympiad where she placed 29th in the country. Isabelle is planning to study Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics at Oxford University.