Read economic evidence carefully

International Economics Olympiad — China pathway

Combines technical understanding with application, so it tests whether you can transfer a model to an unfamiliar setting.

FBLA High School Competitive Events

Economics testing and financial-planning presentations offer different ways to demonstrate the same foundations.

National Economics Challenge

Course preparation transfers directly to competition practice. The strongest return is conceptual precision under time pressure.

Registration deadline: Dec 1, 2026

China Thinks Big

Can create an original body of evidence: a good finance topic might examine a real budgeting or consumer decision problem.

AP Microeconomics

Study consumer and firm choices, markets and market failure. Use diagrams to explain each mechanism before applying it to NEC or a business case.

Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics (9708)

Use the syllabus for your examination year. Pair economic diagrams with written evaluation; a competition case also needs assumptions and a justified recommendation.

IB Diploma Programme Economics

Connect micro, macro and global economics to real situations. Confirm SL or HL with your school; use research projects to investigate evidence, not to substitute for assessed coursework.