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Should Your HIEEC Essay Include a Diagram? Figures, Tables and the 1,500-Word Trade-off
A figure costs roughly 90 of your 1,500 words. When a diagram earns that, why the textbook supply-and-demand curve usually does not, and how to source and caption one.
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Writing the Trade and Industrial Policy Prompt: Tariffs, Subsidies and Supply Chains in 1,500 Words
Trade prompts reward incidence and mechanism, not slogans. Comparative advantage, tariff incidence, three industrial-policy tests and a working 1,500-word allocation.
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What HIEEC Has Confirmed for 2026-27 (and Four Claims We Could Not Verify)
As of late August 2026 the 2026-27 rules are not yet posted. What the official page confirms, what it marks tentative, and four claims we could not verify.
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Writing the Crypto and Finance Prompt: Stablecoins, CBDCs and Monetary Control in 1,500 Words
The crypto and finance prompt rewards monetary mechanics, not price forecasts. Run risk, CBDC design, policy transmission and inclusion, sized for 1,500 words.
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HIEEC vs HPEC: HUEA's Two High-School Competitions, Compared (2026)
HUEA runs two contests: a global essay competition and an in-person quiz at Harvard. What each tests, when they fall, and which fits a China-based student.
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Should a Grade 12 Student Enter HIEEC? Fitting a January Deadline Around Applications
The deadline fell on 5 January EST last cycle, so a result cannot reach most applications in time. The honest case for and against entering in your final year.
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How to Read an Economics Paper in 40 Minutes (and Cite It Properly in 1,500 Words)
Judges are economists, and abstract-only citations show. A 40-minute route through a working paper, how to read a results table, and the five slots a citable sentence needs.
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Writing the Inequality Prompt: Universal Basic Income vs Data Dividends in 1,500 Words
The inequality prompt names two instruments and asks you to analyse their potential, not to crown a winner. Where UBI and data dividends each intervene, the evidence to cite, and a 1,500-word plan.
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How to Get Feedback on Your HIEEC Draft: A Two-Round Critique System That Works
Most students ask readers the wrong question and get comma edits back. Two structured critique rounds, the exact brief to send, and how to triage conflicting comments.
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Writing the Environment Prompt: Carbon Pricing, Offsets and Climate Policy in 1,500 Words
The environment prompt rewards mechanism, not concern. A working toolkit on carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, offsets and incidence, sized for a 1,500-word essay.