<p>Are the teacher evaluations supposed to be closed, or are we allowed to see them?</p>
<p>Well, you don’t have to sign an agreement waiving your right to see them, so I suppose there’s no problem with it. I saw my recommendations, actually. I can’t imagine they’d reject you for that. Actually, I can’t imagine they would figure out - but in any case, I think it’s allowed.</p>
<p>Is business/economics or anything of that sort a possible field of research? I noticed some of the 2008 participants had it, but none from 2009.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, it’s still available. Everything on the website is still available! It just so happened that none of the Clark Scholars last year were interested, just as no Clark Scholars in the program’s history were interested in Horticulture.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m interested in business, but really have no previous knowledge in it. I haven’t taken any classes whatsoever. Does that prevent me from trying to apply to the program?</p>
<p>Nope! Our law(/technology commercialization) Clark Scholar this year really had no experience in law, and she did just fine. You just need to be intelligent (which you probably are) and willing to learn.</p>
<p>At the website, under Part B of the application, there is no business option. Should I just select other and type “Business”?
Also, is there any advantage to applying now rather than closer to the deadline? Because my PSAT score was terrible, and I’d like to take an SAT so I have a better score to submit.</p>
<p>This program looks…AWESOME.</p>
<p>I am definitely more interested in the Humanities and on the site, most people seem to be science-related—does that hurt me? English, History…and id also would like psych, so thats science too. Maybe psych would be good. haha this post makes no sense…But I want to apply and get in :)</p>
<p>^It is…AWESOME.</p>
<p>It’s true, most people do science. Dr. San Francisco and Ms. Durham seem to love accommodating stranger research interests, though, so I’m sure you’ll be fine. It’s just that people in the humanities/social sciences rarely think of doing research, so fewer apply. If you look in the past, there are a few. (Ryan Tan did history a little while ago; a few others have done business, economics, and law.) For psych in particular, CC member Cido did research on executive function in rats. Cool stuff.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much. Just sound earnest, and be earnest. You have a good shot (well, I’d assume, since I don’t know anything about you), and even if you don’t get in, it’s not the end of the world.</p>
<p>And one of the doctor’s names is San Francisco. That in itself is awesome.</p>
<p>I mean, hopefully I have a relatively good shot. Yeah, I wouldn’t expect to get in, so I don’t think I’d feel apocalyptic or anything. I am going to work really hard on this app once I finish my remaining college apps.</p>
<p><em>I’m about to read through this entire thread</em></p>
<p>Dr. SanFran is amazing. Just so you know, he’s Indian - we were pretty surprised by that last year. He’s a great tennis player and he loves challenging Clark Scholars, so if any of you play tennis, watch out! (By the way, Clark Scholars have access to the Texas Tech rec center, which is pretty nice and has an amazing $9 million outdoor pool.)</p>
<p>I’ll still answer questions and stuff, but if you guys want to organize and collaborate, or make lists of who’s applying, like on the TASP and RSI threads, then I’ll let you guys take over for that. Unlike for TASP, the Clark Scholars organizers don’t request that you cut off contact after acceptance letters are sent until the program begins; in fact, they ask you to start getting to know each other. I guess that’s because, like RSI, the research aspect of the program isn’t really social (not including your mentor and labmates). So basically, I advise you to try and get to know other applicants.</p>
<p>Do you know what the person who did history did for their research?</p>
<p>When do you hear back…?</p>
<p>Do they prefer a written application (for online they write: hate your handwriting?)?</p>
<p>If I wanted to do english/history/psychology, would it be better to write about, respectively, a certain literary period or movement, a certain era, or a specific aspect (e.g. social/development/behavioral)?</p>
<p>Sorry if this is asking too much!</p>
<p>I believe the online application just lets you fill things out in a form and then print it–i.e. you still have to mail the app in regardless.</p>
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<p>Nope. He was in the year before me. I hear from people in the same year that he was very happy with it.</p>
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<p>Semifinal notifications come in mid-April, at which point they ask you if you want to remain in contention. You don’t have to do anything additional like the TASP interview. They’ll tell you if you get in by early May.</p>
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<p>Yeah, you can’t submit online. As for handwriting your application, I don’t think they mind, as long as it’s legible.</p>
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<p>Hmmm…go for whatever YOU want, whatever you’re interested in or passionate about. Don’t worry about what’s best. I’m sure there are English/history/psych professors at Tech who would be glad to mentor you regardless, and especially since English and history don’t really require much equipment and so your project will likely be less tied to your mentor’s. Just make sure you kind of know what you’re talking about in your description of your research interests. If you’re interested in researching a literary movement, it’s good to a lot about that movement. You don’t need to be obsessed with it or have research about it before, but if you come in completely ignorant, you’re at a huge disadvatage.</p>
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<p>Nah, don’t worry about it…</p>
<p>By the way, if you guys get into Clark Scholars '10, you have to make a Facebook group. And we, the Clark Scholars '09, will join your Facebook group. (The Clark Scholars '08 joined ours, so we’re projecting that onto you.)</p>
<p>Thanks for all those answers! </p>
<p>I have to tell myself not to get too excited about this, especially since I just found out. I wonder why so little people apply…</p>
<p>Because it’s not very well-known or publicized - at least not nearly to the same extent as TASP or RSI, or even SSP. Even looking at the website, it’s not very good, so hopefully this thread will provide the information lacking on the website.</p>
<p>Anyway, no problem!</p>
<p>hi guys!</p>
<p>i would really like to do law too, but its not listed under “fields of research”… any advice on how would i list it and get paired up with a LAW mentor for my application?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>yeah, how WOULD you get paired up for a Law mentor if its not listed as a topic?</p>
<p>I suppose I’ll respond here, too:
Hi!
Well, honestly, I only noticed that when you pointed it out! Strictly speaking, the field in which she was working was “technology commercialization,” although that’s not on the website either. You might want to email Dr. San Francisco about that. I’m guessing that she signed up in a related field and marked her research interest as something law-related.
Just so you know, the law Clark Scholar this year was probably the only Clark Scholar who didn’t like the research. This was partially because of her mentor (she was actually placed with a mentor off-campus) and partially because she was just bored by the topic she chose, which was something in patent law. She was actually more of a science person, and she just signed up for law for the heck of it. If you’re really passionate about law, I’m sure you’ll love it!</p>
<p>I was excited about the English research option… but it’s listed only on the website, not on the application. Does it qualify as a field or not?</p>