<p>I’m sure it does. If you’re not sure, email Dr. San Francisco. I can’t see why it wouldn’t be! English is a perfectly legitimate field of research, and I’m certain they have it at Texas Tech. I’m sure Dr. SanFran and Ms. Durham would be happy to accommodate an English clarkie!</p>
<p>It sounds awesome but its too far away from home</p>
<p>You can only go to a program if it’s close to home? What’ll you do when it comes to college, then? 
If money is an issue, you do get a nice stipend!</p>
<p>this program looks AMAZING 
And I know (kind of) one of the people from last year
maybe I should apply…</p>
<p>I know proletariat, but I’m not even allowed to go to college too far away from home. Only within driving distance. I love the program but my parents would never let me go. I also might become lonely living on the other side of the country.</p>
<p>nevermind, probably won’t apply to this…
I don’t have time for another app, and my parents don’t like Texas Tech :/</p>
<p>The application is pretty darn quick. I did everything over the course of a couple hours over maybe two or three days. And why don’t your parents like Texas Tech?</p>
<p>And nil desperandum, you should talk to your parents about that. They’re going to have to let go eventually…</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>Is this true for science-related areas also?</p>
<p>^well proleteriat worked on genetics of an adorable animal he probably had little previous knowledge of. I did a topology research without knowing anything about topology to start with. However, we both had research experience in something related to our Clark research. I did some math research and proletariat had done some research in plant genotype. </p>
<p>Many Clark Scholars had never done research before Clark, but showed passion to certain fields. Cido was a master debater, so he worked on psychology. Another scholar was quite bright in math but chose biology, so his research was mathematically analyzing fish physiology.</p>
<p>Nirvanatear is right. You better have some knowledge of your field, but you don’t need to be amazing at it, as long as you’re interested and enthusiastic. Clarks is a great place to try new things.</p>
<p>Is there anyone else interested? Hopefully, in future years this thread will be just as active as RSI and TASP. Until then…</p>
<p>eheh i’m interested. RSI and clarks will be my reaches, and some others will be my safety… </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>My cousin’s definitely interested in applying, and I’m asking a question about recs here on his behalf. He has previous research experience in a mechanical engineering lab (ISEF finalist, etc.), but he has a strong interest in music theory and wants to do research in that area if he became a Clark Scholar. Does he still need to have at least one rec from a math/science teacher, or could they come from his AP Theory teacher, orchestra director, and mechE research supervisor?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance, this thread is very helpful!</p>
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<p>Sounds good! Yeah, Clarks is definitely easier to get into than RSI, even if not by a lot. The applicant pool is less competitive, too, since it isn’t as well known. Good luck!</p>
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<p>That sounds absolutely fine for a music theory applicant. It isn’t a math/science program, so if you really love English, you could get recs from three English teachers! But make sure that the orchestra teacher can actually say something meaningful about your cousin’s interest in music. I would assume that, since orchestra is a performance class, the teacher may not know that much about his performance interest.
If you or your cousin have any more questions, feel free to ask. Good luck!</p>
<p>Wow…future Clarkies! </p>
<p>Ignore Nirvanatear, guys. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about.</p>
<p>Ignore Cido, guys. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.</p>
<p>Ignore me, guys, I have no idea what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>I’ll be applying next year.</p>
<p>Hi,
I’m a junior this year and I just found out about the Clarks program through this thread and it looks really interesting, and I am definitely going to apply to this program. I also applied to the Jax SSP program and I am excited for that too. I was wondering how specific we have to be in the part where we have to write about interests because I will take anything concerning the Biological Sciences field. Should I put that down or should I just be vague and say I am open to any of the Biological research areas?</p>
<p>I don’t really know. We all kind of used different strategies. I was very specific, detailing the exact research area I wanted to explore (which I didn’t get, of course, and that ended up being a good thing). Others may have been more general. I would suggest seeming open to all fields, but pinpointing one or two you’re especially interested in. This will help with mentor-matching. For example, most of the pure evolutionary bio applicants will get my mentor or one of a couple others.</p>
<p>I’m applying! 
I’ve got 3 reach programs with RSI, TASP, and this, so we’ll se how I’m feeling end of March-ish…</p>
<p>Questions for Clarkies:<br>
Is Texas really, really hot in the summer? I’m from Wisconsin, so we get some days in the 80s, a few in the 90s, but not much hotter.<br>
Do you think that in my “what I want to research” part, I should look stuff up now and be super technical, or more show my passion and why I am interested? (I did the latter for RSI, and I’m starting to think I made the wrong choice, so I wanted to get a second opinion on this one)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>