<p>batfan: Yes I did! I’m pretty excited too! I have to agree with you though, ISEF and AP exams are tough together. PM me!</p>
<p>My school doesn’t even run a science fair…failzzzzzzz</p>
<p>NspiredOne: That’s not necessarily I fail. My school doesn’t have a science fair either. In fact, many schools in my city don’t but they still have ISEF qualifiers. Just do a project (get clearance from your regional SRC/IRC board if you work with microbes, tissue, blood, other harmful agents, etc. BEFORE experimentation) and submit it to your regional fair- I’ve done it for years now.</p>
<p>Oh really??? wow… how complex are these projects? like actual research or just run of the mill things?</p>
<p>@NspiredOne, I’m pretty confident in saying that the projects are actual research based on those of my peers, my own, and the ones I saw at our local fairs. While some winning projects are not as “fancy” as others, the projects that do well are always ones with clear evidence of scientific thinking.</p>
<p>So they’re not like volcanoes but rather like research worthy of a scientific paper? Is that how intense the research is or somewhat below that level?</p>
<p>i don’t understand… how do you guys find the resources to do these things?</p>
<p>gahhhh tomorrows the 12th??? Does that mean rejections are coming out for some people? gahhhhh</p>
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<p>Someone from my school was a Siemens semifinalist in 2008 (or maybe it was 2007; there’s a big banner hanging on the wall next to our science department’s entrance). He worked with a teacher for a few months after school each day, and the lesson he learned was:</p>
<p>The only way to do well in such competitions is to work with a university professor in a full-fledged laboratory setting, because there’s simply no way to get all the necessary resources otherwise.</p>
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<p>I doubt it. If they received as many applications as they did this year, they must be horribly backlogged. I’d expect to wait at least another three weeks to hear about decisions.</p>
<p>chaseholl has a good point; most of the projects that succeed were worked on in laboratory environments - simply because they expose students to real science and provide the resources to learn a lot of new techniques and work with equipment. However, several ISEF’ers I know did computer/math projects independently, so it’s not impossible to do well without a lab.</p>
<p>Bleh this sucks…</p>
<p>To keep each other sane, I second proletariat’s proposal (that sounded communist lol)… let’s go off topic!</p>
<p>I’m a non-socialist communist. I support proletariat2. (Lol.) But only if there’s a revolution involved and capitalism gets to stay.</p>
<p>So how bout Gaga these days? lol</p>
<p>I guess it doesn’t matter if I’m a communist. Maybe I was just born that way (sorry, I had to).</p>
<p>Hey everyone. So here are the tentative college choices for the 9 college-bound 2010 Clarkies (the other 3 are at MIT, Yale, UPenn): :)</p>
<p>Harvard
Harvard
Harvard
Harvard
Stanford
Stanford
Princeton
Princeton
MIT</p>
<p>Seeing that list makes me really want to go…</p>
<p>(Don’t bash me for wanting to go for the wrong reasons; I more importantly want the amazing experience and opportunity to do my own research project. However getting in would make me feel really comfortable applying to colleges.)</p>
<p>That said, any idea for when a first wave of decisions may come out iceui2?</p>
<p>I think that if you do get selected it’s a testament that the rest of your application is pretty solid. Needless to say, you should only go to the program if you are truly passionate and shouldn’t even have applied for the mere sake of “getting into college”</p>
<p>Well, I doubt I’ll get into Clark, and I doubt I’ll get into a top five institution. Heh.</p>
<p>That list is definitely intimidating. Do remember that not all great discoveries haven’t been made in ivy league schools (sometimes patent offices though).</p>