Clark Scholars 2013?

<p>Does anyone know if the three teacher evaluations need to be from current-year teachers, or if any teacher is fine?</p>

<p>ojeshsh:
Ms. Durham replied me before
…reads the “Instructions for Completing the Clark Scholars Application” on the application page of our web-site. Your recommendations/evaluations are completely your choice.
So any teacher is fine.</p>

<p>tehlofflies, if you read through my recent posts you will notice I already answered that question. Regardless, this is the Clark Scholars thread. It is not the place to be discussing SRAP.</p>

<p>I initially was using chrome, and it was allowing me to fit around ~750 words for my essay. Fair enough. When I print it out, my whole application looks like whack.</p>

<p>Using Internet Explorer (which they recommended), the formatting is perfect, but god, that box is tiny. Like I said before, I hardly fit 370 words. That is not even an essay…its more like a paragraph. </p>

<p>As of now, I am going forward with the internet explorer approach. It is the only browser that maintains correct formatting, albeit at the expense of my words. But who knows, what if the folks at TTU are testing our ability to express while being supremely concise? :p</p>

<p>I want to make sure I don’t screw anything up on the application, so forgive me if the questions I ask have obvious answers. I’m looking for clarification on some.</p>

<p>On the evaluation forms, it says “Applicant should type own name and reference’s name and address in the proper place.”</p>

<p>Does this mean I should type my name, the recommender’s name, and school address under the school name? I am most concerned about who the reference is (recommender?) and the address (should be high school address, just to make sure?)</p>

<p>For example: </p>

<p>Name of Applicant: Clark Clark
Reference’s Name and Title: Clark Clarkson
High School and Address: Texas Tech High School
100 Admit Lane</p>

<p>@run1116 I don’t think you could even possibly do that, and it probably won’t even matter, assuming that your teachers want to type in the boxes … But if you’re printing it out so that they can physically check the boxes, then yes, your example is fine :)</p>

<p>Wait, I could just email them the form to fill out themselves, couldn’t I? That way they can type everything as necessary.</p>

<p>Is it OK to omit my PSAT score if my SAT is significantly higher? Does it even make a difference? Also, can we send an updated transcript after the deadline? I am new sorry if I repeated a bunch of questions.</p>

<p>What’s the best way to incorporate awards? There’s only a box for “school and community related activities,” which was probably not exactly intended for that purpose. I’m also not so pleased with the prospect of somehow weaving them into my narrative.</p>

<p>There’s info out there about the SAT scores/prior research experience of admitted Clark scholars have but what kind of students are rejected? I mean if you have the stats of a typical Clark scholar and research experience, does it mean a lot or is admission kind of random in relation to those kinds of things like RSI is?</p>

<p>Just to be clear: should the narrative be typed onto one page in a word processor and subsequently pasted into the form? I’ve noticed that the lower right corner of the text box has an “expansion arrow” that allows one to stretch the box significantly; hence, it does not define how long one should make his/her narratives. Also, does using the expansion arrow count as changing the application’s format (which is explicitly forbidden)?</p>

<p>we are not supposed to expand that box, I don’t think.</p>

<p>So are we supposed to have our recommenders send in the forms and letters in an envelope separate from our application or do they want them all together with the application. Also does everything have to be in texas by the 8th or postmarked by the eigth?</p>

<p>they accepted 12. the remaining 24 got e-mails informing them that they were in the top 36, and to apply next year. Seniors have a slight advantage here. (personal exp)</p>

<p>@Brandewyn I did envelopes in a bigger envelope, and they accepted mine.</p>

<p>for all the people comparing this program to RSI: </p>

<p>RSI takes 47 people from the US, Clark’s takes much fewer. That said, the RSI applicant pool is many times larger, and admission rates are roughly equal. I got into RSI last year, and was in top 36 here…and I’m sure someone out there was vice versa. </p>

<p>RSI does differ substantially from Clark’s. RSI is more about exposing kids to different types of sciences, there are lecturers almost daily–Nobel Laureates, professional sciency companies etc–and the research projects you do are not catered to science competitions. </p>

<p>Basically, if you are a junior be sure to apply to RSI as well.</p>

<p>^Kind of late considering the deadline was January 18th haha</p>

<p>good luck to everyone</p>

<p>Does anyone know when decisions are sent out?</p>

<p>I read the last couple pages of Clark 2012 thread. One person wrote: “Now I’m sure that this program mainly offers the positions to those who haven’t gotten any prior research experience to engage them in science and because other applicants already have this opportunity.”
Do you think this statement is correct?<br>
Of the 12 attendees, how many had/had not prior research experience?</p>