<p>@okky1234</p>
<p>I got my rejection e-mail on April 10 last year. If I remember correctly, I was one of the earlier notified applicants. The rejections/acceptances were fairly spaced out, I think.</p>
<p>Sending my application today! Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Hi everybody, so I have two questions:</p>
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<li><p>So when they say “limit your response to this page”, I guess they mean 1/2 a page, right? Because (as has been mentioned before), Internet Explorer prints the box at half the size of Google Chrome and also does not have the thing at the bottom right hand corner that lets you stretch the box.</p></li>
<li><p>For the activity chart “From/To”, do they just want the year, or like the exact month, when you started the activity to when you ended the activity? What if this is your first year participating in an activity? would that be 2013 to present?</p></li>
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<p>Is it true that they match you up with the available mentors (this link [TTU</a> Clark Scholars Program](<a href=“http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/people.htm]TTU”>http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/people.htm) ) based on your research field? </p>
<p>Since I do not see any mentors in humanities field except the psychology guy as opposed to the mentors for 2012 where they had one in education (found on last year’s thread)… </p>
<p>If so… then I would have no chance in my research field then… 
(or maybe I should change my research field so it connects with psychology somehow so at least there is a mentor for that…)</p>
<p>Sorry I haven’t been on here in a while; I’ve had a pretty busy couple of weeks! Lots of things to respond to…here goes nothing.</p>
<p>3chainz, I don’t think omitting/sending your PSAT will make a huge difference to be honest. If I recall, you can send updates after the deadline, but it’s not encouraged. Make sure you email Ms. Durham before you send anything.</p>
<p>exvcpg, I listed relevant awards in the box for school and community related activities. If they don’t naturally weave into your essay, definitely don’t force them in! If you haven’t already sent your recs, you could ask your recommenders to discuss any important awards in their letters.</p>
<p>prettylittleliar, in my experience, admission to Clark is similar to that of RSI; you can be perfectly qualified and still not get in. Having research experience is definitely an advantage, but in the end, the process tends to rely in part on luck. </p>
<p>StudiousMaximus, the application has some technical ambiguity (we had the same issues last year). If your essay is one page in a word processor, you should be find even if the box expands (as long as you can still see all the text when you print!). To everyone having application issues, particularly with the narrative, I will stress what I’ve said before: the rules are flexible, BUT ONLY if you email and ask first. </p>
<p>Brandewyn, recommenders can either send in separate envelopes, or they can give you the letter back in a signed sealed envelope for you to place in your larger envelope. Also, I believe postmarked is fine (don’t quote me on this!); but definitely try to send so that everything arrives by the 8th.</p>
<p>EldrWnd (and a note to everyone), I would say that the projects you do at Clark are even less catered to science competitions than RSI projects. Different professors have different approaches, but in my experience, there was not a lot of guidance given during the paper-writing process (and for STS/Siemens, the paper is a huge component of the application). Basically, the program is designed to expose high schoolers to research in a college-setting, not to produce winners; you have to be quite self-motivated to get something together that’s competition ready. That being said, we had three STS semifinalists and one finalist out of 5 or 6 Clarkies who applied, so it certainly wasn’t a bad year :)</p>
<p>Okky1234, I heard back on April 18th last year, but I know people who got calls almost a week before that, and almost two weeks after that. There is usually a pretty large span of time when decisions are made; they are not sent all at once.</p>
<p>4beardolls, I don’t believe that statement is correct. Last summer, I’d say we were split about half and half between people who had previous experience and people who did not. I would guess that the applicant pool consists of more students who have no experience.</p>
<p>Penguinlover2016, see some of my past posts about the narrative. Also, I did month/year on my application. I don’t think it makes a huge difference though; they just want to see approximately how long you’ve been involved in activities.</p>
<p>Chestnutt, the list on the website is the mentors the past group of Clarkies worked with…NOT the available mentors; when we were applying, the list was the previous group of mentors. The list is FAR from all-inclusive; Clarkies can essentially be matched with any TTU professor available over the summer. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone applying! If you have any last minute questions as the deadline approaches, feel free to post here or PM me :)</p>
<p>After reading Sheam13’s response, I have to say that I’m so glad that they don’t flat out reject people with research experience XD I was seriously about to flips some tables there…</p>
<p>Gah, maybe I shouldn’t have listed Biological Sciences as my first pick…that’s like the most competitive field right?</p>
<p>I’ve heard that Biological Sciences is the most competitive, but in my experience, there’s not a lot of support for that statement. I would think that a fairly high number of applicants would list biology as their first choice of research, but typically, biology-related Clarkies are in the majority as well. Of all the disciplines, I think Biological Sciences has the most available mentors at TTU, since there are professors at the university as well as staff at the TTU Health Sciences Center, where some Clarkies work. Clark is not looking to admit a certain number of applicants in each discipline - they pick the top applicants from the pool and then work to match them with researchers.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s a relief.
I know they have a holistic admissions process, but what are the basic criterias that they look at in order of importance when considering admissions?</p>
<p>Hey all! A few last minute questions - I feel so bad about putting off the application, but…</p>
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<li>If we have prior research experience, should we/can we include a copy of our research abstract?</li>
<li>I read somewhere that people put extra choices for their research interests down in the little box - the section on the app only allows you to choose a 1st and 2nd choice, but I was thinking of putting 4 to 5…?</li>
<li>Can we include Subject Test and AP Scores?</li>
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<p>I am probably going to try to call the office tomorrow with these questions and send it in. Thanks all!</p>
<p>Tadakichi, I honestly don’t know how they weight different parts of the app.</p>
<p>WeIsCool, I didn’t include a copy of previous abstracts, but I described my previous research in the “research interests” box. If I were you, I wouldn’t put that many choices for research interests - select the two that best describe what you want to spend the summer doing, but then talk about other interests in the box below if you want. I believe I listed AP and Subject Test scores in the “other” test score box.</p>
<p>FYI on the response I got on my questions:</p>
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<li><p>If I have completed a previous research project, could I include my abstract? “Instructions state to send ONLY the information requested, so, no.”</p></li>
<li><p>In our research interests, may we list more than two research areas in the description box? If so, what is the maximum? How detailed should we be on each research area? “You may list more than 2, but describing your interests must fit in the box provided.”</p></li>
<li><p>May we include SAT Subject Test scores and AP Scores? I feel they demonstrate my mathematical abilities a bit more than my PSAT math score does. “Yes.”</p></li>
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<p>I’m pretty sure the essay and teacher recs weigh in the most, in my opinion. Grades, EC’s, and classes follow after that. They want kids who love science, and that’ll be most apparent in essays and teacher recs.</p>
<p>I’m finishing up my essays at the moment and should have my application complete by tonight. Excited to send it out tomorrow!</p>
<p>Quick question: in the “hours” section of the activity list, can you supply a single number (like “142”)? Or would an estimate (like “around 150”) be more appropriate?</p>
<p>An estimate is fine. They’re not going to care about a small difference in hours especially because some of us had to make really rough estimates since we never kept track</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. One more: is it okay to extend the activities boxes? There doesn’t seem to be any instruction inhibiting me from doing so.</p>
<p>I don’t know about your printer, but mine cuts off my activities boxes if I try to extend the box. They do say no reformatting of any part of the application, and I could see that as a reformatting…</p>
<p>NOTE TO EVERYONE: print in Firefox. It works like a charm as long as you don’t extend any boxes. Just mailed mine at the post office! :D</p>
<p>Okay, I ended up not extending the boxes and just cutting a few activities. I’m printing as I type this. Thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>EDIT: Did any of you fold the application into an envelope to put within a larger envelope? Or did you leave it unfolded?</p>
<p>EDITX2: After examining the printed pages, it appears that the PSAT, SAT, and Other boxes cut off part of my scores. What do I do?</p>
<p>Seriously? No one else has experienced this problem? I have to list SAT II Biology-Molecular, SAT II Math Level 2, AP Biology, and AP World History scores in that tiny box, and it cuts off most of the scores/tests when I print. Should I just write “see score reports” or what?</p>
<p>What documents do we need to include on the application? I know we need a transcript, but do we need test score reports and anything else?</p>
<p>Wait I meant *with the application</p>