<p>So I am thinking of submitting a research project that I did but I am hesitant because the website indicates that only high level caliber material should be submitted. Does that mean that only Intel and Westinghouse stuff should be submitted?
My project studied the probability for photons to undergo quantum tunneling and I developed a formula to predict the probability. I did it on my own so I do not know if it would be considered "high level". I am not planning on applying to MIT (I want to go to Yale) but I posted it in the MIT forum bc I know alot of MIT types do research so i figured that I could get some good feedback. So do you think i should submit it or what? And if it is not Intel or Westinghouse quality do you think it would adversely affect my chances of admission?</p>
<p>Dbate, you’re asking a question about the Yale application on the MIT thread. You might consider asking Yale directly. But my two cents:</p>
<p>Yale’s School of Science and Engineering distributes somewhere between 300 and 350 “Yale Science and Engineering Awards” to the top 11th grade physics, chemistry, engineering or computer science projects at local science fairs, and Yale does recruit from that pool of students. My daughter received several personal letters from two students in the Yale physics department after winning that award in our local science fair. So to Yale Admissions, “high level” might mean recognition at any regional or national level or even simply participation at this level. It may also mean research conducted with a college/university/research lab mentor (in which case, a letter from the mentor would be important). </p>
<p>A young person can also certainly create/develop/theorize important work outside of these sorts of environments, and in such a case, you should just send it in. However, it would also help if you had a letter from a more objective source (teacher, engineer, scientist) attesting to the merit of the work.</p>
<p>Yeah i know it is kind of rude to ask in MIT, but at yale there are not as many ppl into the science stuff but on the MIT forum more ppl do it, so I figured it would be a good place. I won some awards for it by national companies and the American Physics Society, but I was just worried because when I saw “high level” I instantly thought of Intel and Seimen’s.</p>
<p>You have nothing to lose from submitting it. Go ahead – it shows who you are and your drive to do research.</p>
<p>if for Yale, I’d send it in…I sent mine in and my research paper doesn’t even have results (even though that’s because of my project’s limitations) just sent it in today actually :)</p>
<p>Dbate writes, “at yale there are not as many ppl into the science stuff but on the MIT forum more ppl do it…” Hmmmm, yes. This is the reason my daughter ended up going to MIT rather than Yale. You said earlier that you are “not planning to go to MIT”, but maybe you should reconsider. I’m just saying.
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<p>I would LOVE to go to MIT, but their financial aid does not even touch Yale’s and i have a much better chance of being admitted to Yale (I want to major in mechanical engineering) than to MIT. Also I am planning on getting my PhD so that is when i hope to go to MIT.</p>
<p>I want to send the whole paper (it is 17 pages) because Yale states on thier website that full papers are generally “more useful” than abstracts. So I interpet it to mean that it is boost to admission chances. For those of you who did research esp. Siemen’s level could you review my research description and tell me if you think it is on par or if you think that a professor would laugh or something. Be honest, here it is:</p>
<p>“The presented research evaluates the relationship between the probability for photons to undergo quantum tunneling and the width of the barrier the particle has to traverse. The purpose was to elucidate the relationship for the development of improved analysis techniques of crystallography for applications to materials engineering. The experimentation resulted in a quantitative relationship expressed as: y=2.02sin(-1.28x-1.44)+1.47.
To obtain the probability for tunneling to occur photons of the frequency of 10 GHz were projected into two prisms that represented the conditions for quantum tunneling and the subsequent voltages prior to tunneling and after tunneling were recorded. From this data the transmission coefficient was calculated according to the WKB approximation. The resulting coefficients violated the probability principle as they were outside of the bounds of 0 to 1 because of the mass less nature of photons.
To correct this error the data was re-expressed and sinusoidal regression was preformed to obtain an equation that modeled the relationship between barrier width and tunneling probability specifically for mass less particles. The resulting equation yielded 58% of feasible transmission coefficients and a 205.13% increase in accuracy over the standard model for predicting probability.
The implications of the research to materials engineering are improved efficacy of crystallography analysis using electromagnetic waves. Because the research reveals the mechanism by which mass less electromagnetic waves enter into regions that typically would be restricted to the waves, crystallography techniques can be improved by allowing for more pervasive entrance of electromagnetic waves into crystalline structure and increased intensity of scattered beams.”</p>
<p>Do you think it would help my app? I did not win Siemen’s or Intel bc I did it my junior year so it was not eligible, so I am not sure of its quality. I did it entirely on my own, so I hope they take that into account when evaluating it.</p>
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<p>Uh. Citation needed, maybe? As far as I can tell, the differences are actually not all that great; if I’m wrong on this, someone please feel free to correct me.</p>
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<p>u do know MIT gives more aid i think… and most MIT students are on aid vs. yale students which many aren’t</p>
<p>Dbate as long as you have tangible data, preferably plotted, it should be perfectly fine.</p>