How do they do it?!!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Okay I really want to go to isef next year, but I was looking at the winning projects last year, and I noticed something. They were all really complicated! Yeah I knew they would be complicated but not as complicated as they were. </p>

<p>So I have some questions:[ol]
[<em>]How did they come up with the topics
[</em>]Where do they get the equipment from?!
[*]Any tips for someone who really wants to do isef?[/ol]</p>

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<li>Research. Research. Research.</li>
<li>A lot of them work with some sort of professor or mentor with access to the equipment. They have “connections”.</li>
<li>I’d start researching now.</li>
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<p>2.Like professional connections? I only have teachers that could help me.
1&3. Where do I research like books what? Please help (sorry for these stupid questions)</p>

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<li>You’re on the internet now. There are countless amounts of resources.</li>
<li>More like go email professors at nearby universities and places. Or they could possibly use projects they did at upper research camps over the summer.</li>
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<p>1.Hard to tell the difference between reputable sources and non reputable sources on the internet…
2.No professor would do that around my trust me</p>

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<li><p>Learn to analyze sources. That’s one of the most useful skills ever.</p></li>
<li><p>Just email and see.</p></li>
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<p><a href=“Want to Be an Intel Finalist? You Need the Right Mentor - The New York Times”>Want to Be an Intel Finalist? You Need the Right Mentor - The New York Times;

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<p>1.I’ve done the middle school version of isef and I ran into the problem of some sources have different information and they both support it so its kinda hard…</p>

<p>2.How would I even go about wording it? Also when should I email them?</p>

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<p>My only problem with this article is that it gives me the impression that the mentors do the work. The student just regurgitates the information out.</p>

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<li><p>Further analyze. It’s not that hard. Look at the site it’s from, use contextual information.</p></li>
<li><p>There are too many of those sorts of threads on CC that I’m not going to look for.</p></li>
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<p>You really need to attend a science research program or a supportive school, the science research program will really help you,</p>

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<p>

What?</p>

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I tried to find one online near me but I can’t even figure out how to look for camps. :(</p>

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<p>About how to email professors and what not, there are many threads asking about how to do so on CC.</p>

<p>^And google is your friend.</p>

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<p>I am never seen one in the year or so I have been apart of CC…and I just spent like an hour on google trying to find one no hope. I kinda live in Oklahoma so its not all that common lol</p>

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<p>How far are you from Texas?</p>

<p>And there are many. Search function.</p>

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<p>Like 2+ hours, why? And search what?</p>

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<p>Hmm… dang that’s a decent distance. I know of programs in Texas…</p>

<p>This is one result from one Google CC search on emailing professors.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1066182498-post3.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1066182498-post3.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Are they over night programs?</p>

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<p>Many of them are overnight.</p>

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<p>THANK YOU!!! Mit Thank you!! :)</p>

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<p>You’re welcome.</p>