<p>Would departmental faculty (Biology or whatever) read it, or would the admissions officer read it? </p>
<p>The school's website says you can submit a research abstract if you want, but I'm not sure if I should put a little more explanation for someone who isn't as familiar with the topic, or less since the person would know more about it.</p>
<p>Don’t assume it will be read by someone familiar with the field in which you were researching. Even if they also send it to a prof for review, your primary admissions counselor will read it and will probably not be familiar with the subject.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s probably a good idea. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>I would advise against explaining the terms, just because the way I was taught to write abstracts, you don’t explain the terms unless a person from that field would be confused by it. </p>
<p>I’m doing a research abstract on mobile networks and etc. and it has some jargon. But I do try to explain things in a covert way.</p>
<p>I wasn’t very clear on what I was thinking of doing, but I’m considering just putting a short intro before (like 3 sentences) about what the method is and what the project was a part of (it was with/for a research foundation thing). I would leave the abstract in the standard format, but before it I would include the intro. Does that sound stupid or unnecessary? My reasoning behind it was that since it’s being uploaded in the spot of an expanded resume, I should explain the project a little bit or whatever, since all I really say in my Activities section is that I did the research project.</p>