<p>I've seen several supplemental applications asking to attach and write an abstract/summary of any independant scientific reasear, if the student has undertaken any.</p>
<p>What EXACTLY constitues and INDEPENDENT, SCIENTIFIC REASEARCH ?</p>
<p>Can it be:</p>
<p>A study I did about India's Fiscal Deficit, for my internship. I did it completely and absolutely on my own, the only help I recieved was in the form of sources. It basically constitutes of what it is, how it happened, what can be done (in much more detail, with data and graphs)</p>
<p>A study I am doing about the water situation (pollution, demand.. etc) in my city, its not exactly data collection as it is interviewing people, learning more etc. It may turn out to be article-ish.</p>
<p>My Extended Essay I am doing for the IB diploma - its absolutely scientific and my best work. However, i'm not sure it will be counted as independant, as I have recieved some help from my teacher on theory and supervision for the lab experiments. (however, the idea, writing data collection and everything were all mine) (obviously since its a thing for the IB I got guidance on the rubric, criteria etc.)</p>
<p>[For example, one supplement says outside of school, so obviously I can't. Another says only independant scientific reasearch]</p>
<p>As of now, only two of my supplements ask this. I would love to include any, although i'm not sure if i'll be able to complete the second one.</p>