<p>I don't think this thread exists yet!</p>
<p>Excited for this year's competition! Anyone else entering?</p>
<p>bump .</p>
<p>I’m entering!!!, but I am not going to win 
because my gpa sucks</p>
<p>Who is eligible?</p>
<p>they only look at gpa when you get the finalists i heard. Plus, if you had special circumstances, I think itd be fine. American citizens/perm residents who have done research and have written up the report and completed the application are eligible =)</p>
<p>Me (10char)
I assume most will go for Siemens as well.</p>
<p>Yes. But the application process is a hassle =(</p>
<p>Resurrection…we gotta keep this thread alive.</p>
<p>But yeah, applying isn’t that much of a hassle a hassle. I actually missed the deadline for Siemen’s but I’m not too worried. STS has always been my first choice.</p>
<p>So is anyone else ready to submit their application. Its so much more easier now that it’s all done online. I’m done but I just feel like I need to go back and make it better.</p>
<p>^Same. And when I do I always find something…like I did with Siemens. Good thing Siemens doesn’t care about typos, spelling/grammar errors, etc.</p>
<p>I didn’t even start my application >.> Do you think this is bad?</p>
<p>I’ve already got my research report from Siemens, and teachers already wrote recs for college, so those parts are set, at least.</p>
<p>^Whats your project on?</p>
<p>I did a bunch of work in amorphous metal alloys. Dunno how far it’d go, since it seems that at least half of the winners have bio-related projects.
What’s yours about?</p>
<p>its about discovering a new competitive behavior in a highly proliferate bacteria (human pathogen) that would lead to development of vaccine and further understanding of the pathogen =P</p>
<p>I guess it could be seen as groundbreaking in that field…not to brag lol</p>
<p>well see tmrw <em>crossing fingers</em></p>
<p>^lucky for you to find a promising research direction. I couldn’t find a lab where they accept me.
time to bs Intel Application.</p>
<p>crimsonuser: what specific illness does your pathogen cause.</p>
<p>boomshakalaka: you don’t need a lab to do good research. You just need good connections. ;)</p>
<p>^ theoretical projects are a little harder and have little room for innovation for a high school students due to their presumable lack of preparation, in my opinion.
Why of course, good connection definitely beats everything. I looked at Peter Hu’s paper (the winner of 2nd place for Siemens last year), and plenty of his citations are from someone with a last name Hu (I suspect this is his dad/mom’s paper).</p>
<p>Are you talking theoretical physics or mathematics?</p>
<p>And I know exactly what you mean about family connections. I literally just discovered one similar to the one you mentioned. Last year I did a Junior science and humanities symposium and there were two twins there. My memory is pretty good so and (becuase they both beat me), I remembered their last names. </p>
<p>So today as I’m reviewing my STS application I realize that I left out a scientist from Rutgers who assisted me on my procedure. So I go to their website because I forgot his last name. While searching for my scientist I come across a familiar last name. It’s the same namer as the twins. I click on the guys profile and its their FATHER!!! He’s a PhD in Chemistry and his expertise is inorganic chemicals, which both his children did projects on.</p>
<p>Connections. :/</p>
<p>“Are you talking theoretical physics or mathematics?”
Yes
Of course, lots of of kids who do Intel/Siemens have parental connections. There are others, however, who are lucky/good enough to get into research programs like NIH, Stanford Summer Program, SSP, and RSI.
From the past, I believe that Intel likes homemade projects more lol, which I think will help me.
Intel STS application is so tedious lol. I have yet started on my essays. How many recommendations did you send?</p>
<p>As a former Intel finalist (and a Siemens regional finalist) with a theoretical project, who didn’t go to RSI, SSP, or any of those programs, found my own mentor independently, and had precisely nil in the way of connections, man, if you wanted to offend me, you picked a fantastic way to do it.</p>
<p>Also, frankly, the majority of the other finalists I met were the same way: no connections, no special mentoring, and made it on the strength of their own brilliance.</p>
<p>“if you wanted to offend me, you picked a fantastic way to do it.”
You welcome :D. Sry if I do offend you anyway.
^btw, ru from Lassiter?</p>