<p>How do you guys come up with project ideas and actually do them?</p>
<p>Two questions:
- Can Siemens regional finalists submit the same paper to Intel STS?
- Can more than one contributor work on and submit the same project to Intel STS, like Siemens competition?</p>
<p>1) Yes
2) No</p>
<p>should i even bother to apply? all the ppl that get in are like amazing in something other than science as well and all i have thats rlly good is isef and other science fairs haha</p>
<p>boomshakalaka- I sent in in four. The tree that are mandatory (counselor, mentor and teacher) and one more for good measure.</p>
<p>smokey7- yes you should definitly try to submit a paper. You never know what can happen in these competitions. the worst thing that can happen is you dont make any sort of finalist. They only thing you lost may be a few hours but theyres a whole lot you can gain if you become just a semifinalist</p>
<p>Um… got like 2 and a half week left. I’m revising my paper. Anyone else on CC doing Intel STS this year?</p>
<p>I am pretty sure anyone who lives in the United States can apply for intel STS.</p>
<p>Whoo! Intel STS!
The application questions are confusing me.</p>
<p>Just submitted mine today. I hope all my efforts aren’t in vain</p>
<p>I heard they don’t look at your essay in the first round, is that correct?</p>
<p>@bommshakalaka I attempted to submit my stuff today but my mentor wants to go over things right up until the deadline. GRRRR. I told him that I’d have a better chance of being a finalist if I submit a little early. He doesnt think the judges even begin reading until after the deadline. Anyways I still need my teachers to fill out the recommendation. Seriously they are worse procrastinators than we are.</p>
<p>@hypsmc if theyre not reading the papers then how would they select the finalists. Surely you dont believe kids are chosen based upon their credentials and short essays alone?</p>
<p>@ephenst
I’m talking about form the initial 2000 applicaitons to the 300 semifinalists, all they look at is your research paper. But the judges start to look at recs+essays during the round from semifinalist to finalist. Right?</p>
<p>[Society</a> for Science & the Public - Intel STS - Judging Process](<a href=“http://www.societyforscience.org/page.aspx?pid=295]Society”>http://www.societyforscience.org/page.aspx?pid=295)
According to this, don’t they take everything into account, even at the Semifinalist level?</p>
<p>Honestly for everythong societyforscience wrote on the website about judging…they relly didn’t say much. I think that if they want the caliber and quality of these projects to improve, they should list exactly what sort of things they’re lokking for so kids know exactly what to do.</p>
<p>Hey I have a question:
Today, I sent my transcript in a sealed envelope, stamped with the words “TRANSCRIPT INSIDE VOID IF OPENED” but my counselor signed my transcript but not my envelope, should i resend it?</p>
<p>^No, btw, I think Intel looks at your essays, rec., awards etc for every round.</p>
<p>Has anyone been able to track their transcript status yet? I mailed my transcript in over a week ago and have checked “yes” for the privacy question in my profile, but so far I still don’t see any transcript status on the main page. Does anyone know how to check the transcript status? Does Intel STS have a number posted that I can call?</p>
<p>@boomshakalaka</p>
<p>I don’t think so. I was told by my friend that Intel only looks at your essays at the final round. They just won’t have that much time to evaulate the application holistically, so they only look at your research report at the initial judging.</p>
<p>My belief is that grades come into factor mostly when Intel judges finalists for top 10.
Recs and essays come into play for finalist selection. That’s my opinion anyway.</p>
<p>@hypsmc or crimsonuser</p>
<p>Do either of you know anything about tracking transcript status? I’ve sent Intel an email regarding this already, but I haven’t heard back from them yet.</p>