<p>Based on experiences from my school, Intel isn’t necessarily harder than Siemens, it’s just…different. The research report is only estimated to be 50% of the judging process–half of it is the grades, recs, and essays.</p>
<p>^Look, there are prolly 400 more entries in Intel than Siemens, which is weird, considering Intel doesn’t do team projects, and Intel only gives out 300 semifinalist, compared to 300+ separate Siemens semifinalists and 80 finalists.
Most ppl who commit themselves to science research are prolly really bright ppl, so I expect them to have top notch credentials (olympiads, USAMO let alone grades and SAT scoresetc.). I jst don’t think I have a chance against against these geniuses lol.</p>
<p>@Boomshakalaka I don’t find it the least bit odd that intel recieves more applicants than seimens. The most notable reason being lognevity. Intel is supposedly the oldest and most “prestigous” science competition for high school seniors. Almost all good science reseaerch students know what STS is. I knew of the competition well before I began doing research. As for siemens I didn’t even know it existed until last october. Im sure thats the case for many seniors.</p>
<p>All of a sudden I’m nervous… my grades and recs are definitely top-notch, but I think I BSed all of my essays.</p>
<p>@ephenst (and anybody else) how did you find out about Siemens and Intel STS? I only found them at the beginning of junior year after doing an online search for science competitions.</p>
<p>I found out about siemens through an internet search as well. I looked up competitions similar to intel and there i found was siemens. As for intel I saw the competition on a tv show about science when I was in the 8th grade and I thought it was sooo cool. I was such a little nerd.</p>
<p>Oh and I don’t know if any of you guys know this but theres a documentary out now about intel STS. There are 3 high school seniors who have their life filmed. It documents their research process and their intel application process as well as the their time competing in intel STS. Id really like to see it but the DVDs are order only and cost like 30 bucks a pop.</p>
<p>Gl to all, I kinda half bsed my app. :/</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone who applied to Intel STS!!! Can’t wait for Wednesday :)!</p>
<p>I have a question:
If you got disqualified for some reason from the competition, how would you know that? Would it show in the message center?</p>
<p>Hey all
Have a query… I will get done wid dis homeschooled junior in May 2011, and moving to Georgia for my senior yr. I am entering XYZ early entrance college program ( for senior yr) but I am very perplexed if i can apply or nt for 2012 because
I’ll be classified as a college freshman and a high school senior
when I enter the Academy. Am I eligible
for anything that any other high school junior or senior
would be eligible for. The only complication there is
I chose to not worry about the diploma and just do the
Academy/UWG for a year as I mentioned above. In that case, while I
would be considered as a high school student to academy, not
everyone would look at it that way because i won’t
actually have a home high school.</p>
<p>^You have to enrolled in a high school to be eligible.</p>
<p>2 more days</p>
<p>So they’re predicting a snow day for Wednesday for, err, most of the North East. That means I won’t be in school for the announcement! Grr! My research program is very tight-knit and we always share these moments together. But this does mean that I will most likely be at home refreshing the page starting at noon! Any thoughts on the snow as it relates to us finding out :P!?</p>
<p>@jeffc418 I know exactly what your talking about. I’ll be pretty disappointed if I don’t have school. My group of co research students are all close as well and we had plans to all sit around the monitor from 1 until 7 if we have to. My research program has never had an intel finalists but m other schools in my district have. I have the hopes of my entire school riding on my back. If I don’t make semi-finalist (at least) more than just me will be disappointed.</p>
<p>Hey well it’s certainly nice to talk to you because I completely sympathize with your entire situation 
I’ve got the same thing going on here – so it’s kind of nice to know that we both have similar pressure on our backs haha!!! What’s your research about and where did you carry it out :D? Best of luck to you and all of your co-research students!!!</p>
<p>We don’t have school right now in the South :]. I would be very heartbroken coming this far and not making Intel STS. I have gone a long way to even complete a research project of this scale.</p>
<p>I feel you!!! What is your research project about :D? I worked in the CUNY Graduate Center’s Developmental Language Laboratory comparing auditory processing disorder to specific-language impairment and I had the greatest experience! I love research :)!</p>
<p>AccuWeather says 10" of snow!</p>
<p>I didn’t work in a lab or anything. Mine is a biophysics project…computational modeling of a receptor in muscle cell. I basically proposed a new theory behind channel dysfunctioning using my model…nothing more, and of course I ran simulations after one another and discuss literature to substantiate my claim.
I really don’t want snow after Wednesday tho…I have two college interviews in a row after, and I really don’t want to postpone them. After all, I already did last week. Anyway, good luck. Did you make Siemens as well?</p>
<p>Sounds really cool :D! I did in fact apply to Siemens but I did not place – the salutatorian at my school did in fact reach semi-finalist, a really major accomplishment for the whole program. Best of luck with your interviews and the Intel verdict!!!</p>
<p>My project was basically the actual testing of a fluid that I’d created over the course of two years. I was able to synthesize my own shear-thickening fluid and use it as a form of body armor. Of course the armor was not on me but I’m sure you get the gist. I didn’t work in a lab either but I don’t count that as a negative point.</p>
<p>And to jeff, there was this girl who won my area regional JSHS a few years ago. Her project was somewhat similar to yours. She studied bone conduction and tried to find out if native english speakers could understand clear english when heard through bone conduction. She actually made a “earbud” type device that you stick behind your ear on your head and it sends mechanical pulses through your skull so you can hear music. It ran off of her ipod and she was able to turn the music as loud as she wanted without anyone around her hearing it and theoretically without any hearing damage as it all together passes the tempatic membrane. She had a really cool project.</p>
<p>GAAAAHH! How do they expect us to wait unitl 12 tomorrow morning. This is crazy. Honestly I think the anxiety and nervousness for intel is worse than college. I knew I was going to be going somewhere. It just might not be my first choice. But there’s no guarantee that anyone will make semi-finalist or finalist. This is almost too much.</p>