<p>Who here is going to complete a project for submission? I was looking through the past winners and they are amazing. I just hope that i make semifinalist.
And if you are list what you're researching. Mine is: Investigation of Anisotropy in Alexa Fluor 633 for Fluorscent Spectroscopy Optimization.</p>
<p>What all are yall doing?</p>
<p>You mean 2008 Siemens right? You could theoretically not worry about college apps until December, win that competition (final round is in late november) and then apply to only the top schools (and get into all of them). It happened to someone I know from ISEF....</p>
<p>How long do our papers need to be to have a chance at semifinalist? 17 pages seems like a lot :P</p>
<p>lol i'm entering and 17 pages seems to short :( especially with images/graphs!</p>
<p>"Investigation of Anisotropy in Alexa Fluor 633 for Fluorscent Spectroscopy Optimization."</p>
<p>lol what IS that?! good start, its a title thats not understandable just like any other ISEF semifinalist topic.</p>
<p>i think my regional competition is somewhere around Jan next year. i've barely started on my research. do you think i can still write a quality paper with only half a year? i'm conducting research on chinese acupuncture (i live in china).</p>
<p>I think I will enter with a paper-mache volcano that spews red foam. Hello Harvard!</p>
<p>rmadden: you stole my idea :[</p>
<p>^ You always have the "Which type of soil helps plants grow best: Plain Soil, Soil with Sand, Soil with Gravel, or Soil with Fertilizer"</p>
<p>buuuuuump. How many pages does your report have to be to get semi?</p>
<p>There's no lower limit, but it's a safe bet to say that the best projects generally had the longer number of pages. I'm not too sure about other categories, but for biology, 18 pages really isn't much, especially when graphs/tables/etc count as part of those 18 pages.</p>
<p>I actually have a question for everyone: for Siemens and STS, how much will it hurt you if a parent/relative is your mentor?</p>
<p>^
im not really sure, i mean the only way it could hurt you is your parent does all the work and when they test you at ISEF, you can't answer a thing. that would be very bad.
but otherwise, it's fine, they can help you a lot. and im pretty sure when you write "qualified for siemens/isef" on the ap, you dont need to specify the mentor. dont worry, research is for the sake of research right? as long as you learn a lot, it doesn't matter who your mentor is. (well it does matter, good mentor= good project)</p>