<p>During the interview, I was talking about a particularly inspiring teacher from my CC, and the interviewer mentioned that he might like to talk to her, so I gave him her contact info. Well this teacher was going to give me a call sometime today before swinging by my house to drop off a letter of rec for a scholarship app. Apparently she lost my phone number, because she showed up unannounced at my house not 5 minutes after I talked about her! She thought it was so cool to meet the interviewer (I can't imagine what he was thinking), and of course she saw the HUGE check sitting in the living room. "It's just like Publisher's Clearing House!!!" she exclaimed. Except this check took brains.</p>
<p>Desh--You were obviously just too good for STS. There is no other explanation ;)</p>
<p>That's ridiculous! How could a Top Ten Siemens not get into the Intel STS semis?? I don't know you , Desh, but I send my condolences. This is a shame. I didn't get in either, but then again, I only made it as a semifinalist to the Westinghouse. A National Finalist! Wow. Great Job. Sorry Intel didn't work out for you. </p>
<p>As soon as the STS competition ends you know what's next...</p>
<p>ISEF!</p>
<p>Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair will be held is Indianapolis, Indiania. I attended last year's ISEF in Phoenix, AZ and thought it was amazing. I hope to attend this year's 2006 fair. </p>
<p>Congrats again to everyone who made it to semis!</p>
<p>Actually, he was #4 Siemens ;) And a damn good presenter at that.</p>
<p>Hey guys,
Is the Intel Science Fair more prestigious than the Siemens Westinghouse Competition? Are you allowed to enter the same project into both competitions? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>First of all, "Science Fair" is not the right term at all to use for Intel. Science fair implies a bunch of people showing off their projects in a big room somewhere. In Intel, only 40 people in the country get to show their research in anything besides a paper application.</p>
<p>That being said, Intel is certainly more prestigious than Siemens although Siemens is still extremely prestigious and impressive. Intel, simply put, is older and it attracts more people both because it is better known (as the golden standard of high school science competitions, the "Junior Nobel Prize") and because it allows more entries (Siemens severely restricts projects involving humans), thus making the competition more difficult. You can certainly enter both and most people who enter Siemens as an individual do enter Intel.</p>
<p>Thanks guitarmanars.</p>
<p>Could someone give me a timetable (month-to-month) on what I need to do to prepare to do research? I am currently a freshman. Thanks everybody.</p>
<p>so what should we be waiting for now? A phone call, most likely on Monday or Tuesday of next week?</p>
<p>I'd imagine, but be ready for anything. Including nothing at all :)</p>
<p>Cooljoe, PM me.</p>
<p>I wonder, can we revise our research, even append it, between this time and the time the finalists start competing? (Assuming the person in question made finalist.)</p>
<p>Well, I highly doubt you can revise your paper (although if you made significant progress, ask them about sending a supplement to it), but I see no reason why new developments should be restricted from the PowerPoint and poster presentations. As a matter of fact, I would encourage it.</p>
<p>yay, got my certificate in the mail today. 3 more days...</p>
<p>What the...did a whole bunch of posts just get deleted?</p>
<p>Whoa, a CA person got a certificate?...</p>
<p>time warp...</p>
<p>so i guess the theory is bust</p>
<p>I saw the discussion of the semifinalist certificates...but now its all gone, so:</p>
<p>please post if you've received a certificate, your general geographic location (i.e. state), and date you received.</p>
<p>certificate received 1/21
state: massachusetts</p>
<p>Certificate Received: 1/21
State: New York</p>
<p>certificate received on 1/21/06
state: NY</p>