Official 2008 INTEL STS Thread

<p>still working on my submission lol. oh, and bump</p>

<p>Ok, for the five questions about scientific attitude...what the hell do we put for inventiveness? I've made only one "discovery" worth mentioning but "new and exciting?" That it certainly is not.</p>

<p>.... yes I am relying on overnight mail, it should be there by noon on the fourteenth.</p>

<p>I put one discovery and one creation related to the research I submitted. Nothing amazing, but it works. How long were u peep's essays?
I have 2 300 word ones (lol), 2 upper 290s, and one 280. Not that they are supposed to be so close to the limit.
Are you supposed to include just one copy of the paper + forms, or more?</p>

<p>So, I completely bs-ed my essays, especially the scientific attitude one. It's only 210 words, and it's the first essay the readers read, too. Lol.</p>

<p>My paper is in environmental sci catagory, and I heard there's less ppl doing this catagory. Is it true that they always take at least one person from each catagory as finalist? cuz that'd be so sweet.</p>

<p>^IDK. I notice not a lot of good medicine/health applicants exist, most of the top-tier are in chemistry, material science, physics, math, biochemistry, and cell biology. (Which helps me, as the condition I'm studying, from a pharmacological standpoint, is relatively small in publicity)</p>

<p>i wonder how many siemens semis+ make intel semi+ and how many dont</p>

<p>I would have done siemens but I got sick in september :(</p>

<p>Also mathwiz why is your paper like 20 pages long, you're making me feel incompetent with my meager 13 page report (not really but still lol)</p>

<p>well my report is largely experimental. Sorry bout siemens. I also had a small problme. I told my partner to do like 1/2 of the paper, he kept sayig hed do it, but didnt. A few dyas before the deadline, I noticed he wasnt going to do it, so i did the whole thing myself.</p>

<p>Does anyone know how many applicants submit a project? Why do they ask for you SAT scores/class rank?</p>

<p>they ask for sat etc. bc they want the students with teh most promise as scientsits, not necc. the best research.
I think ~1700 projects are submitted</p>

<p>again, does anyone know if tehres a high correlation b/t siemens semi+ and intel semi+?</p>

<p>How much do other factors such as GPA, SATs, recs, essays, transcript, etc. play a role in the selection process? Is it mostly just based on your paper or do these other things play a large role too?</p>

<p>I have a question,
I gave my counselor my Intel stuff a long time ago and she sent the stuff mid-sept so Intel for sure has it now. But my problem is that I took the Oct SAT, so what I have on the SSR is different :( How can I change my SAT score? does it even matter?</p>

<p>I dont konw if oyu can change it UNLESS you send a NEW SSR with the updated information. Maybe call intel and ask if you can send the new score report ,and if they'd consider that. Is it a small/moderate difference, or >100 points (on 2 sections)?
I was told they pay a lot of weight on grades/essays/recommendations/extra currics, but it syas on the WEBSITE the paper is given MOST of the weight.</p>

<p>well I am sure the paper is the most important thing. </p>

<p>yea I gained ~200 pts on the SAT lol so I am probably going to just have my counselor sign it again or something. I really hate how we don't have school on monday and everything is soo rushed :(</p>

<p>wait...we need to send an official score report? ***....</p>

<p>No, your counselor fills out that form that is part of the entry form. You don't actually send your scores from CB.</p>

<p>"I notice not a lot of good medicine/health applicants exist, most of the top-tier are in chemistry, material science, physics, math, biochemistry, and cell biology"</p>

<p>Anyone know where to find this list, or are you going by previous years submissions? Just curious, mine falls in the medicine/health category, and just curious on the other topics that have been covered.</p>

<p>I'm actually mad I HAVE school tomorrow (Im probably not going bc i have to print the paper, get everything together, and mail it).
Basically done with everything. Just need to add 1 picture (which im trying to get out of a 100 MB ZIP!!!) and print everything out.</p>

<p>how do you have school tomorrow mathwiz90? do you going to boarding school or something?</p>