<p>@Juhuatai
I know that both angelofspeed and myself did Siemens; we were both semifinalists.
Did you?</p>
<p>and the purpose of the badge is basically to give you some credit for applying and doing the work, since so many people won’t make semifinalists.</p>
<p>i did siemens, somehow got selected as a regional finalist. less than a week guys–super anxious</p>
<p>Yeah I was a semifinalist lol.</p>
<p>Is every one who submitted his/her research paper supposed to receive the entrant badge?</p>
<p>Yeah you basically get it if you filled everything out correctly.</p>
<p>I heard decisions come out at 4:00 Eastern Time on Wednesday.</p>
<p>My badge has “Intel ISEF Finalist” for me. Does anybody have it? I never participated in ISEF.</p>
<p>Interesting…mine says SSP Individual Finalist as well…never participated.</p>
<p>But why I didn’t get any email about that. I believed I submitted it well and completely. Is there anyone here who didn’t get it?</p>
<p>I found it. It was sent to my spam. Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Do you have to be a US citizen to apply to Intel STS? I am a permanent resident, but not a citizen, so I’m not sure if I can apply to Intel</p>
<p>If you click on ISEF badge, it shows all the people who have received it. Interestingly, for some it shows STS entrant badge in addition to ISEF badge. Oh! Well!</p>
<p>It says:
Semifinalists will be announced on this webpage at 3 PM ET on January 9, 2013 and finalists will be announced at 7 AM ET on January 23, 2013</p>
<p>How exactly do you claim the Entrant’s Badge? I got to the part where you make an SSP account but couldnt actually claim the badge. thanks guys!</p>
<p>I made my account yesterday and the badge showed up today. I guess I didn’t really claim it since it showed up automatically. </p>
<p>Sent from my EVO using CC</p>
<p>Sweet, thanks 007
I’m excited, but scared. Looking back at last year’s results, it doesn’t seem like many Siemens semi’s were selected for Intel semi’s. Is that because a lot don’t apply or because there are so many new projects entered to STS?</p>
<p>anyway, I have faith in us CCers :)</p>
<p>Interestingly, my account only has ISEF Individual Finalist badge (never did ISEF…) but no STS Entrants Badge haha</p>
<p>I wish I had done Siemens because it seemed like it was easier to become semifinalist on that. The October 1 deadline was just too early for me…</p>
<p>I frankly am not expecting semi-finalist status on STS…it would be awesome, but there seem to be people way better than me competing.</p>
<p>Random question: Do they look at where you live when they pick semis though? I live in the Dallas area and there are plenty semifinalists from this area every year (like 10-15+). Do my chances become even slimmer because of this?</p>
<p>Pretty sure location only matters for Siemens. Because Intel doesn’t have any “Regional Finalist” distinction, just the top 40 to DC.</p>
<p>Hadiram: Many Siemens semifinalists are competing with team projects that aren’t eligible for Intel. Since there’s no way to differentiate them from individual projects, we don’t know how well Siemens semifinalists really fare at Intel STS.</p>