<p>Duke's app has a section about research you've done, I've done research (interned at a local college under a professor in the CS department) how much does this affect your chances if at all (as is i'm not a bad applicant 1480, 3.9)</p>
<p>Anyone that goes beyond the ordinary and that's that initiative to do research will be thought of very highly. Elite schools love it, love it, love it. As long as you were very involved and very committed to it, it will show highly.</p>
<p>Ok yeah, obviously if there's a section on the application for research and you've done research, it will affect your chances. The section isn't just for fun or something.
It will definitely help you. I've read that Duke is looking for people with research experience outside of school (hence the section for it).
How many papers have you published?</p>
<p>That section confuses me. On the Duke paper app (if you're not using the common app), it says to include the research info OR an explanation of why an activity has a particular meaning to you. BUT on the Duke supplement to the common app, that section only requests research info. I'm applying using the common app + Duke supplement, and I would still like to included information about a certain activity's meaning to me. Where should I indicate that this is my response to the request for activity info and NOT to the research request?</p>
<p>i have some questions help me plz !</p>
<p>i am doing my own research right now. and i dont have any coolio mentor or college connection. i do everything myself and my (large public hs) teacher is 'named' as a mentor.
and personally due to lack of everything(my school doesnt support me at all.. almost hinder me T_T), my paper isnt any good.</p>
<p>i am apply DUKE and wondering whether i should include that..</p>
<p>also if i should(i am doing it, i havent finished it yet.), i was thinking about just copy&paste the introduction of the paper. what do you think?? </p>
<p>how are you guys going to put "research info"??</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>p.s : would duke think negatively if my paper isnt good?</p>
<p>If you were to send them a clip of your paper, I think you would definitely have to inform them of the circumstances.</p>
<p>I would do that FIRST, actually.</p>
<p>ETA: What kind of research are you doing? It's not possible to do scientific research in the environment you speak of.</p>
<p>yeah I doubt they would want more than the abstract of your paper.</p>
<p>OK, dreaming, this is what I did last year and I think it will be the best thing for you as well. I had a really long research paper, 20 or so pages, that I was working on for the past year or two. I sent in the abstract (no more than a paragraph) with all the technical talk about the research and directly under it I included another paragraph with what I did in laymens terms. This makes it looked like you have a really involved project if your abstract is good and that the admissions people understand what you actually did instead of just looking at a paper that they have no clue what's going on.</p>
<p>anyway...has anyone figured out why the commonapp supplement is different from the regular duke app? perhaps on the commonapp you already talk about an activity...oh wait i think you do. i'm confused.</p>
<p>ah ha! there's already a section on the commonapp for that...i couldn't remember since i filled it out a while ago.</p>
<p>research totally elevates your acceptance rate... for me, i sent in 2 abstracts and a full published paper. definitely leave out the long paper because it is likely that nobody will read it.</p>
<p>oh.. .. you guys mean that Duke wants only one or two paragraphs describing the research?? (just to make sure.. how long??)</p>
<p>correctly what i am doing would not be a hardcore scientific research. i am working on my paper for YES competition. it's more like statistic analysis, survey, and that kinda stuff. and it does not involve any kinda lab work.</p>
<p>i gotta finish my application.. gosh~</p>
<p>yes, just 1 or 2 paragraphs</p>
<p>What if I mentioned my research work already (in-depth) in my "why duke" essay? Should I just include an abstract and say... yeah, this is what I did?</p>
<p>I have a question as well. I do scientific research but I'm not published (I'm an intern). I have been working on a research paper for my internship class, and my paper has been edited by my mentor (who is a researcher). Should I try sending an abstract for that in?</p>
<p>i did a summer computer science internship on a project at a local college, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, did a lot of software writing, data gathering, grant writing...will that help?</p>
<p>it was 10 weeks 35 hrs/week btw, no conclusions made yet since it is taking a few years to implement but the program will be used by boston public schools, funded by the US dept of education</p>
<p>I kinda just talked about how I participated in Siemens Westinghouse developing this program with Visual Basic.Net
I mean I'm sure it helps, but it's not all important nor will it hurt someone if they don't have it. It's one small factor of many.</p>
<p>every little thing helps. research shows initiative and dedication, and schools like duke look for that in potential students.</p>
<p>(Last year) I sent in the entire research paper... abstract and all. And on the very front I had a sheet briefly explaining the paper and how I only expected them to read the abstract (if anything at all), and then to flip through the paper if desired.</p>
<p>I spent last summer at an investment firm interning as a Research Assistant (4 wks, 45 hrs/wk). But I don't really have an "abstract" of any work I've done (although I could possibly concoct something), so should I still tell Duke that I did this?</p>