<p>I am applying to Caltech Early Action this fall, and I am looking for some guidance on what to attach to my common app supplement. The app allows me to upload one research paper, and I have written two. One is a bioinformatics paper that I wrote for my extended essay for IB. The research question and experiment design were my own. The other is a biochem/biophysics paper that I wrote over the summer in a lab at UPenn. The design of this experiment was not mine (it was my mentor's), but I conducted all of the research and wrote the entire paper myself. I would consider the lab paper to be more scientifically rigorous (and probably more complicated); however, as I design the extended essay study entirely on my own, it may speak more to my personal abilities. </p>
<p>Would anyone be able to give me advice on which paper to submit with my application? I would love any help you can offer!</p>