<p>On the Duke application, it says "If you have participated in any significant research activity outside of school, please provide a brief description and limit your response to one or two paragraphs." </p>
<p>Does this mean that they want a basic summary/cover letter (like very basic terms, how the research applies to my future, etc.) or can I send my acutal abstract from the paper I wrote (which probably wouldn't be understandible to the average person because of the terms and details).</p>
<p>For my first paragraph, I modified my official research abstract and replaced some technical terms with layman’s terms so that admissions officers could understand it. My second paragraph was more of a reflection and a significance to my life type thing. But I don’t think there are any clear cut directions for this.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I got accepted early decision, and for my research essay I just kind of did a summary of what I did. now that I think of it though, including a research abstract (along with a research essay) probably wouldn’t have hurt.</p>