Semifinalist at Seimens?

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<p>I was just wondering, how hard is it to become a semifinalist at the Seimens-Westinghouse competition? Is it extraordinarily competitive?</p>

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<p>bump .</p>

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<p>a sizeable percentage of the entrants go on to semifinalist (~300). So if you have a good, solid paper, your chances are pretty good of making it that far even if your resource was not terribly impressive in its own right. If you slapped together something because it was required for one of your classes, your chances are not so good.</p>

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<p>thanks texas, btw, do u know how many people in total enter siemens?</p>

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<p>I think it's around 1000. You can probably find it on their website somewhere. (btw - I meant "research", not "resource" up there. Darn 20 min edit limit.)</p>

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<p>how do we enter...it sounds interesting...i won the Siemens Science and American History Innovation award for National History Day in 7th grade on a project on Medical Ethics...is it a project or what ?</p>

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<p>did you get a cell phone? siemens gives the best special prizes at nhd!</p>

<p>/random off topic ness</p>

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<p>lol yeah i got a cell...i couldnt do it this year b/c it was the same day as HOSA competition...but im definetly doin it next year</p>

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<p>Would a paper coming out of my summer mentorship fair well?(I heard a rumor that Siemens unlike Intel does not like students who had mentors?)</p>

<p>U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Summer Mentorship (Physics related) – Awarded a SEAP Position sponsored by ONR. Worked as a researcher under two mentors on a project relating to hydrodynamics/fluid dynamics/turbulence. I conducted my own experiments working with: 100 gallon water tank, infrared imaging camera, digital particle imaging velocimetry camera, high-intensity (grade 4) lasers, a jet, and optical instruments. I formally presented my research paper at the end of the mentorship program. Also, strong possibility of co-authoring research paper that will be published in a refereed journal.</p>

<p>My research paper will be on finding the optimal/minimal Reynold's number at which turbulence can first be detected.</p>