<p>Just wondering who on CC will be or already entered teh Siemens Competiton 2010. Let's put down your state and the type of research you are doing. I was also wondering if anyone has the past Siemens projects which made to the semi-finalist stage.</p>
<p>hypsmc- NH, Mathematics.</p>
<p>alrdy submitted. Theoretical biophysics, GA. Btw, there’s another thread dedicated to this. See
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<p>Nice, but let’s make this thread official haha. Also I conducted my research at my local public university with a professor.</p>
<p>I noticed that references should neither be in the research report nor in the additional required materials. Where should I put the references then?</p>
<p>^It belongs to another set. I believe. That should be stapled right after the research report.</p>
<p>Weird, because the “reference” isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Siemens guideline.</p>
<p>isnt’ reference (as in bibliography/citations?) considered a part of the research paper?</p>
<p>As my S would say, RTFM, people!!
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^^^ This is not the CC thread – it’s the official rules.</p>
<p>If you search CC for prior Siemens and Intel threads, you’ll get a lot of info.</p>
<p>^ha, thanks CD.
Do you guys know exactly how the panel judges the project? Do they have a rubiks cube for different criteria or there are rounds of eliminations/cuts before the projects become semifinalists?</p>
<p>Ok, so the reference will be saved in the CD-ROM and we don’t need to print them out along with the three copies of everything else(abstract, executive summary, supplemental form, registration form and research paper).</p>
<p>The first round of judging (to get the 300 semifinalists) is that they send out the papers to judges to read. Papers are evaluated and semi-finalists selected from those. There is nothing additional that you do to make the regional finalist round. From the 300 semifinalists they select those who will go to the six regional competitions – in previous years, that has been five individual and 3-5 team projects for each region.</p>
<p>If you submit a project and make regional finalist, you’d <em>better</em> have your EA apps pretty much done by 10/20. You will not have much time from the notification date to the regional finalist competition – and you will have to prepare a three-panel project board and a separate 12-minute oral presentation, complete with Power Point slides, etc.</p>
<p>From the rules:
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<p>Yes, the abstract, report and references also go on a CD-ROM. But they also have to be included in the Research Report as an attachment at the end, and they do not count in the 18 page limit.</p>
<p>Thank you for the clarification!</p>
<p>So on the Fedex form for shipping, should I check “direct signature” or “no signature required”?</p>
<p>Also Siemens ask us to save the files on a CD-ROM, but can I save them on a CD-R instead?</p>
<p>lol I sent mine like a month ago. Don’t expect make semi tho :(. Mine’s homemade and not event that that technical compared to others with Harvard educated mentors.</p>
<p>^boom
Mine kinda sucks too. Did it in like two weeks.
Did you use a CD-R or CD-ROM?</p>
<p>^You guys are better than the rest of us who go to actual labs and do research. You guys are the ones that are original and will become successful later on in life =) Cheer up mates…At least you guys turned yours in already LOL.</p>
<p>Haha, where r u from and where did u do ur project, Crimson?</p>
<p>gethenian - Physics (Photonics and Optoelectronics) NY </p>
<p>My team just officially registered today haha. I think my school’s sending our paper out this Wednesday. We still have to finish our paper which should be done by Sunday or Monday. Definitely pushing it to the limit.</p>