<p>For those that have competed in these events before, do you have any tips regarding the competition process?
I believe that the judges here will be judging based on research paper, display, and 10 min presentation/1-on-1 interviews.</p>
<p>I'm more curious on the presentation part, since I think my paper/display will be definitely good enough to get to ISEF...but I'm afraid that biased judges will annihilate me.</p>
<p>Make sure you know any reasons why your project may have led to false/partially false conclusions. Make sure you can thoroughly explain why EVERYthing happened the way it did.</p>
<p>Thanks cricketman. Bump...any other suggestions?</p>
<p>Make your poster look professional. Have emphasis on the statistical analysis (if there are any). For some reason, in every science fair I've been to, the winners always have the fancy posters that are professionally done and even if they're the most useless, stupid experiments, they always look so complicated if there are loads of statistical analyses on them.</p>
<p>I'm sitting on a ~20 page paper at size 12/1.5 spacing right now. Excluding bibliography and figures, which would add almost another 15 pages. What do you think about paper length if the fair doesn't set a maximum? I'm afraid my long paper might be too intimidating and the judges wont even look at it. I'm guessing many other competitors there will be presenting 5-10 page papers, since they participated in summer programs that limit research to only 15-20 days, whereas I have worked all year.</p>
<p>bump...its this weekend O.o haha</p>
<p>Echelon: Because judges are not always familiar with particular fields, make sure that you initially introduce your project by presenting a concise clear description of what you have done, in terms that one who is unfamiliar with the specialization will quickly grasp. From there they will ask questions where you go more deeply into the specifics. Also, it's important to speak about the significance of the work, where it could lead, as well as any future research or direction that could come from it. Good luck this weekend.
Also, a 20 page paper is fine.</p>