<p>Yale has a very brief, vague description of what to include if you are engaged in "advanced scientific research" and wish to include it in your application. Therefore, I was wondering if anyone has submitted such a piece, or is aware of the policy, can answer a quick few questions:</p>
<p>Must you be the main investigator, or can you simply actively involved?
If an abstract/full report already exists, must you write one yourself or can you use that one (credited)?
What is the nature of the research (intensity, time dedicated)?
Do you suggest a supplimentary paper with a recommendation, or one or the other? Which?</p>
<p>I sent in my research paper so maybe I can answer your questions. </p>
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<p>For mine I had done the research at home so I was the principal investigator but you can send in material from a lab. But when you do so be sure to evaluate WHICH author you were. If there are five PhDs and then you then the committe will see the paper as THEIR work and not your own. </p>
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<p>If the situation is that you worked in a lab then you should opt to send an abstract and a recommendation from the researcher you worked with about YOUR specific role in the process. Otherwise it may be seen as academic dishonesty. </p>
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<p>For my project I researched the probability for photons to undergo quantum tunneling based on spatial distance and developed an equation based on regression to predict the probability. The difficult level must first be ascertained by you before you send it in, is it something that is advanced?</p>
<p>You can probably tell by the extent of research you had to do for the project. For example to do my project I had to study from a book on the Quantum Theory of Tunneling which is a rather advanced book, so if you had to engage in advanced study then you did advanced research. </p>
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<p>Because I did the research on my own I sent in the whole paper to show credence to what I was saying. The full paper is more important for individual/independent projects to show that you are engaging in high caliber work, but if you are working in a lab from a university the full paper is probably less neccessary as the recommender can attest to the difficulty of the work.</p>
<p>Oh and definitely send in some type of work if you are planning to major in a science. Yale has committed to expanding the science and engineering at Yale with a $1 billion commitment and I read on these forums that a Yale rep states that they REALLY like science supplements. Also it states on the supplemental material page that full reports are generally more useful than abstracts.</p>