<p>I just learned about the YES comp, but don't know if I'll have enough time to put together a decent project. On another forum, people emphasized how much work it was, so is it possible to knock this thing out in a month? (Due Feb. 1)</p>
<p>I can probably find 2 hrs/day to work on it, maybe more on weekends. But, I doubt I'll have a mentor. Could that speed things up? I'm currently in AP stats, if that helps, but my teacher won't be much help.</p>
<p>One final thing: what kind of research did you past scholars actually carry out? Did you like go out and survey people or do everything from your computer?</p>
<p>I don’t want to discourage you, but my D’s project lasted three years. I would have to say that most of the projects that were presented at the competition where completed over at least several months. I personally wouldn’t want to have to put together a real research project within a month’s time even if I had 8 hours a day to devote to it. </p>
<p>It is very involved. Worthwhile, yes - but a lot of work. If you are a junior, you could start planning to enter next year’s competition.</p>
<p>I never even considered things like this until going through the Common App process and seeing what other kids who applied to these top schools had done.
In fact, I’m a high school senior right now in Indiana, but no one at my school even thinks about matriculating out of state to prestigious schools - save me and the valedictorian. Complacency keeps our scholastics within school walls.</p>
<p>Unless your daughter had the maturity to start researching as an underclassman, you have done her a great service by getting her involved, something she will very much appreciate later on if she doesn’t already.
I understand that the onus for getting involved falls on the student, but in my limited experience, most high school kids just aren’t mature enough to care about these kind of endeavors until it’s too late. (Actually, most of my friends would still laugh at something like this.)</p>
<p>Alright, I’ll stop with the sob story, haha, but at least I can take this knowledge with me as I prepare for med school and hopefully as I prepare my own kids for college :)</p>