My school has this "research" class, which is... a class that pretty much attracts the top 50 students (top ~9%) in my class. In the past, it has been a tacit sort of thing, but today the teacher announced straight out, for everybody in that stuffed classroom to hear: "research is one tried-and-true way gain an "edge" in the (horrendous) game of college admissions."
Everybody in the room glanced around, and leaned forward.
(God forgive me for thinking this way.)
I looked around the class, and hated what and who I saw. There were all the near-mute kids that had no life, the sorta-dilligent ones that had lives but no real academic strength, the ones that could only see Harvard-Yale-Princeton in everything. Of course they all asked me if I did research over the summer, and if I had a mentor now.
Judge me; feel free. Because the freer you feel, the freer you'll let me be.
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Research edge? A really good amount of the people that did well with their college apps didn't do (succeed) in research.
Well, our school's research program is really shitty, but that's not the point. Research really doesn't give you an edge anymore, especially if 10% of high school students are doing it now.
I think that way too- that I've been on CC and I always think (somewhat disdainfully, somewhat hoping that they'll prove CC wrong)those people like to *think* they're qualified but they aren't. But since your school is basically comprised of asian bookworms, how do you know they haven't been on CC either? ;]
I have to ask though, is genetics a really popular Intel/Siemens topic?
Oh right, and you absolutely NEED to pressure them. I can't really stress how hilarious that would be.
Yay. My school doesn't even HAVE a research program. I've told both of you about the two people in the past who have even tried research.
Well I just typed a spiel, but it was really long, so I'm just going to post it :)
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