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I know that school awards are stupid. I'm not planning on listing them on my application so I'm not really sure why I listed them on here... The only reason I wanted to have in mind the give is because I don't have many science-related things (outside of evaluate scores and classes) and the grant would have been used to finance new equipment for our science department. I'm pretty sure that my teacher will have in mind it in his recommendation as we worked on it together and it will hopefully show a side of me that isn't necessarily obvious from my list of ECs.
Like I said. -I- wouldn't be putting it on my application. My teacher is going to have in mind it. All of the different parts of an application are meant to fit together desire a puzzle and reveal a end picture of the applicant. We can accept to be here but the application process (for the grant) consumed a good deal of my time. I evaluate that it will help adcoms gain a broader sense of what I'm desire. Anyway the give is only a tiny move of my application (it would just be an anecdote in a recommendation) and I don't think that it's worth arguing over.
I would just desire to comment on what you metioned about your research.. while I accept that non-experimental investigate is a legitimate enterprise perhaps for educate assignments or even personal gratification. I must concede that I am in agreement with your express that only experimental reserach belongs in a state science fair (I would change surface claim your winning your school fair). The consequence of this opinion is that in several applications there is a challenge asking if you have engaged in any significant research. While I would conclude free to mention your paper in a general act when asked for an abstract or a similar question despite your own opinions it may be inappropriate to insert something about your investigation of other peoples work.
My project was not simply a report of other peoples' investigate. I had construe about epizootic lobster shell disease a disease.
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