Research as EC

[Anonymous]

How do colleges look at high school students' research as EC? Is it valuable? Does it look serious (in most cases)? Or does it look a bit too forced (in most cases)?

[Anonymous]

Everyone knows its fake.

[Anonymous]

Can they speak to it (area of potential major interest, ties to ECs, etc) and/or is it substantiated in other parts of their application (essays, recs, etc.)? If not, then it’s forced and efforts could be better spent elsewhere.

My child’s school offers a program where the students are doing independent research, some more serious than others, and regardless of the intensity of the student’s project, it is 100% not fake.

[Anonymous]

Put in additional info.
It’s not an EC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My child’s school offers a program where the students are doing independent research, some more serious than others, and regardless of the intensity of the student’s project, it is 100% not fake.

it is not fake in the sense they are doing actual work .

But is it original research? Highly unlikely. They are at best doing lab tech work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My child’s school offers a program where the students are doing independent research, some more serious than others, and regardless of the intensity of the student’s project, it is 100% not fake.

it is not fake in the sense they are doing actual work .

But is it original research? Highly unlikely. They are at best doing lab tech work.

Did you know that the football team aren't actually professional football players?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put in additional info.
It’s not an EC

This. Unless you don’t have 10 ECs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My child’s school offers a program where the students are doing independent research, some more serious than others, and regardless of the intensity of the student’s project, it is 100% not fake.

it is not fake in the sense they are doing actual work .

But is it original research? Highly unlikely. They are at best doing lab tech work.

Did you know that the football team aren't actually professional football players?

Because they are classified as amateurs by the NCAA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put in additional info.
It’s not an EC

Thanks for this…would not have done this otherwise!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put in additional info.
It’s not an EC

Thanks for this…would not have done this otherwise!

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do colleges look at high school students' research as EC? Is it valuable? Does it look serious (in most cases)? Or does it look a bit too forced (in most cases)?

I think if the research leads to science fair participation and at good standing, it is definately an EC activity to put and per my research top colleges prefer students who have done research in their field of interest which shows the depth of knowledge, intellectual curiosity, and interest in an area