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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the PP who was a judge again.

I don't think you guys understand what the OP means by mentored.
These aren't projects where you think "huh, seems like an adult helped"

These are projects where the university or industry lab is listed on the presentation. Where the kid literally talks about working in Dr so and so's lab. Where they use tools and materials only available in university or industry. Where the university seal is on every graph.  They aren't pretending they did it themselves - they are basically sharing the results of their lab-based internship.  It's amazing work that some of these kids are doing (like I said - literally working on curing cancer!) but it's not something that can be done by a child working at home or at school, no matter how much "help" mom and dad provide.

They should definitely be different categories.[/quote]

Right. And you think a kid is just given free access to Dr. so and so’s lab and is told to have fun with it and receives no assistance while in that lab? You’re delusional.[/quote]

DP.  I think the issue is - they receive an unfair assistance from the lab. How they got into the lab is irrelevant - competition, pay to play, or connection. If they learned so much - they should do an independent project - using the knowledge they gained from the lab. Right now - you have to figure out where the lab ends and the kid begins. 
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