Reply to Do Science Competitions (Siemens, Intel, etc) Really Help?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Do Science Competitions (Siemens, Intel, etc) Really Help?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Not sure how old your kid is but these competitions can be useful in getting him started on building a portfolio of individual projects. If he is most likely to go to college and seek a science/engineering/cs degree then individual or group projects can really be beneficial. At my DD university the cs and engineering departments are top 10 and competitive to the point of single digit acceptances in some majors. For example: no student was accepted to CS without having written and SOLD an app for profit. It's not a well known secret to students that this type of requirement exists for some programs. Many many students with fabulous scores and grades are confused as to why they don't make the cut, but then just think it's because the program is competitive. Well, apparently being a successful software developer in HS is part of the competition. It doesn't end there because the internships are easier to get if you have your side projects to talk about as opposed to just course work. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics