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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent pf HS and college kids who also happens to be an academic here, and I'm just gonna say that it's only 1 in a million HS kid who is capable of contributing in any meaningful way to faculty research/publishing. Admissions knows this and understand that it's either rigged by parent connections or by pay-to-play. But they like to tout ridiculous stats about their entering class so they may reward kids who have this BS on their applications. Or they may not.

Parents encourage your exceptional kids to do exceptional things on their own. Don't fall for this BS, especially if it costs you money.[/quote]

Fellow STEM researcher and agree with you. I did get hired as a lab tech as a high schooler back in the 90s, but nobody told me to apply for this because this would look good on college apps. I was just really eager to be in a lab. It was a valuable and rewarding experience but definitely not something that made me a better scientist in the grand scheme of things. It seems like many more kids get involved in "research" now as admissions counselors and parents encourage this. And don't get me started on "publications." It's harder to sense whether all this activity is an honest signal of unusual early interest anymore. This a problem with the current admissions frenzy, I guess. Whenever unusual activities do signal genuine interest, the word gets out and they lose their meaning.[/quote]

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