How "Independent" does Independent Research Need to Be?
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:58 am
I'm working on the Harvard application and there's a question (255 character limit) which asks:
Thanks for the help!
How "independent" does this sort of research need to be? I've been working with one of the LHC experiments, but most of my work has been related directly to the goals of the project or experiment I'm with and I've always had an adviser kinda directing me. I've got a publication, but I'm pretty far from being 1st author... what have you all been putting for this kind of thing?Please describe any project(s) that required independent work on your part and/or laboratories in which you have conducted independent research.
Thanks for the help!