Does an independent study count as research?

rhandco
Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:37:00 +0000

What do you mean?

You are posting under “College Admissions”. If you mean that you did an independent study during high school with the help of a teacher, the nature of it would relate to whether it would be considered research (something new) or not (confirming something that is known). If you mean you worked by yourself, I doubt any college would consider that without a teacher or other mentor guiding you.

As for a “thesis paper”, the term “thesis” is usually reserved for college, not high school. You would need to give at least some details for anyone to help answer your question, it’s very unclear.