<p>I did Siemens in HS, was a semifinalist…a friend of mine and I did all of the research on our own (it was in math/theoretical CompSci), and had our CS teacher sign off as an “advisor” or whateaver the term was (maybe it was “supervisor”?) even though he didn’t even know about it until we were done. PM me if you want any specific info about what we did.</p>
<p>Make sure it’s a topic you’re actually interested in - also, doing it with one or two other people makes it easier, and actually might even look better, because a lot of science research in the “real world” is collaborative. </p>
<p>Didn’t help me get into MIT, though. I’m at UIllinois Urbana at the moment, applying to transfer out.</p>