Is sending this to Pton ethical?

xrCalico23
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:01:21 +0000

^second what randombetch said. Only send in a research abstract if the research can be thought of as partially your own intellectual property. In any case, you probably wouldn’t want to send in an abstract to the admission office this late anyway… I was under the impression that most of the supplements are looked over by professors in the relevant academic departments rather than by the admission office, and I have a feeling that the bulk of those supplements are already forwarded to specific departments. I doubt an admission officer would be interested in reading something totally abstract and convoluted like those typical research abstracts. It would probably be more helpful and more accessible if you simply describe your work in a short essay or something. Just my thoughts.

“And regardless of the ethically issues, I’m not sure PCRs and gels are significant enough to even inform the admissions committee about.”

“yeah, anyone can run pcrs and gels…”

Really? They look so complicated.