Preliminary Round and Final Round

All applicants will be in category of the Preliminary Round. After that, a few will be selected for the Final Round. The 1st , the 2nd and the 3rd place will be thoroughly determined from the Final Round.

Preliminary Round

- Does the applicant exhibit passion and intellectual curiosity though the selected topic? - Is the student creative in approaching the question, research methods, and deriving a conclusions? -Does the research contain social and academic value? -Has the student satisfied all submission guildlines?

Work in Progress

Scholastic Merit: Does the paper contain an appropriately formatted bibliography? Applicants should adhere to MLA formatting rules for all fields of study. Visual contents such as graphs, tables, or figures should be presented clearly and appropriately– if present, spelling and grammar must be exemplary and it will be evaluated of the quality of each paper before publication. All submission forms must be completed before the preliminary round deadline for any matter to be considered for publication.

Final Round

Critical Thinking; Is the research question clearly addressed? Does the student demonstrate clear, logical and critical thinking abilities thorough a coherent argument? Judges will look at the student's ability to analyze and discuss the information presented in paper. Does the student successfully arrive at a clear his or her own conclusion? Authenticity; Does the research paper present relevant data ad extensive research? Does the paper display student's originality? Any case of plagiarism may be resulted in disqualification.