<p>Wow, pinkumbrella10, thanks. Sorry, I didn’t see that. Nyeh, I’m not a Junior anyways (sophomore).</p>
<p>Haha stupid question, but this is the envelope we have to mail everything in, right? <a href=“http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/craft/craftpix/manila-envelope.jpg[/url]”>http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/craft/craftpix/manila-envelope.jpg</a></p>
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<p>The program is only open to Juniors: "RSI is open to students during the summer before their final year in high school. "</p>
<p>do they need AP scores? cuz i don’t see anythign about it.</p>
<p>My physics professor accidentally sent my letter of recommendation for RSI to the Center for Excellence in Education instead of giving it to me to include with my full application in a sealed envelope. I might not be able to get in touch with him before the deadline. Does anybody know if it will matter if the letter was sent to them separately from the rest of my application?</p>
<p>*chocmilk</p>
<p>I know. Thanks, though. Just getting ready (:</p>
<p>ChrxswxN: wow. you leave me speechless, i just FOUND this last week</p>
<p>AP scores, i don’t know
i wrote about it in my essay. its a full 3 pages with 0.3 margins ^-^</p>
<p>Ahhh so many questions. And buzzer11 is still slacking when people need him. Typical. 
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<p>For all the questions on transcripts and recommendations – what I did was ask my guidance counselor to print out a copy, sign and seal it, which is an “unofficial transcript” at my school. RSI just wants some verification and the CEE won’t reject you over small technical details…If you include an official transcript, that’s fine, if you include a signed unofficial transcript, I’m pretty sure that’ll also be fine.
My teachers signed the backs of the envelopes and put them in regular business size envelopes with my school logo on it. </p>
<p>@pinkumbrella10: I think both fields are <em>supposed</em> to be different, but I know someone last year that put two math fields. But try and stick to CEE directions and put two different fields down. </p>
<p>@roseyrox22: If you do well on the SAT, then it wouldn’t hurt to email them. I took a January subject test and got an 800, but I didn’t email the CEE. </p>
<p>@NspiredOne: Yeah my margins were pretty small. My whole application was pretty cramped, and I felt pretty bad for the readers when I was sending it. RSI will read all of it, but just don’t be ridiculous with words. This is a science program, but you still need to be articulate and concise with your writing. Make sure every word counts. </p>
<p>@FrasirFir: If you like the program and are passionate about science, go ahead and apply. Research other summer programs as well, just to have backups. Unofficial score reports mean they don’t have to be sent directly from the testing agency but can be photocopies of a student or school score report. </p>
<p>@pinkumbrella10 (again): I photocopied that big blue/green/yellow PSAT score chart thingy. I mailed my RSI application overnight with UPS, so it came with a delivery confirmation. I was cutting it a little close to the deadline though </p>
<p>@NspiredOne: I photocopied my official AP score report. But I had taken a fair number of exams. </p>
<p>@robotave: I would email the CEE and/or include a note with your application package about your professor rec. </p>
<p>I’m sorry if I missed a question - I kinda skimmed the thread. Don’t die of anxiety! I was definitely really worried last year, but just work hard on your essays and take a breather after you apply :)</p>
<p>…tsubomi… haha</p>
<p>Interesting fact: we had a 12 year old at RSI this past summer. :O</p>
<p>Hey Tsumbomi, question for you. How many APs have you taken? I took 6 (straight 5s btw). Would it be worth sending it in?</p>
<p>@7yearman… you absolutely positively DO NOT want that first question answered. </p>
<p>And Tsumbomi… please don’t scare away the applicants by answering that question. Poor guys and gals.</p>
<p>i’ll have taken apbio, apchem, ap environmental, b/c calc, and ap stat by the end of this year. Because I learned about this program so late I couldn’t ask my math teacher for a rec (cause he’s a total procrastinator). Could i still apply for math? I’m very interested in astrophysics but since i don’t have a math rec and haven’t taken physics that’s probably not a good idea… i suppose astronomical mathematics maybe? or should i just pick Biology and Chemistry and if I so can i do chemical biology, and them some sort of true biology or for them to be distinct would i have to do a true biology and a true chemistry?</p>
<p>so would these field/subfields, for example, work?
Biomedical: immunopathology
Biochemistry: molecular genetics?</p>
<p>what did everyone else put as their field/subfield?</p>
<p>math/graph theory
engineering statistics/process control</p>
<p>finished with everything =D just waiting on my recs. picking them up on monday and all done yay!</p>
<p>does my school have to send an official certified AP score report too? cuz i just photocopied mine…</p>
<p>Alright thanks tsubomi… I hope it doesn’t need signatures because my teachers didn’t sign and already mailed them off.</p>
<p>@Tsumbomi: I actually am curious. How many APs have you taken? If I had to guess, it’s probably somewhere in this thread or the 2010 thread, but I blame my laziness for that. Or maybe I just want to see your humbleness again. :)</p>
<p>I wasn’t going to post here that I was going to apply, but another thread that needed defending coerced me on here. -sigh- So I am going to apply, but seeing how I only have about two more days to finish my application… I don’t think my chances will be any higher than 5% at most.</p>
<p>Also @Tsumbomi: I want to thank you for sticking around and encouraging everyone. This goes for other past RSIers who have posted here. Tsumbomi, I saw your application from last year and I have to be amazed. And putting it off as nothing… it’s almost amusing.</p>
<p>I’m honestly scared for this application. I have decent stats: 14 APs by the end of this year, 80 PSAT Math, 231 PSAT overall, 800 Math SAT II, finished Calculus BC in sophomore year, taking Category Theory this year (I was also quite surprised by the Real Analysis at Columbia and I’m quite jealous), 3.98 unweighted (which should be close to a 5.0 weighted seeing how all my classes have been honors or APs), and tons of extracurriculars. So what’s the problem you ask?..</p>
<p>Well. I’m from Arizona. I remember Enigma last year from Arizona who didn’t get in. He had ISEF 4th as well as USAMO if I remember correctly. </p>
<p>Here are things that hinder me:
- Lack of abundant or deep scientific extracurriculars. I have Science Bowl as well as Math Club/MathCounts, but I don’t see how that shows much.
- Lack of scientific research. It’s quite amazing how many high schoolers do research at their local college or something.
- Lack of programming knowledge. I’ve read somewhere that the programming part of the application is just to put you in to classes in your first week, but I have to assume that it’s got to help those who can program well. I only know Java and that’s because of AP Comp Sci.
- Oh. Two days left and I don’t know what I’m going to put for my Research Topics. Even though the topic itself isn’t important, I need to know what I’m going to put so I can write my essays.</p>
<p>Here’s my thoughts. I have the stats to show them I can keep up with most of the people there. I don’t have enough extracurricular activity (science wise) that will show my true passion for science and math. Well, I’ve been doing some online research on things that interest me including meta-materials (invisibility cloak anyone?), and some mutations in genetics, but I still can’t find a topic that will truly display my passion. Any advice for my essays? Lots of emotion? Some comedy?</p>
<p>I know I have low chances. I know I have a true passion and pulling for science and math. All I want out of this is to say to myself, “I’ve done my very best, and whether I get in or not, it’s alright because I can still make it to MIT or Caltech next year.” But even so, I still would like any advice that could be given. Thank you. :)</p>
<p>For the question 3 about what problem/question interests you, did anyone just talk about one as opposed to two?</p>