<p>Just sent my application stuff in today. The post office lady sounded pretty confident it would get there on time, but I’m hoping no mail-carrying planes crash or anything tomorrow.</p>
<p>If the 6.7% acceptance rate noted earlier in this thread is still true for this year, about 200 people will apply in all.</p>
<p>The effects of music therapy on emotional and behavioral development in youth. But I’d much prefer food science. There’s a food microbiology topic I’ve been interested in exploring for a year or so but haven’t got the chance to.</p>
<p>I was interested in the effects of loud music on drunk mice (like going to a rave) after seeing a study on how it worsened the effects of meth-using mice or something, but then thought that would be too cruel an experiment.</p>
<p>Although it would be super fun to try anyway :)</p>
<p>Was it just me or did their online form where you pasted your essay to print not print correctly? I tried it on 2 computers in all 3 browsers and nothing worked so I ended up just pasting my essays in a word document with the same header as their online form.</p>
<p>is there any confirmation of any sort from them after the app is received?
mine got there today, but i don’t know if i should call them to confirm it.</p>
<p>You should email Ms. Durham to ask for confirmation that your application has been received. She’s very punctual and should respond in a day or two.</p>
<p>If we’re going to start with a few basic stats, I’ll start.</p>
<p>SAT Score: 2360 (800 CR, 800 M, 760 W)
GPA (4.41 Weighted, 4.00 UW)
2011 AIME Qualifier
Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE: Science test-taking competition in Illinois and Missouri) Regionals 3rd place in Chemistry
2009 Chicago American Chemical Society Scholarship Exam Honorable Mention
(Included a few other smaller awards as well.)
JETS TEAMS (Grades 10, 11): 5th place nationals 2010
WYSE (Grades 10, 11): JV 2010, Varsity 2011 (Biology and Chemistry)
NSML Math Team (Grades 9-11): 1st place overall team 2009, 2nd place 2010
ICTM Math Team (Grades 9-11): 1st place state 2009, 2nd place state 2010
Science Bowl (Grades 10, 11): 4th place B Team 2010, B Team Captain 2011
YSDP (Grades 7-11): Youth orchestra (currently a 1st violin)
Kung Fu (Grades 9-11): Learned southern style fist, spear, staff, etc.
Library Volunteer (Grades 10, 11): 2 hr/week, 80 total hrs
Essay - Part C: AP Lang teacher and two college friends of mine said it was really good and showed who I was as a person and scholar.
Recs: Should be relatively good.</p>
<p>@apoc314 i know which school u go to!!! haha it’s funny cuz we have lots of things in common such as JETS TEAMS and WYSE and NSML and ICTM! haha except i didn’t specify NSML and ICTM i just said math team. probably should’ve done that…but anyways, ur stats r a lot better than mine seems like u would make it. </p>
<p>oh and another thing: we’ve met technically! cuz if u go to the school i think u go to, then we were at the same WYSE regionals and i placed 2nd in chemistry!!! so we both were in the same room and saw each other go up to get the medal!!! haha wow what r the chances.</p>
What states/schools are you guys from anyways?</p>
seems like u would make it. </p>