<p>@ender94, sorry about your rejection from RSI. I’ve been rejected from TASP so far (although I wrote most of that application the night before the deadline and found out I made ISEF the day before, so I wasn’t too bitter about it) and am waiting to hear back from four other programs/internships.</p>
<p>Honestly, I wish these programs could just shoot out an email to everyone at the same time or allow us to log onto a portal or something to see our acceptance/rejection statuses. It seems like it’d be much more easier that way for both parties involved. TASP sent out an email then a letter, which was very organized and timely.</p>
<p>Haven’t heard anything by email here but I wouldn’t know if anything has come by phone or snail mail as I’m away visiting colleges for accepted student things.</p>
<p>Hmm, things we could do until decisions are released…How about an ongoing science-related story, everyone posts one-two sentences in reply to the previous ones?</p>
<p>I’ll start:
The eerie whirring of the computers dared me to come closer, to enter the dark room where the secrets were rumored to be held…</p>
<p>The sound of Ke$ha’s Tik Tok echoed throughout the dusty cavern, pulsating and reverberating, causing our protagonist, Chaseholl great distress. “Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy”…</p>
<p>… Suddenly, chaseholl dies after suffering a myocardial infarction. Fortunately for the story, NspiredOne appears just as suddenly, and blasts away the evil Ke$ha nonsense with some good ol’ Rebecca Black. The inane repetitions of “Friday” are heard while NspiredOne uses a script to game YouTube’s system and “like” that song enough to being the like:dislike ratio to 1:9. An impossible task, but who is better suited for the job? …</p>
<p>Justin Beiber suddenly appears out of nowhere and summons a horde of Banelings by the familiar tune of “Baby”. OH OH OH OHOHHHHH. 6000 Banelings appear ready for combat.</p>
<p>chaseholl promptly blows the whole lot up, including Bieber, and dies again, this time of a severe cerebral infarction. In his last breath, he mutters a brief spell that makes him immune to revival, thus eliminating any chance of his return in the story.</p>
<p>Suddenly, the Supreme Ruler of the Realm appears and prevents Chaseholl from completing his spell. In a strident tone, the Supreme Ruler censures Chaseholl for wanting to die…</p>
<p>chaseholl is censured! But, in an unforeseen turn of events, he unleashes a torrent of Lady Gaga music, deafens the not-so-Supreme Ruler, and finishes his spell. He is now effectively and permanently out of the story, which turns back to focusing on NspiredOne’s undying passion for Justin Bieber. The aforementioned overzealous gamers notice his dancing and slowly turn their weapons in his direction …</p>
<p>Nspiredone casts divine intervention and the zombies immediately disintegrate. Suddenly, reality is restored and the world is saved for all of eternity… THE END…</p>
<p>That was a horrible idea to start a story whoever thought of it :P</p>
I’ve been rejected from TASP so far (although I wrote most of that application the night before the deadline and found out I made ISEF the day before, so I wasn’t too bitter about it) and am waiting to hear back from four other programs/internships.</p>