<p>so, if you’re deferred or rejected from Harvard EA, where else are you applying to?</p>
<p>I’m looking at:
MIT (Biological Chemical Engineering [10 XB]; Biology [7])
Stanford (Human Biology)
Johns Hopkins (Biomedical Engineering)
Columbia (Biochemistry)
UC-Berkeley (Chemical Biology; Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Williams (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)</p>
<p>What's your safety school?</p>
<p>..uhm, i don't want to say it because i don't want people on CC to start bashing me, calling me arrogant again. so for now,</p>
<p>i have no safety school.</p>
<p>my friend who is also a rickoid is just applying to 2 schools: Yale and Stanford. I wondered what her safety is.</p>
<p>Rickoid = MIT safety.</p>
<p>it's better when someone else says it :)</p>
<p>I'm applying to way too many schools. Ugh.
Stanford
Yale
Amherst (recruited football, yay)
Duke
Georgetown
Cornell (legacy, semi-safety)
OSU (free, easy app, super-safety)</p>
<p>Back when I was planning this all out, I wanted to make sure I got into a ton of places. I actually had these idea of going on a massive roadtrip, and spending a night at all the campuses, and maybe trying to write something about it. Now, I just really don't want to do the essays. Unfortunately, all the stuff is in to guidance, and I've submitted pre-Apps (and fees) to almost all of the schools.</p>
<p>I didnt have to pay any app fees at all. It would have cost me app 420 dollars to apply to 7 schools, but I got all of it waived! :)</p>
<p>I really hate how everyone at my school goes "nghi why are you applying to Harvard; you're already in MIT." They don't even know half of the story.</p>
<p>no prob, justforget me...i'm applying to like 13 schools...i want to get into at least one of my faves...but if none of them work out, i have a 2nd level where most LA ppl apply...if not, the safety level</p>
<p>hey. nghi, could you tell me other half of the story , if you dont mind. (just curious)
"I really hate how everyone at my school goes "nghi why are you applying to Harvard; you're already in MIT." They don't even know half of the story."</p>
<p>oh. also how did you get waived. i got waived, cuz my parents are so poor -0-
but as i am sending my fee waiver form, i was also thinking, it might lower my chances of getting in to colleges. you know. (i am not all that staller applicant. rather just average.)</p>
<p>If Harvard doesn't work out, I'm also applying to Amherst (my clear second choice), Yale, Brown, Columbia, Michigan, Williams, Swarthmore, Vassar, and Wesleyan. And maybe the University of Florida as a safety.</p>
<p>whats a rickoid. it sounds contagious.</p>
<p>it's a rare disease :)</p>
<p>the epidemic started in the summer of '84. Each year, 50 jrs across the nation are contracted with this illness. In 2004, the virus broke out at 2 parts of the nation: CA and Boston at Caltech and MIT respectively. It made 75 jrs very sick...sick to their stomach full of joy!</p>
<p>static...i'm a little confused. MIT=your safety? i am in no way trying to "bash" you or call you arrogant, but what exactly are your stats that make that a possibility? no pressure as to why, i'm just curious. i would love to be you.</p>
<p>well i didnt say MIT was my safety at all. ivyleaguechamp just pointed out that all rickoids' safety is MIT. </p>
<p>If you want to learn about the legend of RSI and Rickoids. Read around CC. It's everywhere</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml</a></p>
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<p>Each summer approximately 75 high school students gather for six of the most stimulating weeks of their young lives. Selected from the United States and other nations, these students participate in a rigorous academic program which emphasizes advanced theory and research in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering.This is the Research Science Institute (RSI). </p>
<p>Students attend college-level classes taught by distinguished professors. Nationally recognized teachers conduct classes designed to sharpen research skills. In addition, students complete hands-on research with top mentors at corporations, universities, and research organizations.</p>
<p>Many RSI students use their RSI research projects as a basis for entry to science competitions, garnering top awards in the annual Intel Science Talent Search, the Siemens-Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition, and the All-USA High School Academic Scholarship.</p>
<p>The uniqueness of CEE lies in its commitment to help RSI alumni throughout their academic careers - from college selection through search for graduate fellowships, fostering a community with both camaraderie and intellect. CEE's follow-up program includes helping alumni find suitable summer employment, sponsoring trips to other nations for alumni as Junior Ambassadors, and many other activities.</p>
<p>RSI is open to students who have completed the third year of high school, or the equivalent, by the summer of 2005. The twenty-second annual summer session of RSI will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology from June to August, 2005.</p>
<p>Students selected for RSI will have demonstrated superior achievement in math, the sciences and verbal arts. They will have shown potential to become leaders in science. It is suggested that math PSAT scores be at least 75 and combined math and verbal PSAT scores be at least 140.</p>
<p>There is no cost to students for tuition, room and board. The only expense is for transportation to and from MIT or Caltech. Support for RSI comes from corporations, foundations and individuals. In the past CEE received grants from the National Science Foundation, United States Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, and the National Security Agency.</p>
<p>Room, board, and all other program related expenses are covered by CEE, MIT, and Caltech (students are responsible for initial and final transportation to and from the RSI Program). This allows CEE to select RSI students solely on the basis of intellectual potential, to search out the best and brightest young scientists and mathematicians, to remove impediments to their naturally rapid intellectual growth, to nurture and support their desire to explore and create, and to bind them strongly to the scientific community of similarly talented individuals who can help guide them through subsequent stages of intellectual and professional growth.</p>
<p>cut and paste always work..you ruin my story :(</p>
<p>Hasn't there only been one rickoid that didn't get accepted to MIT? And that was some sort of special case, or something.</p>
<p>interesting...and i assume you were one of the few participants. to put it rather plainly, how did you get in? i remember someone mentioning biology-related projects awhile ago, but would you recommend something like this for a premed (besides the entire prestige factor and setting aside my slim chances for acceptance, of course)?</p>
<p>is MIT the only school that the rickoid factor applies to? i've never seen MIT, but i hear its nice. and by nice i mean the best school on earth. but that's just according to my dad, who went there. but anyway, i suppose you're hoping it applies to Harvard as well...</p>
<p>thanks for the explanations so far, and i also appreciate any future answers to my numerous questions!</p>
<p>It's not really that Rickoid->MIT. In reality, the only reason you'd probably get selected for RSI is if you were going to get into MIT (as well as the other top schools) anyway.</p>
<p>It would be like saying, "OH MY GOD! ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD TEAM ALWAYS MAKE MIT!"</p>