<p>The science super stars tend to prefer Harvard, Stanford and MIT</p>
<p>Destinations for the 40 Intel Finalists for Class of 2009:</p>
<p>Harvard: 14
Stanford: 6
MIT: 4
Cornell: 2
Chicago: 2
JHU: 1
Princeton: 1
U of AZ: 1
CUNY: 1
Columbia: 1
Caltech: 1
Yale: 1
Undecided: 5</p>
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<p><a href="http://sciserv.org/sts/64sts/finalists.asp%5B/url%5D">http://sciserv.org/sts/64sts/finalists.asp</a></p>
<p>Don't you have anything better to be doing?</p>
<p>o shut up, mesaboogie :mad:</p>
<p>You're telling me you honestly care about where Participant Q (who remains unnamed here, so your guess as to which one he is remains as good as anyones...) of Intel plans to go to college next year? If so, get a hobby.</p>
<p>Hey, cool, Po-ling is on the list, and she is going to U. of Chicago.</p>
<p>you know po-ling? i didn't get a chance to meet her because i was at MIT and she was at caltech. :(</p>
<p>No, I don't know Po-ling. But she is a Midwesterner, like me, and I have seen her name and her older brothers' names all over the AMC winners lists for years. Props to all the Intel finalists. I used to read about that science fair program back when it had the other sponsor's name and wonder how the kids did it.</p>
<p>5 of em go to my school</p>
<p>Interesting. Is being an Intel Finalist a ticket to absolutely anywhere? Clearly, it's a huge hook, but would there be any chance of rejection anywhere for a finalist?</p>
<p>Byerly, Byerly,</p>
<p>one of the undecided is going to Yale.</p>
<p>To Byerly:</p>
<p>I am one of the Intel finalists (posting from my mother's CC account). I wanted to let you know that just because an Intel finalist listed their first choice school as Harvard on an application back in November does not mean that Harvard is still their first choice. Please do not make the claim that the finalists perfer Harvard until you know which school the students have actually decided to attend.</p>
<p>P.S. to Kinetic:
I really am still undecided.</p>
<p>The linked site speaks for itself. Obviously no student - except those who have applied and been accepted binding ED - will <em>necessarily</em> wind up at the school they told the Intel people they "plan to" or "hope to" attend. </p>
<p>What is true is that - </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Intel Finalists - unlike most people - usually get admitted to the school they "plan to" or "hope to" attend; and</p></li>
<li><p>It is almost invariably the case that the largest plurality matriculates at Harvard, with either Stanford or MIT the second most common destination.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Lurker, Byerly never lets the facts get in the way of a good story. He is a schill with no credibiltiy (see earlier threads addressing such).</p>
<p>With no life either. Except he's unusually proud of the fact that he (supposedly) went to Harvard, I think.</p>
<p>the stats are still interesting (so long as you don't spend all your time searching for them, that is)</p>
<p>It's interesting data, and very relevant to a forum ABOUT HARVARD. Get off your high horses, folks.</p>
<p>intel results come after college app deadlines, so would getting intel semifinalist/finalist help in college admissions?</p>
<p>Byerly lies, its been demonstated here time and again. Check earlier threads dealing with his credibility.
Stats are great but only if the info. is accurate.
Also, since MIT, Princeton and CalTech are, according to the PR list of "Toughest Schools to Get Into", more difficult to enter than Harvard, is it possible that some of these people would be rejected there. The Princeton threads are loaded with 1600 scorers who were rejected in the ED round. P is also notorious for wanting focused, yet balanced individuals.</p>