<p>I'm a sophomore (15 years old, will be 16 by January), and am pondering whether or not I should apply to the prestigious sscience research programs (SSRP, Rockefeller, maybe even RSI). I have years of previous research experience and have achieved top awards several times but all these programs "strongly encourage" SAT/ACT, PSAT, 3 SAT2 scores, which I have not even thought of taking yet. So would it be worth applying to these programs, and would I have even have a slight (even if its, 0.0000001%) possibility of getting in if I applied??? I know these programs are super competitive, but I would like to at least give it a shot if there's even a slight possibility of getting in. Here's some of my achievements:</p>
<p>1) Siemens Competition Semi-Finalist (Molecular Biology, 10th grade, 2014)
2) Siemens Competition Semi-Finalist (Molecular Biology, 9th grade, 2013)
3) LISEF (long island science engineering fair) and NYSSEF (new york science engineering fair) participant (9th grade)
4) Worked with multiple (~5) Ph.D professors who mentored me over the course of the last 3 years in 3 different college/local laboratories
5) Trying to submit 2 or maybe even 3 different papers for publication (will be submitted in next few weeks)
These are some "fillers" that "everyone" has:
6) Won/placed in a ton of local science/math competitions from mathletes, korean math competitions, science congress, Research association fair, etc, etc
7) ~320 hours volunteer at hospital
8) ~100 hours doctor shadowing
9) president/board in some school clubs<br>
10) some local awards in music (piano) </p>
<p>Any suggestion/advices to apply/not apply or chances for any of the prestigious summer programs are welcomed!!</p>