HSHSP & YSP-UC Davis

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>hey starmia, don't worry! someone at my school who got in has decided to go to a different program during the summer...so that's one free spot already! i'm sure you'll get in =]</p>

<p>hmm now this stats thing i guess?
sophomore at private school, in san jose, CA
classes this year: honors latin 3, ap calc, ap comp sci, ap world history, honors brit lit., ap chem
prior research-none really? i worked for a bit at the material science department at stanford last summer, but no real research conducted, just saw/tweaked with machines used for atomic layer deposition
gpa: our gpas are really inflated (4.8 for a+s, 4.5 for 's) so i'll keep it private haha</p>

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<p>i am really torn. i WANT TO GO SO BADLY, but i have a major responsibility this summer - i am hoping that they'll be lenient and let me leave like once MAYBE TWICE a week for like 5 hours or something. i only live 1-1.5 hours away. it shouldn't be that bad, can it?</p>

<p>and if i post my stats, it will be way too obvious to people at my school who i am so i am not going to LOL.</p>

<p>are most of you guys from CA? I AM SO EXCITED :]</p>

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<p>Have any of you guys who have been accepted, received your packets in the mail yet?</p>

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<p>not yet...</p>

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<p>How selective is it? It is pretty expensive ($4500) for 6 weeks. But it seems to let student do a lot of independent research. Is it highly regarded? </p>

<p>If you had a choice between doing some research in the lab (no charge to you but it is not a formal program) or working at a company or YSP </p>

<p>what would you do?</p>

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<p>I just got my packet today!</p>

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<p>i want my packet! :(</p>

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<p>Those who have been accepted, if you have a facebook account, please join the YSP UC Davis 2008 group!!!! It'll allow us to get to celebrate our acceptances and get to know each other beforehand! </p>

<p>On Facebook just search for : YSP UC Davis 2008 </p>

<p>Hope to see your there!</p>

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<p>Is the facebook group up? I can't find it in the search.</p>

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<p>Here is an easier way to find it: </p>

<p>Login</a> | Facebook</p>

<p>hopefully it'll work...if not tell me your facebook name and I'll invite you</p>

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<p>oooh it is because you made it a closed group. we can't search for it. make it open to everyone and that way we can all find it :)</p>

<p>i requested to join, btw. i'm excited to meet everyone :D</p>

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<p>anyone going to hshsp?</p>

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<p>I requested to join, too. Great idea!</p>

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<p>Sorry about that....ok it should be open now .</p>

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<p>To all YSP hopefuls on the waitlist:
Another spot is open! (although with 58 waitlisted, I'm not sure if this is particularly good news or not.) Anyway, I'm 85% sure that I'll go to WTP instead. It was an extremely hard decision to make (and I'm still not 100% certain!)...I hope I don't get mauled at my school. I think everyone was expecting me to go to YSP. x.x</p>

<p>P.S. LOL I was 8001. I wonder if that means that I was the first to apply. o.O</p>

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<p>I am waitlisted at YSP :/</p>

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<p>just wondering, does the application ask for SAT scores? and also is it harder to get into the program after sophomore year than after junior year?</p>

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<p>the app just asks for nationally standard tests. i'm a junior and got in without sending in any SAT or AP scores</p>

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<p>I was wondering if anyone knows if people from the waitlist have already been accepted...</p>

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<p>Calls to people on the YSP waitlist began being made on Friday the 2nd, I believe, but I have no idea how many were accepted and how many more, if any, will be.</p>