<p>Hmmm…I’m impressed…lol, who wouldn’t be</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ll get into about 3/4 or more of HYPSM, the rest of the ivy league, and the other higher level universities.</p>
<p>Since you like science, have you given medicine any thought as a career?
Are you familiar with BS/MD programs?</p>
<p>hey letsgo123 - well, i know for sure I want to do science. Having AZN parents (who’re like, you hav to b docto! We disown u if you don!), I’m urged to be one, but I think I want to go more along the lines of research (biomedical engineering/physics research, for instance).</p>
<p>No shes not a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>The reason why I asked about RSI earlier was because I remember her from the RSI thread (so unless she was ■■■■■■■■ like 4 months ago in another thread and planning all this out for months…)</p>
<p>I remember when you first posted your stats in the RSI thread… I was like “dang, what an amazing applicant-shes definitely going to get in”. Sorry that I heard you didnt get in (but I guess the other program will be just as amazing), but I still think that those stats will get you into atleast one of the HYPSM, if not 5/5.</p>
<p>lol, why not do research and make your parents happy. </p>
<p>Personally, I would recommend UCinn DAP - it’s a BS/MD program at the Univ. of Cincinnati and they have an excellent biomed engr. program, so you could major in biomed engr. and do a ton of cool research, and, at the same time, have a guaranteed acceptance to med school and become a doctor.</p>
<p>If you still want to keep on doing more research, you could always do the combined MD/PHD program joined with the BS/MD program which would let you keep on doing research in med school, and cover the entire cost of education for med school, plus you’d receive an annual stipend - essentially, you’d be paid to go to a med school that you have guaranteed admission to from high school.</p>
<p>Of course, there are other great schools with biomed engr. programs that also have biomed engr. ex. Case Western PPSP and OSU EAP</p>
<p>Or you could go the regular way and go ivy league, stanford, mit, duke, or caltech and do biomed engr there and then try to get into a combined md/phd program from there.</p>
<p>Thanks dashboard for getting back to me so quickly! I’m a rising junior, and like I said, when you live in the boonies it’s harder to find things to get involved in. Like the Rensselaer medal, I doubt any teacher in my school has ever heard of it. I’m still giving you props, but in my myopic world it’s hard to find opportunites. Is the Army Award related to science fairs as well?</p>
<p>Like I’m volunteering this summer for a free clinic, and we’re bleeding for money, and can’t get in from anywhere. Oh well, I will do my best to raise funds in the next few months to help out this great cause.</p>
<p>If you are intersted in biomedical engineering, then you should add Johns Hopkins to your list, as they’re the best in the country. In fact, MIT (probably Stanford as well) is the only one on you list that is actually ranked highly in BME. Also check out Duke, Georgia Tech, and UPenn. I believe that these are the top 5 universities in BME. </p>
<p>All 5 of these schools would get you into a good medical school (not to mention great research opportunites), if you even want to pursue that career ultimately. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>yeah…I probably didn’t get into RSI because I didn’t have some of the stuff (like renselaer, national jshs, etc.) when I applied for RSI…I wasn’t even sure at the time whether I was going to have my independent project. Plus, I got most of my big math/science leadership stuff just a month ago.
yeah, it kind of hurts to be rejected from RSI.
Anyways, HiPeople, I hope you’re doing some research this summer (screw RSI 
). If you are, I hope to see you in…maybe ISEF/Intel Finals?</p>
<p>“improving your SAT to 2410 or 2420 might improve your chances, but otherwise I’m not feeling it”</p>
<p>did no one realize this?</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>I’m sure everybody realized this, but we did not care to comment on such a sarcastic and unrealistic post. He merely complemented dashboard in an unrealistic format. Peace :)</p>
<p>^^ Well, then I’m sorry you had to comment on my unnecessary post, and all the energy it took to write your response. Peace out.</p>
<p>Okay, so any more takers? I ‘preciate all y guys’ responses :)</p>
<p>Looks good to me. we’ll see what the admins say. you should be applying to princeton and not yale(eww)</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking (and I totally understand if you do, it’s a private matter), is your parents’ income less than $60,000? </p>
<p>I just can’t imagine ever having the money to do this kind of stuff (science projects, sister schools, summer programs?).</p>
<p>However, perhaps it is because a) I live in Florida, which is great for the elderly but lacks opportunity for the young 'uns and b) My school is dirt poor, as am I.</p>
<p>Do you attend a fairly wealthy school? </p>
<p>Oh, congratulations on all your accomplishments. I’m pretty sure you’re a shoo-in for whatever school you want.</p>
<p>^actually, we’re not under 60K…just slightly over. But science projects don’t take any money, and my school clubs paid for sister school stuff. Summer programs I get in practically free because of financial aid.
But I do attend a fairly wealthy school in California. Half my classmates have professors for dads.</p>
<p>^yo, bananasandwich, me likes princeton better than yale but the former has no early action…</p>
<p>dashboard, you certainly have a good resume, but remember having perfect scores and laundry list ECs is not enough for the top colleges. after looking at the decisions threads, many people with perfect SATI/IIs get rejected/waitlisted. in fact i know someone who flat out got rejected from hypsm and he had a 2400, many science awards like you, and he was legacy at princeton and harvard. also imo, more awards wouldn’t have gotten you into RSI, it’s the passion you show in your essays that is what gets people in. just remember that essays carry much more weight than awards and test scores. show them the person behind those test scores.</p>
<p>^trust me. I showed plenty of passion in my RSI essays. The process is rigged for us Asians, trust me.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Yea I am. Im doing it at a local unversity. Im not doing ISEF though—just Siemens individual and Intel STS. ISEF is more for bio right? Maybe Im wrong but my project is math and CS oriented…very hard to do a poster for it because its very abstract</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>yea dont worry about it. I had 2xUSAMO and got rejected from RSI. There were only 41 people supposedly that got in domestically (someone on AoPS told me), and I know from just looking at someone like you, that there are plenty of people (way more than 41) better than me around the nation…even in my state (I know 1 person that got in that was on my ARML team/goes to my math circle class on Sundays—2400/USAMO…). </p>
<p>I was disappointed when I got rejected (because its MIT and its got amazing facilities/professors), but I will still work really, really hard to do well this summer at my local unversity…it doesnt have the technology/professors as RSI, but I have more motivation to do well.</p>
<p>Oh yea and I don’t actually mind if I don’t win in Siemens (like not even get Semifinalist). It would be a great honor to get it, but I’m more concerned with the research experience than the award. Obviously, if I do well with the experience, there should be a strong correlation to what award I get.</p>
<p>EDIT: As for your chances, dashboard, I think you have an amazing chance to sweep every college. A friend of mine from my high school, last year, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/408975-last-chance-mit-caltech-etc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/408975-last-chance-mit-caltech-etc.html</a>, swept every college (HYPSMC–he decided to apply to all of them afterall, after just considering MC) and I dont see how you are much worse than he is. Your awards are almost as good (or will be), but more importantly, youve shown your dedication to research and I think that will definitely help you.</p>