<p>mine on saturday</p>
<p>Haven't sent it in yet....still looking at other summer research options.</p>
<p>I'm terribly indecisive.</p>
<p>faxed mine today.
seeya in new mexico, neha</p>
<p>Faxed mine Friday I think.</p>
<p>Aight, I called MTSI, since i was one of the first people to fax my stuff in and still hadnt recieved. They said they are preparing the materials now to send out. They will send an apprentice handbook, employment applications and other information about the university u are attending. The lady said they will be mailing it out next week, so it will come around the first week of May. Just thought id let you guys know so you dont go crazy going through your mail everyday. AIM: DrCore16</p>
<p>So I just got off the phone with the lady from Nasa, and she told me that for the program I applied to they were late in sending out letters. She said I was chosen as a semifinalist, and it's Nasa plus sharp (it's a little different). But I thought I was rejected so I applied to go to Panama this summer wtih AFS, and I received a $1,000 scholarship and already accepted it. Now what do I do?</p>
<p>Well, I just sent an email saying I declined the offer to do NASA Sharp...</p>
<p>Sigh...I really wish I could have gone, but I think doing research around here might be better in the long run.</p>
<p>But, GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN, 2005 SHARPIES!! :) And good luck to everyone else in commuter and such who haven't gotten their letters yet!</p>
<p>elusivestranger, I think it would be a good idea to perhaps email or call AFS as soon as possible to inform them of your dilemma and ask them what would be the best thing to do.</p>
<p>Either sounds great though; unless you think you'd go to NASA Sharp for sure if you got in, maybe it's not worth worrying about trying to drop AFS.</p>
<p>Just some thoughts.</p>
<p>thanks. that's a good idea.</p>
<p>Ack... my commuter interview's tomorrow!!! </p>
<p>The suspense.</p>
<p>Is your interview at the NASA AMES center?</p>
<p>Good luck with your interview tomorrow, Frozen Tears!</p>
<p>First post--got my acceptance letter for Cal State last week.</p>
<p>o0CrazyGlue0o - NASA SHARP tends to be a bit arbitrary in its decisions - there tends to be a wide variety of people who are accepted and some very top applicants are rejected. There isn't a set formula in its admissions so you really can only do what you enjoy and prepre for alternatives. One example was zogoto, a Siemens semifinalist who got into RSI.</p>
<p>simfish,
No offense, but I have been lurking on this board and noticed a sudden change in your attitude after you got rejected from SHARP. You were panicking the whole time, "what should I do now?" "is my essay good enough?" and then bam, you were rejected. All of the sudden your entire attitude changed, and you talk about how SHARP tends to have "some very top applicants rejected." I might be wrong, but it seems that in your posts you are implying you were one of the top applicants rejected. Perhaps, the top applicant is not only dependent on stats. Maybe, SHARP had a reason for picking the people they did? Life isn't all about stats and I would hope, for your sake, that you had learned that by now. I, myself, was rejected but I did not immediately go claiming that SHARP was not a wonderful program because they chose to not accept me. Instead, I reassessed my application and will try again next year. </p>
<p>By the way, congratulations to all of those accepted to this great program.</p>
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simfish,
No offense, but I have been lurking on this board and noticed a sudden change in your attitude after you got rejected from SHARP. You were panicking the whole time, "what should I do now?" "is my essay good enough?" and then bam, you were rejected. All of the sudden your entire attitude changed, and you talk about how SHARP tends to have "some very top applicants rejected." I might be wrong, but it seems that in your posts you are implying you were one of the top applicants rejected. Perhaps, the top applicant is not only dependent on stats. Maybe, SHARP had a reason for picking the people they did? Life isn't all about stats and I would hope, for your sake, that you had learned that by now. I, myself, was rejected but I did not immediately go claiming that SHARP was not a wonderful program because they chose to not accept me. Instead, I reassessed my application and will try again next year. </p>
<p>By the way, congratulations to all of those accepted to this great program.
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<p>First of all, I must mention that I am fervently against affirmative action and am an egalitarian, so I have biased views on this. Furthermore, NASA SHARP on its webpage mentions that 90% of its alumni graduate from college. What about the other 10%? Sure some people like Bill Gates drop out because they want to become business leaders but that won't drive the dropout rate up to 10%. Thus, right from the start, I had some issues against NASA SHARP. However, I still applied to it because at that time, I knew of very few summer programs other than SSP and decided to apply to as many as possible. </p>
<p>I believe that my rejection was just - even if NASA SHARP selected the top with the best stats and most prestigious awards, i would still have been rejected. I didn't take my rejection harshly at all - if you look at the SSP thread, you'll see that I was much more despondent after my rejection there (even there however, my rejection was probably just and I still recommended SSP to others after my rejection). However, what about zogoto's rejection? Sure life isn't all about stats but it certainly says something if zogoto was rejected by SHARP and got into RSI. He proposed his own idea for a research project - unlike many other Siemens semifinalists, he actually did have his original idea. And zogoto isn't the only example - I've heard of other RSI applicants rejected by SHARP.</p>
<p>Generally, programs that give preference to minorities aren't as good as programs that don't give preference to minorities, otherwise the talent of the best students would not be nurtured. I would hate to imagine the situation if MOSP or RSI wanted most of their students to be URMs.</p>
<p>It wouldn't be surprising if NASA SHARP rejected some applicants with the best stats. After all, it wants to encourage minority participation and if all of the non-minorities were RSI level, it would encourage snobbery among the non-minorities and discourage the minorities. Did I take my NASA SHARP rejection harshly? No. I only said that NASA SHARP's admissions is not completely meritocratic, like Ivy League admissions.</p>
<p>I probably would have had a chance to NASA SHARP, though it would never be a good chance. At least the chance's higher than what I have for MOSP. They just didn't think that I would fit in with the program at that particular year and that's why I was rejected.</p>
<p>ok. i took it and understood it for a while but im getting quite disgusted at the fact you diss every program you get rejected to. i think the programs might actually have foresight. maybe they do know which people will do well, and which will not but will in turn cause trouble when they are there, considering the impolite comments you make about these great programs. im sorry. but the world is evil. life isnt fair. accept it. college admissions are like this as well. stop having such a freakin big ego and accept that everything does not focus on u and that u are not the best because you will only be disapppointed. i mean i do think every program has thier reasons to pick who they do besides that fact of a minority status. but do understand, people who are not minorities also apply to there programs are do get accepted. take me and zpmqxonw for instance. im asian shes white. are you going to tell me now that we got in cuz we are female? are you going to be sexist? i mean some ppl who got rejected really should have gotten in because their stats are good but understand these programs cannot accept everybody. accpet it and life goes on. and stats isnt everything. i would never say my stats got me in. it would probably my projects, community service, and true passion. i hope you do not compare yourself to RSI level because those ppl who got in still dont know why. meritocratic? or do u mean grades, test scores, grades and more test scores? do u know how boring it would be to have a program where all the participants only cared about those two things? these programs want to know u have a "life" and interests outside of school. everyone has a chance at everything, at both success and failure. accept it. u will be happier.</p>
<p>damnnnnn, you got fried son!!</p>
<p>ok well i gotta agree with now0520 . you cant just bust out the race card here Fish. Im an indian male, so is zogoto. He is wayyyyy more qualified than me with his intel stuff and what not. I got into NASA, he didnt. But he got into RSI. You cant just blame affirmative action everytime you dont get something you want. Being Asian is a HUGE disadvantage considering all the overacheiving asians out there. You make it seem like because ur white u didnt get in. You got rejected for a different reason. Have fun at the beach this summer.</p>