<p>RSI and Garcia here. Maybe Clark and/or SSP. Who knows though.</p>
<p>I'm sending mine tomorrow too. I might post my essay tomorrow, if I'm not too embarrased. It's not that great, but pretty personalized. I also am probably applying for SSP and a scientific research program at Rockefeller. If I don't get into any, I'll probably just help my aunt with her government project which is sorta Science related but not really.</p>
<p>it seems like RSI, SHARP, and SSP have like strategically positioned their application due dates
RSI app last weekend, SHARP app this weekend, and SSP app next weekend
i dont think i could handle two in one weekend</p>
<p>When is the Rockefeller app due?</p>
<p>what's SSP? is that the harvard thing? how's it different from ne other precollege program?</p>
<p>You can submit SSP all the way till March 25 though right? How beneficial is it to send it early?</p>
<p>it says u can submit it all the way till june 12th</p>
<p>yea, but i wanna get this stuff over with already</p>
<p>cant wait till college app stuff comes around</p>
<p>I believe SSP stands for the Summer Science Program. Go to <a href="http://www.summerscience.org%5B/url%5D">www.summerscience.org</a> for more info.</p>
<p>AH! I thought you guys were insane to spend hours upon hours working on the essay. Now I understand why. At first I had an outline and I was like, piece of cake... Now..... I initially had 464 words but now it's at the bones with 309. AH! Nine words that need to be cut out, where are you!? Writing is soo much easier than cutting.</p>
<p>i duno, maybe its safe with 309 - i dont beleive they are going to count the words in your essay
they just dont want people at 400+ words</p>
<p>I think you can always cut words out. My first draft was huge and I thought each word was crucial. However, after four drafts, I got it down to 297.</p>
<p>Sent it out 2/14 10AM Taiwan time through DHL. I hope the admissions officers will overlook a tad bit of delay since I had to mail it out in Taiwan.</p>
<p>I'm applying to SSP too, but I need to start on my essay. Ha.</p>
<p>Wow- I have lots of competition for SSP. =/ INitially, I was merely obsessed with getting into SSP. Now I'm applying to... 6 or7 programs.</p>
<p>300! I'm happy at this moment. Yeah, I'm thinking maybe I should apply to other programs as well... but then this is the one I really want to go to.</p>
<p>I have one copy of official transcript. <em>Hits self on head</em> Is it ok if I open it and make unofficial photocopies? Sharp said they accept photocopies, but I thought that was of the most recent report card... not the entire transcript.</p>
<p>Transcript should include final grades for courses through the 2004 fall academic semester. Unofficial photocopies are acceptable.</p>
<p>OK, I've decided to post my essay. But, I'm kinda embarassed because I only spent about 40 minutes on it and it doesn't really stay on topic that much. I was trying to go more for the personal touch, so I hope that it helps, even though this might be too personal. Oh well, application is already in the mail:)</p>
<p>How I Will Change the World Using Science, Math, and Technology</p>
<p>I was born partially deaf and spent years in speech therapy to learn how to communicate, because I never was able to hear what it sounded like to talk right. Thankfully, after many years of intensive speech therapy I now show no problems of my previous disability. I only wish, I could help a child in the future to avoid these years of struggling to communicate with everybody. I would like to invent a new technology to help children, like me that are born partially deaf. </p>
<p>When I volunteer at the hospital, I often see many children struggling to overcome their obstacles. It breaks my heart to see them, in pain and frustrated, and I would like to change this. </p>
<p>When I grow up, I would like to invent a new technology to assist the hearing-impaired. A technology more advanced then hearing aids perhaps all new ears, through the use of cloning or human donation. While this may seem impossible, I would like to work together with NASA to pursue new technologies.</p>
<p>Right now, I am taking the steps towards becoming a biomedical researcher in my life. I am enjoying biology and am planning to take a college class in chemistry when I turn 16. I volunteer at University of Washington Medical Center, around 10 hours every week. And I am fortunate, that my parents allow me to perform any experiments at home, as well as read as many science magazines as I want. </p>
<p>I believe that NASA SHARP would help me to achieve my goals by showing me what its really like to be a biomedical researcher. I know that the precious time I would be able to spend with my mentor, would teach me so much about the profession and allow me to follow my passion.</p>
<p>ANd as someone said, NASA SHARP wants people to reveal their personality. Your essay is clear and I can easily get how you're feeling. There is a grammar error but it doesn't distract from the essay's flow.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I cannot think of any case in which I'm REALLY grateful to science for changing my life permanently. Of course it has - 50% chance I'd be dead by now if not for it and I definitely would spend more time outside without it - but I cannot think of a specific instance. So... My essay = generic eeeee..</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> stupid prompt... </p>
<p>Do you like...need a title?</p>
<p>simfish, chill
yours is the best essay ive seen so far
im still considering whether i should post my jaunt</p>
<p>mm... Thanks.</p>
<p>I edited my essay to include the personal pronoun at the conclusion...heh... But mom demanded I sleep before 12 so no major changes. Oh well, if I did make any, I'd probably make some half-asleep, which isn't really good. =/</p>
<p>There are optimists who believe that technology will make human immortality possible, even allowing humans to escape the universe once its collapse is inevitable. There are pessimists who believe that technology will lead to weapons that will wipe out human civilization. There is one common opinion shared by all however that technology will inevitably change our civilizations future.</p>
<p>In the near future, improved technology will revolutionize our civilization. We may find solutions to many problems the aging of the human body, the energy crisis, the loss of time through transportation, the resistance that flowing electrons encounter. Quixotic ideas such as quantum teleportation and anti-matter driven propulsion may yield tremendous potential. Bioengineering could provide more functions to the human body and increase human potential merging the biological with the electronic. Civilization may also be no longer restricted to the Earth, as we may be able to establish colonies on other objects of our solar system. We may even discover a new scientific field, opening up new technological possibilities that we cannot comprehend today. Just before Einstein formulated the laws of relativity, who would have thought that time dilation and converting mass into energy were possible? </p>
<p>In the far future, technology is imperative if we wish to survive longer than the Earth. The Sun will envelope into a red giant, destroying the Earth, and we will need to find a means of escape. Technology will provide us with the only means to escape Earth and to find another habitable solar system, or even establish our own environment. If we manage to escape Earth, we may continue to ponder sciences wonders for millennia to come. I hope that we will be able to do so and am eager to contribute whatever I can to the foundation of science for the greater public good.</p>
<p>I concur with AmenianInvasion. I like your essay Simfish. However, that doesn't do much for my own confidence level... Hahah. Oh well, good job anyways.</p>