<p>Wrath of God, aren't you the guy that won DuPont's essay contest? If so, well, at least I'm in good company :D</p>
<p>yea, lol i wish the results came out early enough to somewhat affect my application though. Rejection is hard...especially for someone that's been wanting to go to this program for 2 years.</p>
<p>Ah. At least you had a good shot of getting into RSI, and still a good shot at getting into a school like MIT. Could be worse. You could be me, for instance.</p>
<p>^what's wrong with you? [haha, that sounded rude, oops]</p>
<p>wrathofgod: true, rejection is tough; but RSI isn't the end all and be all. If anything, I'm just glad I applied because I wouldn't be able to deal with thinking that I passed up the chance of a lifetime.</p>
<p>Let's just say that compared to all of you guys...if I'd gotten accepted, I would've wondered what the hell was wrong with whatever comittee did the reviewing. :D</p>
<p>i highly doubt that.
I'm thinking the vast majority of those who applied stood some sort of chance, and will stand a chance at the Ivies.
Plus - the way you write, you seem smart.</p>
<p>lol seriously zoogies, being a junior at age 14 is an accomplishment in and of itself. when i was 14 i was in 8th grade twiddling my thumbs in honors geometry.</p>
<p>Heh. Writing gets better with absurd amounts of practice. I have spent an obscene amount of time on various message boards to practice my writing. RSI, on the other hand, is a math/science thing. People at my school (<em>cough</em> like my guidance counseller, who thought I would get in for sure <em>cough</em>) don't really get it, because they think I'm a math person. Well, yes, but I don't have anywhere near the crazy credentials most of you have. My 'list any awards you have won in math/science' and 'list any extracurriculars that show your passion for math/science' sections were...well. ;) </p>
<p>Top 50 in the country? Heh. Not a chance. Not that I would be complaining, if I'd been accepted, of course ;) Hopefully, you're right, and MIT will say, "This guy is incredibly uber." From there, it's a matter of luck. </p>
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<p>True, but nobody's going to make it any easier to get into any college. Age really doesn't matter that much. Besides, behold my school's math and science course list: Intro sci. Bio. Chem. Physics. Anatomy and Physiology. A&P is pretty cool, but all of these courses are half-year. No Physics II, no Physics AP, or anything. Same for math. I was lucky enough to get into the last calculus course, before they axed it. :D</p>
<p>I have like...no awards in math/science. The one award I can remember I put down was getting 4th place in NH for a Rotary Speech contest. My speech happened to be about genetic engineering and biomedical research and the posibilities it holds for the future. lol....
of course, I made that sound nice. The thing I liked about this application was that you didn't need to list it. You could go into a fancy explanation to make whatever you have sound like you won the Nobel Prize.</p>
<p>Hehe. Yep. I did about as good a job as I could explaining that there were no science or math related ECs of any sort, and nor would starting one be feasible. </p>
<p>Ah, I did a project in 5th grade about Albert Einstein. I dressed up as Einstein to present it and all. If only I glorified that...nah :P</p>
<p>lol...
well...something of that sort in high school could have been glorified. I managed to do that....
Seriously, I explained how I did a Religion (I go to a Catholic school) project on eugenics. My angle was basically taht I incorporated biological sciences into every part of my academic and extracurricular life.
In my opinion, it was complete BS, but apparently it wasn't that bad, considering I wasn't outright rejected....</p>
<p>Hi, RSI threaders!</p>
<p>LadyinRed- you're looking at a fellow alternate. and you're right. it's a funny feeling--because you're not really satisfied, but at the same time you don't feel entitled to be devastated--alas...</p>
<p>Until "mid-May," whatever that means...</p>
<p>note to self: resist holding vigil around telephone during May. must keep sane.</p>
<p>btw, did they mention how many "alternates" they designated?</p>
<p>Ah. I ought to take lessons from you ;) </p>
<p>I'm just kicking myself for managing to forget every single other summer program in existence - MITE2S, or whatever it's called...and NASA SHARP, zogoto was kind enough to remind me (a few months too late! haha, just kidding...). I might not have gotten in (unless I took BS lessons from LadyinRed), but still, I could've at least tried. Oh well. UMass lowell summer band camp. Looking forward to playing six hours a day. :)</p>
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<p>Heh. :P</p>
<p>that's 2 of 5 apparently...</p>
<p>sighh...
I'm crossing my fingers. Miracles can happen, right?</p>
<p>it's a very funny feeling. Almost depressing. I just keep thinking, what could I have done that would have tipped me in? Why wasn't I good enough? Maybe it I just had a higher SAT score...</p>
<p>yep LadyinRed, that's exactly what i'm thinking.</p>
<p>Same here. Except it's more on the lines of, "Boy, I really wish I could go back in time."</p>
<p>lol...I tell all my friends, I pride myself on being the Queen of BS....
Seriously, though, that's the one thing I can truly say I'm good at. Making absolutely nothing sound like something great.</p>
<p>I was thinking about applying to MITE2S...then I didn't...meh...isn't that for underrepresented minorities?
And Nasa Sharp just doesn't seem like my thing. Outerspace is too far away for me...RSI was just perfect....sighh</p>
<p>yea, that's exactly what i started thinking too right after i read the rejection letter. immediately questions start popping into your mind like *** do they want? *** did i do wrong?</p>
<p>just outta curiosity, anyone here applied to the Jackson Lab internship program?</p>