<p>Yeah, that's true. So I'll guess I must attend a summer program for actual research. Or I could find an internship.</p>
<p>Did you find any research before you joined RsI?</p>
<p>tetrahedr0n do u go to andover?</p>
<p>are you talking about andover in ma or andover in mi?</p>
<p>yes, i did a research internship the end of my sophomore yr, and i worked during my jr yr.</p>
<p>Ah, research internships. Are those competitive programs? (I would think that NASA SHARP would be one of them)</p>
<p>NASA SHARP residential program- where you live 8 weeks at a college and then go to work at the college or comute to major buisnesses like Boeing
Well the chance of getting accpeted was around 12%<br>
140 PEOPLE ACCEPTED OUT OF 1100 APPLICANTS</p>
<p>ALSO for this program f you are a white, asain, indian male your cahnces decease to probably 6% since they like to accept URM's and females. Mnay of the groups of kids have around 12 girls and 8 boys. </p>
<p>CSULA is the best residential program by far,
If you are there you get to work for Northrop or Boeing
It has the best location, LA.
in 8 weeks on fridays and the weekends we covered all the museums, theaters, and hot spots in all of Southern CA. We traveled as far south as San Diego. North as Six Flags, And East as Edwards air force base, like 1.5 hrs away from Las Vegas.</p>
<p>I was the only one at CSULA from California, so if you live in CALi the chances are even more slim to get the best spot. The main director, a CSULA EE professor will keep you on your toes all the time and will always have you bussy, or she will get on you case. During the summer she made many girls cry and almost one guy. She demands that the CSULA NASA SHARP program is the best.</p>
<p>if you go here</p>
<p>you can see all of us.</p>
<p>I worked for Boeing Satallite Systems and my project was Thermal and Dynamic Validation of a New Thermally Conductive Gasket Process for Space Use. </p>
<p>The days are packed</p>
<p>normal Mon thru thursday was </p>
<p>wake up 6:15
out of the apartment at 6;45 and commute to BSS
get to BSS at 730-745
leave work at 400
get back to the apartment at 445-500
sleep for 45 min( yes i did sleep, powernaps are what kept me going)
5;45 go to a 2-2.5 hr class at night to learn stupid stuff we already know such as mircosoft office, websites, excel,etc.( this was a time to play online games and aim)
get to the apartment about 8-830 and cook dinner, shower watch tv, hang out and do work. Yes work, we had to do projects for NASA SHARP and online debates, plus work on our reports, and presentations.
When you have 20 teens living by themselves basically its going to be chaoss and your goin tohave a fun time.</p>
<p>We did got to JPL, this is the place that they tape almost everything on the NASA CHANnel on tv, also you may know of it from all of the research it has done. We didnt work here but we went there a few times. The kids that worked there were commuters, so they lived within 50miles ofthe place, went to work on the weekdayas and then went back home every day and on the weekends. Commuter is no where as good as any residential place. </p>
<p>All of us that were at NASA SHARP CSULA are basically guaranteed an internship at either Boeing or Northrop during a summer at college. Its great because the internships are normally left for top students college seniors or graduate students.<br>
One kid had a nice set up $20 an hour 40hrs a week, free hotle room to stay at plus free rental car for the summer. He was a previous Sharpie. </p>
<p>RSI is still a more prestigous program and more competitive than NASA SHARP
I'd say apply to both and see what you get, and either of the programs beats out any other high school program by a ton, they are also 10 times better than taking a college class at some top college.</p>
<p>Im sure i forgot some things , so hopefully anthonmj or any other SHARPIE will read thisand add some more too it.</p>
<p>that's so funny, airforce1 goes on and on about how great SHARP is, and then towards the end, added "RSI is stilla more prestig*ous and more competitive than NASA SHARP."</p>
<p>at RSI. fun outweights work :)</p>
<p>i didnt want to lie</p>
<p>is the app up yet? good luck to all of you guys. if you want me to read your app, just IM me :)</p>
<p>Thank you for the information, airforce1! One question: Do we actually earn some money there? (that should persuade my parents to let me apply there, since they're not particularly enthusiastic about sending me off somewhere!) <em>sighs</em> I'm a Chinese male, which certainly diminishes my chances.</p>
<p>the money sucks </p>
<p>5.15 an hr. or whatever national min wage is at the time</p>
<p>i spent few hundred dollars on regular stuff, and then lunches, movies, etc.
we were able to pack ourselves lunches but most people didnt, just because it took too long and a old sandwich isnt as good as a new one. you learn to spend money. I spent more money on food than anything else. Movies were also pricey about 10 a pop in LA and i saw a movie every chance i had, </p>
<p>The money shouldnt be that bad since you should really want to do the program no matter if you get paid or not. JUSt saying you did it and for your future its priceless.</p>
<p>Side note- i remember one kid that spent 40 dollars on food at disneyland. what a funny day, then we went up to a ton of people selling ballons, candy, etc asked how much something cost( a ballon cost $6) and then after they told us we would just laugh super loud right in their face, and then we would take pictures of it. it was great, maybe you had to be there</p>
<p>Lol... and yeah, I wouldn't mind hhaving no pay from the program at all: it's intrinsically rewarding.</p>
<p>RSI gave you 560 dollars in meal dollars so you can buy ANYTHING you want. It was great. If you have an off-campus mentorship, you get 10 dollars a day for lunch. It was amazing :) The program is free. The only thing you need to pay is the flight to either Caltech or MIT.</p>
<p>nasa sharp</p>
<p>roundtrip flight free</p>
<p>that will save you thousands</p>
<p>tetrahedr0n do you go to the andover in michigan?</p>
<p>i thought nasa sharp made ppl pay for their own stay (apt or whatever) is this so?</p>
<p>hey stat, right now im a sophmore. I really wanna go to a program like RSI. Math is my strongest point, I would like to go far with it, hopefully soon i will have some time to do some math research. I doing algebra 2 right now hopefully i will finish it quickly and also finish precalc by the end of the year. Could you plz suggest anything that i could do to help me. Any different research projects that is in my scope. Thnx</p>
<p>for this sort of thing, you have to find what interests you, anyways, staticsoliloquy did a bio project, so your interests are wholly disjoint.</p>
<p>I'd suggest something in discrete math.</p>
<p>lol i dont know what type of math research you can do with a alg 2 background...</p>
<p>"saving thousands" is a bit of an exaggeration. my ticket from CA to MA was just a bit more than 300 dollars.</p>
<p>thats why I said a topic in discrete math would be best, as the prequisite knowledge to get to interesting problems is not terrible (no need for calculus and such)</p>