<p>Potential: Guess again, CUPERTINO highhh babyyyy :-D</p>
<p>how UN-stereotypical is that?</p>
<p>do you by chance go to school in the bay area as well?</p>
<p>AHH I knew I was forgetting a few schools. (Cupertino, Monta Vista)</p>
<p>No, I don't live in the bay area, but a bunch of my (extended) family does. I was there for a while last summer and absolutely loved it.</p>
<p>I used to live in Cupertino, but my family had to move to Utah. I loved it there!</p>
<p>Summer plans: math competition stuff and take more math classes at university</p>
<p>MITES rejected (cuz im not permanent resident... i kno im qualified tho...). hmm going for SSP =D, i doubt they gonna skrool me if RSI rejects me. Worst case I do nothing all day in summer... <em>yawnz</em> xD, anyone care to join me?</p>
<p>yay for mission san jose LOL. so many bay area studentsssss ;_;</p>
<p>zomg anticipation index just randomly went up to 60+ >.> as I am applying to SSP... the essays are similar, but I have to cut down on the length lol</p>
<p>Hey so, how many of us already know LaTeX?</p>
<p>21 days left!!!</p>
<p>I keep trying to use Mar. 31 as my countdown day so I don't freak out and I just get the letter before freaking out, but every time I say 30 days, my brain goes (psh, it's 20..but who says last year was a record? go check the mail man...)</p>
<p>This thread is scary. :P </p>
<p>Here's a thought:
I decided not to pay the application fee, since acceptance rates were so low, I thought, why waste my money?
Do you guys think the admission committee will really treat my application just like everyone else's?</p>
<p>I know LaTeX. At least, enough to do USAMTS and stuff.</p>
<p>^You do USAMTS, me too!</p>
<p>Yay for LaTeX! I do all my labs for school in it because I don't really have anything else to use it for.... As far as other summer programs- High School Honors Science Program at Michigan State, PROMYS, a fellowship offered to high school students by Northwestern. I went to SSP last summer....ugh, wish I were able to go again. If none of those work out, I'll probably keep working with a professor at Brown that I'm doing research with now.</p>
<p>I didn't actually think I was that nervous right now, but I've checked this thread like 25 times today hoping that someone has anything to say, despite the fact that it's way too early AND it's a sunday=no mail. Anticipation index=72...RAR;LKJAE;RLKAJSDF
So has anyone else asked their parents to stop checking the mail so they themselves can be the one to get the letter?</p>
<p>I just got my postcard today. I hope that doesn't mean that the acceptance/rejection letter will take as long.</p>
<p>Okay, so for some reason this never really came into my mind until right now, but</p>
<p>How much would a semester B in Honors Biology my freshman matter, if you also consider the fact that I'm getting an A in AP Biology, and I'm not really planning on doing research in Biology? Normally a B wouldn't really matter to me (especially since it was my freshman year and stuff), but... this is RSI.</p>
<p>i doubt that's anything. one freshmen b in your non favorite subject is hardly a pattern of weakness. I can't imagine that being the make it break it thing of your resume.</p>
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I decided not to pay the application fee, since acceptance rates were so low, I thought, why waste my money?
Do you guys think the admission committee will really treat my application just like everyone else's?
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<p>It won't make any difference whether you paid the fee. CEE opens your application packet, puts your data into their computer, cashes your check, and makes a folder with all your academic documents and essays. These folders go to the members of the selection committee (who are university staff, researchers, etc -- they're not CEE staff), and the folders are all they see. The committee has no idea whether you sent in a check.</p>
<p>By the way, RSI is really expensive to run, and the money for it comes from mainly from donations. Some summer programs charge several thousand dollars for a residential experience, but RSI is free for participants. CEE charges an application fee so that they don't have to use as much donated money for admin/clerical costs.</p>
<p>haha its funny u mention checks...apparantly, my school took out the application fee check and swapped it for one made out to "fedex" for half the price :-P</p>
<p>ugh, I NEED some advice on this, coz i am so nervous that my qualifications aren't up to par with you guys. Freshmen year i got a 760 on math level I and sophomore year i got an 800 in chem, but havent taken math level II yet. This year im in AP physics C, AP calc BC, AP stat... & last year i took ap chem. I haven't done any research at labs but i amm CTY alum, & i did some independent research after school for about two years and came up with a hypothesis on global warming. no math olimpiad at my school, but i did go to this thing called science league and got some top scores (but they dont give out medals :-/). i'm also the editor-in-chief of the school paper, but i dont kno if thats relevant at all. other than that, i have a patent that won an award on the History Channel....still, compared to some of the face-melting, rock your socks off stuff everyone sounds like they're doing, i feel like i should've done more in high school. </p>
<p>I sent in my 34 on the ACT a few days ago by fax, and they said they got it and sent it to the admissions guy. hope its not too late.</p>
<p>oh yeah, and i picked a weird topic (engineering/bioelectrical) which i dont even kno if they offer. oh well......</p>
<p>i really wish we could all get into RSI, cause i think that 99% of the kids who apply are qualified. best of luck to all!</p>
<p>^You sound better than me. </p>
<p>I think CEE cares a lot about the essays more than anything else, because that's what makes everyone different, how they wrote their essays. Statistically speaking we are probably all roughly the same, with a few below, and a few above, but I think we should be all about the same level. So, I think the essay is what really makes you get in (along with a little bit of geographical affirmative action too).</p>
<p>I just emailed the director Cliff Bowman with my January SAT scores, when like thrity minutes later, my bio teacher emailed me saying I was a USABO semi-finalist. I don't even know if that is such a big deal to report that to to Bowman. But after I was going though the USABO 2008 thread, people apparently take this thing seriously and study and everything. Whatev. Is there any point in reporting this to Bowman as an update to my application, or would I just seem too annoying? Thanks!</p>