<p>So... today when my mom is picking me up from my field trip, she hands me a large envelope. I freak out.</p>
<p>Of course, I'm thinking that RSI came out really early...
Unfortunately... it was scholastic art & writing.</p>
<p>Pshh. One more week (+)
blah.</p>
<p>I thought they sent out skinny envelopes to everyone anyways</p>
<p>Idk... though that's nice to know.
Just.. mail waiting for me on the car is a new thing.</p>
<p>Yeah I read somewhere on an old thread that the acceptance/rejection/waitlist letters are all skinny.</p>
<p>Do they usually come before or after March 31st? I read somewhere that they came on March 21st at one point?!!</p>
<p>It seems like they've come before most of the time.</p>
<p>Does ISEF increase your chances of getting in?</p>
<p>@ class: totally did the same thing. We had this huge yellow/manilla envelope...which turned out to be from the IRS. Yeah...</p>
<p>Yes, ISEF would increase your chances. So would a lot of other things.</p>
<p>oh ahaha, i didn't mean to come off like i just wanted rsi for the prestige... trust me, I am one of the biggest science nerds this side of NJ.</p>
<p>i am in LOVE with science. ever since i was three i was building stuff, drawing out new ideas and improving how my parents would do everyday tasks around the house (i used to refer to them as the boneheads haha). when i was in 2nd grade, i had figured out every single device in the "Way things work" book and was inventing new stuff on my own. seriously cool stuff. i mean, when i was in 4th grade, i came up with a automobile safety system which i filed for in 2002 and got an issued patent in 2005. in 2006, i got an award for it from the history channel so i obviously am not just dabbling with this stuff like a dilettante.</p>
<p>i've done cty for 4 years now, not because i want something on my resume, but because every year i get something out of the program that i can't get from my school or parents, let alone any other summer camp. </p>
<p>don't see it like that. i mean, what i was trying to say is that RSI is a place that could do a lot of good for people who didn't have many opportunities to do science fairs which allow people to be able to do ISEF... like the problem i faced. for years now, i've been egging my teachers on to mentor me for some independent research (since my school is tiny and doesn't compete in science fairs) and always i get the "love to help" mentallity that's always backed by a lack of commitment. so, the endless cycle of getting my hopes up to come crashing down. that's why i want RSI... i have all these great ideas that i would like to do research on to prepare for intel (global warming cure using a candidate i developed in middle school, new driverless car method that could cut equipment costs, etc., etc. ) and i would LOVE to get a chance to do them but i feel like people like me or others (im sure) get bumped out year after year because they haven't already found the answers and published a 5-chapter research paper on it before arrival. </p>
<p>anticipation index = 72.1</p>
<p><em>gulp</em>
u guys share the same thoughts as me right now?</p>
<p>Meh. Weirdly enough, my anticipation index keeps getting lower as the date approaches. Maybe that's just the morbid realization that my chances aren't very good.</p>
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<p>Lol, IRS is a permutation of RSI...</p>
<p>but RSI >>>> IRS anyday. :P</p>
<p>Raneff... you're record seriously scares me.. so don't worry, you're definately in over me! (and I'm from NJ too!!) Sorry to come off angry.. just yeah. sorry.</p>
<p>my anticipation is rising... exponentially... i might be the first to break 100 at this rate :P let's figure out an exponential equation to represent my anticipation. ... hm... who has a linear anticipation function? Or maybe mine is a quadratic... b/c it went down before and now am coming back up... heh.:)</p>
<p>so i get home from swim practice, and my dad's all smiling, and gives me huge envelope which he claims is from mit. so of course i'm like confused but sort of excited...
and it's from MIT. not RSI.</p>
<p>lame!</p>
<p>hahahaa and i knew that the letters are all skinny too! augh!</p>
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<p>my anticipation index would be logistic then... it's on the low ends now...</p>
<p>AHHHHHH i bombed my physics test with stupid mistakes! wth? im ****ed.</p>
<p>I heard that Jackson lab has just announced their selections for the summer research program. The research program looks very strong compares to RSI. What if a person was accepted to both Jackson and RSI? A girl went to RSI last year did not really do significant research.</p>
<p>Wow, it's comforting to know I'm not the only one who is freaking out. When do you guys think it is too late to send in additional materials? And should we only send stuff in if it demonstrates interest in science/math? Thanks, and g'luck to everyone as the date approaches!! :)</p>
<p>Yeah... I've been trying to figure out whether to send an update... because it sees that decisions are coming out soon, and I don't want to seem overly annoying and neurotic but I do have several important updates... </p>
<p>good luck to everyone tooooooo!
so nervous. my mom bought me some new clothes today, but the moment I got home, I checked the mail instead. AND sat scores are out tomorrow...</p>
<p>I say there's a 0% chance that an update other than "my tummy ache is allllll bedda" will hurt you. Might as well send it in.</p>