<p>I guess my point is that the case is often, for every amazing kid from Nevada there are probably 5 or 6 amazing kids from California. However, RSI would rather for the sake of diversity take 1 from CA and 1 from Nevada. Understandable but regrettable-- it makes it harder to get in if you live certain states. </p>
<p>Not trying to belittle any math kids from Arizona :D</p>
<p>great. makes me + hundreds others just like me feel like idiots all of a sudden...</p>
<p>oh well, anticipation index just dropped through the floor too</p>
<p>I = hatred for NJ</p>
<p>lol ha raneff, its better than a really large state like cali.</p>
<p>but we have one of the highest cutoffs for the PSAT, not to mention insanely rich genius tutored kids</p>
<p>question- what has greater standing for getting accepted into rsi
sat/act/psat vs. essays and recs ?</p>
<p>essays and recs. sat/act/psat are a plus for sure though</p>
<p>geographics for RSI 2007 (from facebook group):</p>
<p>2 from DC
colorado
3 from texas
2 from Sweeden
4 from Singapore
3 from Saudi arabia
japan
north carolina
2 from pennsylvannia
2 from NY
AZ
2 from MI
IL
CT
3 from NH
2 from MD
2 from NJ
TN
4 from CA
2 from GA
WI
KY
MN
NE
KS
MO
AL
2 from WA
china
2 from VA
2 from turkey
bulgaria
2 from Massachusetts
new mexico
3 from Indiana
2 from Germany
4 from Lebanon
2 from Austrailia</p>
<p>wooo no new york! hmm is that a good sign...</p>
<p>there's now 2 from new york... haha.</p>
<p>Maybe we should quit worrying. </p>
<p>Maybe I shouldn't be a hypocrite O:)</p>
<p>ha, well im not excpecting much- i only took the psat and did horrible because i was very sick- my sat may 3rd, i feel my essays were definite strong point- also for the category you pick in which you want to take- they do take a certain amount of kids from each area, like this amount for astrophysics this amount bio etc. or one year there will be 20 kids in one area and 10 in the same area the year before?</p>
<p>i find lebanon/singapore very interesting...</p>
<p>whats the facebook link for rsi, i culdnt find it?</p>
<p>I've heard from a 'nobody' that the most popular topic is usually Bio, followed by math and physics. They probably have a certain limitation on the number of people in each field, but I doubt that it's strictly defined.. if there happen to be a lot of kick-ass Biology students, maybe that year will have a lot.</p>
<p>From what I know, they do take a certain amount for each research area. They need to find a mentor for you, and from what I hear, there are a lot more bio mentors than others.</p>
<p>aw that gives an unfair advantage for those who dont take bio, since more bio mentors= more bio kids to get in as opposed to fields with less mentors</p>
<p>Wow, you creepy jerk. You totally over-counted there. For the record, there were 2 from CA and 3 from NY. Anyway, Facebook isn't the most reliable source for these things.</p>
<p>For some reason biology is one of the most popular camp research topics. Math, physics, compsci seem all out of the loop-- maybe because in-depth research into those topics often require more solid foundations (a lot of self-studying, understanding of up to undergrad or even grad school material) than bio would.</p>
<p>thats unfortunate, I have been on a astrophysical pilgramage for the past 4 years , books cant come into my hands quickly enough rofl</p>
<p>Then you have the '07 Rickoids who realize that Facebook is a life-sucking, all-consuming website and don't even have accounts :P</p>
<p>Good luck with the decisions, guys.</p>
<p>yea since we havent heard from any VA kids...either (1) no one from CC is from VA and applied or (2) they err had unhappy news</p>
<p>EDIT: I guess I better watch the mail</p>