<p>Should we also send additional transcripts for second marking period and midterm grades?</p>
<p>ahhh I didnāt send a postcard with my application, so I have no idea if theyāve received it yetā¦ @mayee107: do you mind telling us when you sent your application in? Thanks!</p>
<p>@science2015 I sent the postcard on Tuesday, and the postcard was returned to me on Friday. And btw I live around 150 miles away from the CEE address.</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>If the application already has already been sent with two recs, can we send a third at a later time, like a week later?</p>
<p>@mayee107
youāre scaring me! I also sent my app on Tuesday, but I havenāt yet received my postcard. Then again, I live much farther away than youā¦</p>
<p>@FierceTiger Iām sure youāll receive it soon!!</p>
<p>By the way, are any of you guys applying to other programs?</p>
<p>@mayee107: thanks! also, Iām applying to a few other camps (also research) just because RSI has such a low low loooowwww acceptance rate. The other camps include HSHSP and YSP.</p>
<p>I got a message from USPS:</p>
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<p>Does this mean that USPS will try and redeliver on Monday? And if they donāt will, CEE just mark my application as late and throw it away, or will they consider it, since it arrived on time, but no one was there to pick it up? Iām really worried about this, and I would hate to not be eligible for RSI because of a stupid mistake like Saturday delivery.</p>
<p>@science2015, which ysp campus?</p>
<p>@indianboy2400, Iām in exactly the same boat as you. (Even the 9:19 AM time, haha.) Iām pretty sure the application wonāt be marked late if itās delivered on Tuesday, since the deadline for receipt is the 21st on the website. Itās just that Iām not sure if USPS will automatically try to redeliver. On the online tracking page, it seems like they want to recipient to file a report for redelivery or visit the post office themselves. However, I called USPS on Saturday and they told me that they would automatically redeliver, soā¦ Iām hoping that USPS will redeliver tomorrow morning ā if not, Iām planning to contact CEE about it.</p>
<p>@cosmtig I just found out about it today (USPS 800 number is naturally not working, since its the government), and I freaked out. I contacted Ms. Ballestero, and she told me that CEE wouldnāt be picking up the applications from the post office, but instead, we had to make sure they redeliver on Tuesday. Did you contact the McLean post office at 1544 Spring Hill Rd, McLean, VA 22102? If you did, and they said they would redeliver, thatās great, because from what I read online, the post office only redelivers when you tell them to, or will send the package back to the sender.</p>
<p>@indianboy2400 Oh. Okay. What. 
No, I called the USPS customer service (the 800 number), and the person I spoke to told me that they would automatically redeliver (even though everything online says otherwise), so Iām not sure. Thereās a page you can fill out to request a redelivery on the USPS website, but apparently only the intended recipient can fill it out. I guess our best bet is to call the post office tomorrow morning at 9 AM? Otherwise, we might just all be screwedā¦</p>
<p>Edit: Would it be possible for us to ask CEE to request a redelivery? Iām not sure if anyone besides the recipient is allowed to schedule redeliveries.</p>
<p>@cosmtig Iām going to try and call both the post office and the 800 number and double check to see if they will redeliver. Iām not sure if we would be able to ask CEE to request a redelivery, since it would come earliest by Wednesday. If you still have your tracking ID, check that at around 9 and see if the package has been delivered. Did you give them specifics regarding your package, and did they say that only your package would be redelivered, or everyone whose package got a āBusiness Closedā message would be redelivered?</p>
<p>@Messifan07: The YSP I was talking about is at UC Davis.</p>
<p>Iām really worried about my application, since I sent it in last week, but since I live far away (California) the app might not have gotten there in time. Is there anyone else who lives pretty far away, and knows if his or her application has gotten there within a week or so?</p>
<p>@indianboy2400 Hopefully that will work! (Expect a really long wait for the 800 number, haha.) I didnāt give any specifics; I just asked them about the general situation and if packages would automatically be redelivered if the business was closed on the day of delivery. Itās funny how we wouldnāt have this problem if we had mailed it a day later ā then it would have gotten there on Tuesday instead of Saturday :/</p>
<p>Hi guys letās post our stats!</p>
<p>GPA:4.0/4.0
SAT:2400</p>
<p>USAMO Qualifier (2012,2013), MOSP (2013)
USAPHO Semifinalist (2012,2013), invited to physics national training camp (could not attend due to MOSP)
Siemens Regional Finalist (2012,2013)
Intel ISEF 1st place, Best of Category
UNSCO Top 150
USACO Gold
Three Papers Published (2 in nature/science, 1 of those first author. PLOS One (first author))
Invited to premiere at Carnegie Hall for Bellini Oboe Concerto No. 1 (2012)</p>
<p>@sciencechamp24 that sounds good. But how come I saw a post almost identical to this one by a user named scienceguy48 a few days ago? That member was also a new member whom I cannot seem to find anymore. Iām not trying to be suspicious though.</p>
<p>@mayee107 Yes, for some reason my post was deleted, so I am using my other account. Hopefully that clears it up</p>
<p>@indianboy2400 Hi, so did you end up calling this morning? What happened?</p>
<p>@sciencechamp24 You sound like a MIT faculty member, not a RSI applicant. If you are not selected, no one will be.</p>