<p>wait what if i don’t get in because of that one question… holy ####…</p>
<p>meh, as long as you showed your passion really well through the other questions you’ll be fine, can’t do anything now anyways, it’s the 21st. Huh, wow it’s the 21st O.o</p>
<p>Wow guys, my stats pale in comparison to yours:
(A lot of little, but relatively meaningless stuff)
- President - Science National Honor Society
- President - ACS Chemistry Club
- Captain - Science Bowl Team
- 1st Place Microbiology - Regional Science Fair 2012
- US Army Special Award - Regional Science Fair 2012
- 1st Place Microbiology - State Science Fair 2012
- Best in Show - State Science Fair 2012
- 1st Place American Association for Microbiology (ASM) Special Award - State Fair 2012
- Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2012 Finalist
- ASM Honorable Mention - ISEF 2012
- Runner-Up State Brain Bee 2013
- 3rd Place State Science Bowl
- 1st Place Microbiology - Regional Science Fair 2013
- US Navy Special Award - Regional Science Fair 2013
- American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN) Special Award - Regional Science Fair 2013
- 1st Place Microbiology - State Science Fair 2013
- 1st Place ASM Special Award - State Science Fair 2013
- Siemens Competition Semifinalist 2013
- Provisional Patent - “Novel Antimicrobial Polymer Design”
- U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Competition - ACS Chemistry Olympiad</p>
<p>And for the last question, I wrote about 4 sentences, first saying my friend went to RSI and then expanding on why I wanted to go there. I’ve heard people getting in by writing 1/2 a page, and then people getting in writing one sentence, so I think both of you will be fine.</p>
<p>Not at all! You have a fine resume in itself. I essentially played the research route for a lot of the questions, really trying to show how I’ve started to move away from competition/olympiads and really delve into hard-core research.</p>
<p>no you don’t understand i need this so so so much…</p>
<p>oh my god i’m breaking down</p>
<p>lolz why, where do you even wanna go. Honestly the only college you need RSI for is Harvard, so I’m going with Harvard</p>
<p>@greenbat23 Why are you “breaking down”? You have a very impressive resume in itself, and although not research-centric, it shows that you are interested in the sciences.</p>
<p>Also, indianboy I can’t actually pm yet so lolz!</p>
<p>Not to be weird/stalkerish but who could you be greenbat :P</p>
<p>One more post and you’ll be able to pm absoluteMIT!</p>
<p>Ah yes okay here 15th post, not a real post though, Good luck to all RSI applicants</p>
<p>i don’t think i’d feel safe revealing who i am here…</p>
<p>i’m just joking, i’m just trying to figure out who you are because you went to MOP last year as well.</p>
<p>Also greenbat, what did you mean by Invited to National Team for USABO, did you mean like USABO natoinal finals, like the top 20 kids, or you were actually on the team, curious cuz my friend was on team as well</p>
<p>@indianboy2400 I also called the McLean post office and was also told that they would be redelivered. However, my online tracking page says the same thing – it hasn’t been delivered. Some of my friends had theirs redelivered today, which was reflected in their tracking pages, so I’m pretty sure ours just weren’t delivered today, which is… kind of concerning, to say the least. What are you planning to do? I emailed Maite explaining the situation, but I’m not sure how lenient they’ll be, considering that our applications didn’t arrive today :/</p>
<p>@cosmtig What exactly did your friends tracking things say? Did they try to deliver on Saturday, or did they send them in earlier? Also, did they use USPS, or did they use FedEx or UPS?</p>
<p>@cosmtig I called the post office again today, and gave them my tracking number. She said that all the packages to CEE should have been delivered, and if the tracking info has not been updated, the post man didn’t get a chance to update it. She said the package should have been delivered, so I’m crossing my fingers and hoping they have received it.</p>
<p>@indianboy2400 They mailed on Friday with one-day USPS Express shipping. Their applications arrived at CEE on Saturday but were not delivered because CEE was closed (same “Notice Left”). They were redelivered on Tuesday, the 21st, and had their tracking pages updated at around noon.</p>
<p>I also called the post office again and heard the same thing. Hopefully they did deliver them! 
That would be awesome. I spent way too much time worrying about my application not being delivered… Can you let me know when your tracking page gets updated?</p>
<p>good news everybody! i received my return postcard that i included with my package from rsi in the mail today. thank you all so much for believing in me, and see some of you at the camp!</p>