<p>I know my school participates in this b/c its on rpi website. When would be the most appropriate time to ask my GC (i am going into junior year) I think Im like the only kid in my school that knows about this school</p>
<p>The deadline for the RPI Medal program is May 1st I believe. I remember because it was late April and the Math Department chair came to me and told me that i wasnt eligible for the Medal because I wasn’t in the top 10% of my class, so I had to go to guidance and ask them to double check my transcript to make sure all my grades were put in right and I had to do it by May 1. Turns out some of my grades were put in incorrectly and I was actually well in the top 10%.</p>
<p>Guidance doesn’t decide who gets the RPI Medal. The Math and/or science department head and/or teachers decide who gets the medal. MAkes sense because it’s supposed to go to the top math/science student in the grade. I would go to your math department head probably around October. Bit early, but there could be other students out there vying for the medal, either for the scholarship or the prestige.</p>