<p>corinao, SpudmanKA, and vanilea, you guys are amazing :)</p>
<p>like everyone, i just applied and really want to get into RSI for the experience, but i realized that the initial questions i put down under the subfields were like...impossible to figure out (pertaining to viruses, proteins, messing with DNA <--yeah...not good idea XP). oh well. i changed them later, so its all good</p>
<p>fields: biology for both (T<em>T...this might be bad, considering how many people have biology as their chosen fields. which = lots of competition = smaller chance of getting in ></em><), biochemistry and genetics</p>
<p>MIT has amazing buildings! i went there over the summer, and just looking at the campus i fell in <3 but...that's probably a reach for me</p>
<p>does anyone know if we should send in our SAT scores and/or first semester transcripts to CEE, even after the application has been due? SAT scores do not have an official score report online yet(those are mailed March 1, online Feb 24) and we just recieved the scores today. Granted, i am quite happy with my SAT scores, but my 1st semester grades are not so hot. however, the transcript i sent in only has my frosh and soph year grades (which are pretty--well, prettier, than this year's) </p>
<p>the only reason i would want to send in my 1st semester transcript is that i've been doing well in bio AP and calc AB, but the rest (englishAP, USHAP) are blegh. and bring down my GPA T_T should i send it in or decide not to?</p>
<p>i never recieved that email...perhaps i did, but didn't even open it. oh well. i never applied to rice. perhaps, i don't like colleges whose name is a food.</p>
<p>i put biology and math, but i dont think im particularly amazing at either. oh well, i hear non-geniuses still get in, so there might be some hope.</p>
<p>I'm thinking I may have shot myself in the foot.. not aware at the time of RSI's DoD affiliations and military founder.. I put the following sentence in my answer for future plans (because its true):</p>
<p>"I do not have any plans, however, to work with the military or in active weapons development as I feel it to be inconsistent with my views [on] ethics."</p>
<p>wow, donaldGuy, don't worry! you will not be discriminated against because you said that! if anything, it was good to know you DO have views on ethics. the cee has no political affiliation that i am aware of</p>
<p>No.. google turned up that 3 RSI spots are in fact held for DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity) students.. but that usually means people living with parents stationed overseas.. so we aren't necessarily in direct competition. On the plus side.. they quote about 80 students (the WP article also observes admission has been rising recently).</p>
<p>Other interesting information I turned up..
States with most alumni (not sure when this was.. I'm thinking as of 04 based on some context)</p>
<p>An overwhelming majority of RSI alumni attend one of the following: Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The California Institute of Technology, Duke, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale. Over 80% of RSI graduates have gone on to achieve postgraduate degrees. </p>
<p>Is this states where they lived when they applied to RSI or states where they live as alums?</p>
<p>You're correct about the DOD students. They are simply children attending DOD schools outside the US. Their parents are not necessarily military, as the children of civilian employees of the military also attend these schools.</p>
<p>quiet in here today.. wonder why? People actually doing homework and stuff.. yea .. I am busy freaking out about RSI and colleges (which are a year off for application) and, counterintuitively, neglecting homework ... stupid I know.. anyway .. I guess now to go do that homework I have been neglecting</p>
<p>well isnt there one for california too? and california's much bigger, so maybe it makes some sense? although then statistically massachusetts should be very high on the list. i dunno.</p>
<p>apathy: yes and no ... at present there is only RSI at MIT (and in china.. but thats only for Chinese students .. like .. Chinese residents, not Chinese-Americans), but in the past RSI has been held at Caltech (and sometimes both at MIT and Caltech) as well as other places, some of them in CA, UC San Diego, for example. .. Why do I know this? Wikipedia. </p>
<p>Why didn't I bother to learn anything before applying ..?</p>
<p>lots of VA and MD kids, because that area is a hothouse for achievement (TJ or Blair, anyone?). California, being the most populous state, will always have tons of great candidates. Where's Wisconsin, you say? How about where's Idaho??? (3 Rickoids total, baby!) :-)</p>
<p>I'm from VA .. but not NoVA... and I hate TJ .. not really... but I hate the fact they get everything... I should have just moved to Fairfax county apparently.. ;_; (I'm from VB ... go to Ocean Lakes High School (Math & Science Academy school within a school).. ever heard of it? exactly).</p>
<p>TJ's population: 1600 in grades 9-12, all admitted to the math/sci program, 14 Intel semis, 1 finalist
Blair's population: 400 in grades 9-12 admitted to math/sci program (total population of school is ~2900), 12 Intel semis, 2 finalists
Stuyvesant: 3200 in grades 9-12, all admitted to math/science program, 7 Intel semis, 0 finalists
Bronx Science: 3000 in grades 9-12, all admitted to math/science program, 6 Intel semis, 0 finalists</p>
<p>There's no question that it helps to live in an area where there are a lot of opportunities for research and mentorships. On the other hand, there are PLENTY of folks who have gone out and found those connections on their own, through local colleges, professionals in the field, etc. To me, <em>those</em> are the kids who shine in the RSI and college app process -- they went out and MADE their opportunties.</p>
<p>donaldGuy: you're right about not competing with the DOD students. i believe that their application process is seperate from yours.
if the 80% rate of rickoids getting phds/mds is accurate, than its higher than intel finalist rate. pretty impressive.
i think states like cali and ny have so many people get into rsi is because its published well. other states like idaho and kentucky don't know about such programs; which is sad.</p>
<p>I guess I kinda follow up on that. I come from a school with little academic opportunities, and I have tried my best to create some for me. I was somehow able to incorporate this into my application. I hope it will help. Btw, what was your research project at RSI?</p>