<p>pretty impressive. this wait is very depressing. when is the date for decisions? I thought I read somewhere that one year they let people know on the 20-something of march?</p>
<p>I'm voting for the weekend of the 23-25 .. cause I won't be home.. so if I get in my parents can tell be my phone and I'll be like .. YAY!!! (and scare my chorus friends (its a chorus trip)) </p>
<p>and if not .. then my parents can let me know by phone and I'll be bummed .. but the rest of the trip will cheer me up (I hope) </p>
<p>but.. I really hope I get in (plus .. my high school requires a senior internship or research project.. and proposals are due by like .. april 1.. and if I have acceptance letter in hand .. I don't have to arrange a plan B (well C .. since plan B is another summer program which I may or may not be admitted to )</p>
<p>it's good to know stanford is 4/4</p>
<p>Oh man. Michael Pizer from Wisconsin was rickoid. He did stuff with anti-bubbles and won category for ISEF. I can't believe he didn't tell me about RSI.</p>
<p>the list of admissions is incomplete. there are more rejects and waitlists than listed (but i guess that's reasonable, as negative data isn't always what one would want to show to others). this year, stanford wasn't 100% admit for early action. harvard was about 50/50.
Pizer won two years in a role in his category. he's pretty much amazing. as is every other rickoid :D.</p>
<p>It was weird to see someone rejected from UC Berekely...that was too odd, because that same person was accepted into MIT. That just shows how unpredictable admissions can be. I thought for sure that any Rickoid could guarantee him/herself admission into any UC.</p>
<p>I love AP Comp Sci</p>
<p>I got this email today, and since I know a few people on this thread have been looking for backup plans to RSI, I thought this might be useful. </p>
<p>There's a program called the QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship for high school juniors with excellent academic achievements. If your application is accepted, QuestBridge will sponsor 10 students to attend one of the following four summer programs: Harvard SSP, Stanford Summer Sessions, Sessions at Notre Dame, and Yale Summer Session. If accepted, students will receive a scholarship covering full tuition and room & board for the summer program. So basically, if you get into one of the above four programs, and if you manage to get the scholarship, you get a free ride, just like RSI.</p>
<p>The applications just came out on March 1st, and the deadline is March 31st. It seems like a good opportunity for people who haven't finalized summer plans yet. I just wanted to throw it out there, even though I don't think I"ll be applying. For more information, you can go to this site: <a href="http://www.questbridge.org/cps/summer_school.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.questbridge.org/cps/summer_school.html</a></p>
<p>libelhairdresser: UCBerkeley is actually extremely difficult to get into for out of state applicants. i got into MIT, but i'm skeptical about whether I'll get into Berkeley. they base their admissions decisions entirely upon what you enter into their application. there's no secondary school report or teachers recs, which can make a difference, and i think they helped me a lot for other schools.</p>
<p>Questbridge is a pretty cool program. they've got a great scholarship deal for minorities. i didn't know about the summer program thing, though.</p>
<p>I couldn't let the the pass without someone posting on the thread.</p>
<p>yea.. for real</p>
<p>keeping praying fellow future rickoids</p>
<p>Rainalai - I totally got that email too! lol... I couldn't figure out if you needed to send in a separate application for the specific summer program though? </p>
<p>RSI + free = sweet</p>
<p>pwafflesprinkles, I think you do have to send in a separate app for Yale, Notre Dame, and Stanford, but not for Harvard because Questbridge works directly with Harvard, so all you have to do is fill out the Questbridge app. </p>
<p>And yeah, lol, RSI = sweet already. RSI + free = absolutely amazing, once in a life-time experience. :)</p>
<p>wait .. confused.. RSI is already free... </p>
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<li>HEAD A SPLODE *</li>
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<p>if RSI pushed all its expense on its applicants, I would have to force my gerbils to dig holes for money.</p>
<p>smart people learn for free
my dad's been trying to drill that into my head to prevent me from getting a job and study in high school</p>
<p>news flash for those who didn't already realize it (and it was one of the main reasons i ever considered applying in the first place): RSI costs nothing, except for your travel expenses to MIT. </p>
<p><em>waits a bit for it to sink in</em></p>
<p>that's why RSI is such a special, renowned program. most other programs make you pay thousands of dollars in order to supposedly further your education and get you into college, but RSI does it for free, which is why there's a CEE that sponsors the whole thing, and why the RSI staff doesn't get paid. They do it because they want to help out and educate the future scientific leaders of tomorrow, not because they want to make an extra profit.</p>
<p>now just hold on a minute, people</p>
<p>there are special, renowned programs that do make you pay a few thousand dollars that do further your education and that do get you into college.</p>
<p>i quote mcgann, </p>
<p>"Most summer programs admit all or most students who can pay the tuition. However, a number of competitive-admission summer programs select only the best students, but are often then free or offered at a significant discount. Here's a selection:"</p>
<p>spudmanKA,</p>
<p>you make it sound like summer programs that ask for some tuition are seeking profit when most competitive admission summer programs even the ones suggested by MIT ask for tuition not for profit but because not all summer programs have a CEE behind them. that doesn't make them lower than RSI</p>
<p>When do we find out?</p>