<p>Or we could just keep the same thread because this is THE thread for RSI 2007. We'll just have to see what happens, come March 31st. ;-)</p>
<p>I am permanently ticked off at RSI for not letting US Permanent Residents apply.</p>
<p>wait, US permanent Residents can't apply?</p>
<p>You could apply as an international student, couldn't you? About 1/3 each year are interntionals. International app is due March 1st. you have plenty of time.</p>
<p>Okay thanks :] I'm international so I've got until the end of the month.</p>
<p>People from all over the world can apply, but citizens of other countries apply through their country programs, if one exists. (Australian Terence Tao attended RSI; he applied through Australian channels.) As always, the definitive source of information about RSI, which I referred to after I saw the last few posts, is the RSI</a> Web site. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone applying this year.</p>
<p>Yes. Nothing like doing your research in order to hopefully do research!</p>
<p>SpudmanKA or any others, do you know if non citizens from the U.S. can apply?</p>
<p>mrniceguy, i know a lot of rickoids who did NOT send their apps through their schools. i'm positive it will NOT disqualify you. if it makes you feel better, however, you can write the school's address instead of yours as the return address. good luck! :)</p>
<p>I checked the website, and in the US student section, it says "If you are a citizen of the United States, you can download the RSI brochure and application." Doesn't seem to bode well for non-citizens. Again, you can attempt an international student application, but that would require you to be in touch with the officials in the respective country you represent. I don't think that'll work. But if you want definitive answers, contact CEE.</p>
<p>lolz...i'm going to overnight mine tomorrow...</p>
<p>As am I.</p>
<p>Photocopy of score report for PSAT is needed - Erm, my official transcrips include my PSAT scores, will that work?</p>
<p>The score report is that rather large, colorful piece of paper? Weird question, but yeah...</p>
<p>"Rather large, colorful piece of paper." That would most definitely be the score report. Funny but true.</p>
<p>I have my field and subfields but am going nuts trying to develop questions to investigate. </p>
<p>Is it OK if I want to research areas I may not know much about? (i.e., I have a lot of physics background, but want to pursue an area in physics I haven't studied before)</p>
<p>--or--</p>
<p>Do I need to demonstrate my expertise in the two fields I choose by selecting specific research questions in that area?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I have the same question</p>
<p>In my case, I put biology (behavioral science); neuroscience down, but I didn't take AP biology, or psychology class. I taught myself some stuff when I was doing research for science fair. This professor updated me on the current stuff, so I looked more specifically into those.</p>
<p>I'll probably read more stuff on the general neuroscience field if I get in.
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker has been sitting on my shelf for so long now.</p>
<p>It's not so much demonstrating expertise as demonstrating CURIOSITY, the basis for why we do research in the first place. There's nothing wrong trying to learn about a new area you know little about. That's the beauty of research!! You learn as you do it.</p>
<p>My transcript included my PSAT scores too, but just to be on the safe said, I photocopied the portion of the "colorful piece of paper" that had the scores on it.</p>
<p>SPUDMAN! you posted like a milisecond after I posted.</p>
<p>How many of u Rickoids previously went to ISEF?</p>
<p>My major concern is my PSAT score.
217?? Math is 80, CR is 66. I swear I can speak English!</p>
<p>Why would they ask for your "immigration status" on the US application if Permanent Residents aren't allowed to apply?</p>
<p>Being a US citizen and all, I don't know how all that works, but as I said before, you need to contact CEE in order to get such questions answered. I'm not one of the admissions experts. I am speaking from my own personal experience and what I've seen of fellow Rickoids.</p>
<p>I honestly don't know the ISEF ones. Corina or Yin Yin would know, because I believe they went. I know Yin Yin did a least..</p>