<p>How do we send in our SAT/PSAT scores? Is it through collegeboard or our school?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Have you guys asked your teachers for recs yet?</p>
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The directions on the RSI application read as follows: âPlease include an unofficial score report with your application and have your school send certified test scores with your transcript.â</p>
<p>When I applied, I sent (in the same envelope as the rest of my application) a photocopy of each of my own score reports. Additionally, I asked the transcript person at my school to include an identical copy of each score report in the official sealed envelope with my transcript. My school does not provide truly âofficialâ score reports on paper, so putting a photocopy in the sealed envelope was the closest I could get. If your school has a more âofficialâ mechanism of transmitting scores on paper, that would probably be better.</p>
<p>To those applying to RSI this year:</p>
<p>I would like to quote what one of my RSI friends posted on the RSI 2012 thread:</p>
<p>"I would say that the true probability of getting into RSI is negatively correlated to your estimated probability of getting in. Almost any RSI alumnus (including some of the most accomplished) will tell you that he/she had no idea why he/she was selected.</p>
<p>There is certainly no single factor that will get you in or not get you in to RSI. There are people who get into RSI without taking the PSAT, and there are even more people who get rejected with perfect test scores. I would echo LuoSciOly⊠they can somehow tell who is genuinely in love with science and who will be able to handle the absolutely insane workload. "</p>
<p>I cannot stress this next point enough â You cannot chance each other for RSI. Even Rickoids cannot chance you for RSI. The admissions process is a complete mystery, admitting an International Olympiad of Informatics perfect scorer, several MOPpers, and a Google Science Fair winner to people who didnât even know that olympiads existed and had never done research before.</p>
<p>But the common thread that brought us all together to be one giant happy family, despite our diverse cultural backgrounds and locations, was our passion for learning and our love of science or math. </p>
<p>And although you might believe that you arenât âgood enoughâ to be selected â you never know! But the only way that probability is 0% is if you donât try. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you all! (:</p>
<p>Thanks for the help, LuoSciOly!</p>
<p>Perhaps someoneâs said this before, but do you guys know how exactly weâre supposed to send âofficialâ AP/SAT scores? I know above^ someone mentioned including scores in the packet, but not sure if this applies to AP. </p>
<p>Also, is it possible to send individual SAT subject scores? My world history score was⊠rather low⊠so I would really prefer not to send that. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>@kraxis: I sent my AP and ACT scores in the exact same manner as I sent my PSAT score, which I outlined 4 posts above. :)</p>
<p>I donât know the answer to your second question, but my guess is that it would depend on the print functionality on the College Board website (or whatâs on the score report they sent you).</p>
<p>@Mentonin Did you feel that the practice test given was way easier/curved more generously than the actual? Thatâs totally what happened to me. But still give applying a shot and just let your passion for research shine through your essays or ECs ^_^</p>
<p>So for sending unofficial score reports, just scanning and sending a copy of our scores is fine? For example, my PSAT score report given by my school, a printout of SAT results, and AP scores I have from Collegeboard can all be scanned and sent to RSI?</p>
<p>@run1116: yes, scanning or photocopying those score reports would satisfy the âunofficialâ portion. your school would need to send âofficialâ or âcertifiedâ copies in addition.</p>
<p>WOOOO 233 PSAT but⊠73 math. -____- if only, math, you were perfect like my other sections⊠WHY. I am hoping that my reading/writing sections will make up for my math, because as the apps say, they would prefer a math score of at least 76, which I donât have. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I plan to just scan in my score report and attach it. I asked my GC if the school gets copies of every one of our test scores and she said yes. MIND BLOWN. But she gave me the âschool copyâ of my PSAT so Iâm just going to scan it twice and ask her to attach it to my transcript.</p>
<p>@leatherlibrarian, I asked my teachers a few weeks ago. They still have not given them to me. Iâm worried - my school has semester tests around this time, so all the teachers are frantically putting their tests together and rarely do anything outside of their workload because they simply donât have time. Last year for my applications, my teachers did them over winter break and gave me a heart attack by submitting them online a few days before the deadline, weeks after I had submitted my part⊠So, ask them now if you havenât already. Seriously. I think I might go harass them this weekâŠ</p>
<p>yo WeIsCool they said if you submit with a score lower than 76 you must demonstrate amazing scientific abilitu elsewhere. <em>cough</em> SSTP <em>cough</em></p>
<p>And does anyone know if the school has to send in our âofficialâ scores and stuff by the Jan. 11 due date as well?</p>
<p>I certainly would like to apply, but does anyone else feel dissuaded by the application fee?</p>
<p>I mean, of course itâll be amazing and totally worth it if one is accepted, but throwing considerable sums of money at low probability events isnât exactly something Iâm eager to do.</p>
<p>@shinexalive: Thanks! SSTP definitely :DDD and I believe EVERYTHING has to be in by January 11 but if your school is being annoying about PSAT scores (it is, right?) you could call them and explain your situation perhaps�</p>
<p>@DraconicSheep: Iâm not really happy about it, but I understand why they need an application fee - the program is completely free of charge, and they have a few thousand applicants every year⊠of course they will spend hours and days and weeks just on our apps, not including planning activities, matching up labs, organizing schedules, etc. and the people working there are paid employees, not volunteers. I am getting used to it for applying to colleges next year LOL - Harvard and Princeton and all the other 10+ schools Iâm applying to are also throwing a considerable application fee at something that probably wonât happen. Iâm just getting used to it, I guess.</p>
<p>@WeIsCool welp I just went to see them and they were like, we havenât even sorted through them yet, maybe next time. GAH.</p>
<p>I am a little confused tho, if anyone could enlighten me on this - on the paper part of the app we send in it says send PSAT (or SAT or ACT) but on the website it says send ALL the scores you have from standardized tests. Does anyone know what this discrepancy means?</p>
<p>Hi everyone, Iâm seriously torn about what field to write about. My dilemma is that although I have an interest and could write about biophysics, I am passionate about evolutionary biology/conservation biology (What some may label less serious than biophysics or even a joke science). I have experience, published papers, and I just worry that if I wrote about biophysics instead of evo bio, my real passion for research science would not be conveyed if I didnât talk about it, but I also donât want it to look like itâs the easy way out of biology. Has anyone else faced this? Recommendations? :(</p>
<p>@ theseabean- you say you are interested in biophysics but that you are truly passionate about evobio. The RSI selection committee would much rather read an application from an applicant who conveys their passion for a specific science field. No field of science is lame and each science field needs people who are passionate to make advances in that area. For you dont be afraid to make that area evobio :-).</p>
<p>@shinexalive- RSI specifically wants to see PSAT scores, SAT or ACT scores. They specifically ask for only scores in these areas because of the bulk of applications they receive. If you have high AP scores that you feel necessary to include because might make/break your app then sure, go ahead. In most cases including additional scores have insignificant pull in the app in comparison to personl essays and even recomendations.</p>
<p>I was applying this year, but I got my PSAT scores (211 with a 63 math) so Iâm not too optimistic and havenât decided whether or not to follow through with my application.</p>
<p>@laurab Sorry! Let me clarify. The paper app with the confusing word âorâ implied that we has the choice of PSAT, SAT, or ACT, but the website with the wording âall scoresâ made it feel like we had to submit all scores from all collegeboard exams taken. Can I, for example, submit SAT but not ACT? I think Iâve asked this before but the discrepancy just threw me for a loop again. </p>
<p>And does anyone know if we can superscore our PSAT? Haha I had a good score last year but only a 69 this year (hold the pervy jokes).</p>