<p>@yaytest33
- I believe that you have to send them all
- I think photocopies work fine
- I think that its fine</p>
<p>@tinev16 I would definitely list your geography awards</p>
<p>@tooty44 It’s really not that big of a deal. I think the selection panel would much rather see a couple of very impressive achievements than a larger list of mediocre achievements. To reiterate a point from earlier in the forum, if you try and elongate your list by listing/stretching your awards/honors, the selection panel might skip over one or two that are really impressive. I only have 14 awards/achievements listed, but they are all national level achievements. </p>
<p>Ughhhhh my essays are already at 3 pages and I haven’t even started essay 3…</p>
<p>@yaytest33 14 national achievements 0.0. I only have like 3 national achievements and a handful of local/state ones… If you don’t mind me asking what kind of achievements do you have?</p>
<p>Since a lot of Rickoids this year seem to be busy, try checking out last year’s thread for some of the answers to questions (e.g. how to report standardized testing) – the app is essentially the same, so many of these questions have already been asked.</p>
<p>my awards/accomplishments are a bit light(AIME, USNCO, a couple math/engineering competitions). I have really good test scores(2400 superscore, 36 ACT, 800 Math II, 780 Chem, 5 AP’s, all 5’s) and a lot of prior research experience(am currently working on an INTEL-level project and attended a summer research camp the last year as well as a project last year too) so does that give me a fighting chance if my essays are good?</p>
<p>Also, what should the scope of the awards be? Only math/science or can I include music stuff? Also would taking college courses and participating in prior research or summer camps fit under the accomplishment section?</p>
<p>Also do they consider your school state or your home state. I’m from Vermont(which I’m guessing has lesser competition) but go to school in Mass.</p>
<p>Hey guys, should I even bother applying?
SAT: Composite 2320 (Critical Reading 760; Math 800; Writing 760; Essay 10)
ACT: Composite 35 (English 35; Math 36; Reading 34; Science 36; Writing 9)
SAT Subject Tests:
Physics-800<br>
Math Level 2-800<br>
AP: AP Physics B- 5
PSAT 219 CR 70 M76 W73
Yeah… so I failed the PSAT, I was having sinus issues and could not breathe well that day, which distracted me a lot. My awards are fairly unimpressive
AIME Qualifier (9-10) score of 10 on last aime
1st place in
State Mu Alpha Theta Convention (9-10)
1st placeMSMS Math Competition
Mississippi College Science and Math Tournament
1st place in physics 10)
1st place in mathematics (10)
NCFL Nationals Debate Competition Qualifier (10)
MMTA State Competition—
Piano—3rd (10)
4th (9)</p>
<p>I lack national awards, so should I even bother applying? I don’t want to waste my time and money on the app if I have zero chance. By the way, I’m a female from mississippi if that changes anything.</p>
<p>Where they ask for coursework should I bother including any previous non math/science APs? </p>
<p>jeezus guys. Have we not established the fact that EVERYONE has a chance? There isn’t really any point to “chancing” besides giving oneself an ego boost, so please just try your hardest on the apps, mail it to CEE, and let them decide. It’s not like we have that much credibility as judges anyways.</p>
<p>@debate4ever yes you should bother applying</p>
<p>Hey guys (don’t mind my name it’s a joke)
I’m filling out the RSI form. For the part about Research fields, how specific do we need to get? There’s no list so I’m not sure.
For example i’ve done some work in cs and bio so i’m planning on to do some computational bio like a lot of you. So would I write “Computational Biology” in field and “Computational Immunology” in subfield?
Or would I write “biology” in field and “Comp Bio” in subfield? </p>
<p>Also, in what manner do we answer the questions? Do we do</p>
<ol>
<li>How’d u her bout rsi?</li>
</ol>
<p>I did usabo and i saw it on the website.</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>o sci so cool blabla and i heard bout rsi from the website doing bio </p>
<p>For 3 page limit can we mess with the margins lolol </p>
<p>@botherme thanks, I knew that everybody technically has a chance, just an extremely low one, at RSI. However I figured at some point if your stats reach a certain low, you’re no longer a competitive applicant, which lowers the chance from extremely low to zero. I just didn’t want to waste sixty dollars and hours of writing essays if I’m no longer a competitive applicant.</p>
<p>@rosebud1997 so it is okay to leave out PSAT scores if you bombed it? Thanks in advance</p>
<p>i think they require at least one standardized test score, PSAT, SAT, or ACT. And, I mean, I know rickoids who didn’t have any awards besides regional science olympiad wins on their applications.</p>
<p>@botherme I agree. It’s useless to answer “should I apply” questions. It goes with RSI to say that if you want to go because you are really interested, apply. And some people are lucky enough to get it, but the only way you can get in is by applying.</p>
<p>do you guys think </p>
<p>physics - condensed matter
materials science - nanotech</p>
<p>is acceptable? I’m worried since condensed matter is kinda also materials science and it might be too close</p>
<p>@Mjag1898 I think that’s fine–they are different enough. Some overlap doesn’t mean they aren’t different fields.</p>
<p>@Mjag1898 The two fields of condensed matter physics and nanotech are not too close. Both of my research questions were in computational aeronautics which is pretty small still. You may want to be a bit more specific than “condensed matter” or “nanotech” because those fields are huge, and if you do some looking you will find that MIT has some great stuff in both of them (Ketterle and iEPS come to mind). I don’t know anyone who got what they applied for though (you usually get way cooler projects) so don’t worry about it too much.</p>
<p>For question 5, can we include research we conducted at our high school and entered into fairs?</p>
<p>I just got my SAT score which was a 2340, 800 in reading and writing and 740 in math. On the math SAT 2 I got a 800. On the PSAT, I got a 237, with one wrong in reading. Should I omit my SAT score, and if I put it, how negatively will it impact me? Thank you!</p>