RSI Chances!!!!!

Applying to College
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<p><a href="http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Research Science Institute.</p>

<p>Most selective summer program.</p>

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<p>There's a thread on the high school forum and a page on Wikipedia too.</p>

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<p>I think you have good stats, but they really want research experience (if you've written any papers, that would be good).</p>

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<p>Nah, most math kids don't have research experience. Math research at the high school level is very difficult. It only happens at RSI =P</p>

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<p>AIME of 8 isn't really that great...Sorry to be a party pooper, but, I don't know how many people in your school/state make USAMO, but that's not enough to make USAMO even if you have a 150 on AMC, and an 8 on AIME....What is your AMC score this yera? You really NEED to make USAMO for your math stats to matter. There are IMO people that don't get into RSI...</p>

<p>Too many small EC"s...</p>

<p>Good Luck, though. IF you had better science/math, then you would be the closest thing to a lock.</p>

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<p>Yah, to be honest I think you have as much a shot as any. I too applied, and essentially took the mindset "If I get in: awesome. If I don't: expected". You clearly are overqualified, but the problem is they are getting hundreds if not thousands of overqualified applicants. I don't know how important research is, but I have worked doing research at the Rockefeller University for the past two years(I guess that means I hope research counts). I have a 238 PSAT, and a 97.5 cumulative average at a competitive high school. Well, anyways, good luck to all RSI applicants, or at least 74 of you, so a spot is left for me.</p>

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<p>How is he "overqualified?" There is no such thing as overqualified for RSI.</p>

<p>GL, anyways.</p>

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<p>Clearly there is no such thing as literally being "overqualified" for a program as competitive as RSI; What I was implying is that he(and many other people) has met the requirements to make him a possible candidate(very good grades, competitive schedule, high PSATs). What renders the type of candidate I described as "overqualified" not literally so is that there is an excess of people with credentials as competitive as those I described.</p>