RSI help!

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Ok so I am a physics/engineering/math fanatic and that is what I will be applying for if I apply for RSI. Will not having Multivar Calc/Linear Algebra hurt my chances if I am doing competition stuff in math/physics as well as research in astrophysics and mech engineering? (this is not a troll question so please do not ridicule).</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>If your math is good enough that you can do competitive math and astrophysics research, I don’t see not having multivariable calc or lin algebra destroying your application. That is, of course, assuming that you’ve taken everything else in math/physics and excelled in those classes and that you’re accomplished in your research and competitions. Granted, that could probably said of most RSI applicants and I most certainly haven’t sat in on an RSI admissions committee, so my word should be taken with a particularly large crystal of sodium chloride …</p>

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<p>Thanks shadowyams! </p>

<p>@Everyone: PLEASE HELP too!</p>

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<p>Please see my post in the RSI 2012 thread (and geemunu’s post right below it) at this link: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1173767-rsi-2012-a-64.html#post14678602[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1173767-rsi-2012-a-64.html#post14678602&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It is NOT NECESSARY to have crazy research/competition experience or a zillion APs or really any specific credential at all to get into RSI. What matters is that you love science/math and that you’ll take advantage of all RSI has to offer academically and socially. I had never done research, never participated in an individual Olympiad, and taken only 3 APs when I applied to RSI. Many, many people at RSI were in the same boat as me. What everyone had in common was a true love for discovery and learning about the natural world.</p>

<p>If you love science/math and truly want to spend 6 weeks in an incredibly intense and stimulating environment with some of the coolest people in the world, definitely apply. And to everyone else out there thinking of applying: JUST DO IT. Don’t be discouraged by what you might think is a lack of credentials. In fact, some of the most successful people at RSI were the people with little to no research/competition experience. Most people at RSI (including me) thought that they had zero chance of getting in when they applied. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>L0L I got into RSI with 1630 SAT score. HAHAHAHA</p>