<p>I'm wondering which of these programs would help my chances the most for a school like Caltech or MIT. I know RSI is a big one, but I'm not sure if its the best. Also, please list any other programs you know of. Thanks a bunch.</p>
<p>RSi is the best and the bestest (yes that isn't a word).</p>
<p>well, in RSI's entire history, all but one rickoids have been accepted to MIT...</p>
<p>Would RSI help if I'm good at math/science but would rather go to an Ivy?
...because I hate math</p>
<p>how do you get accepted into RSI?</p>
<p>you apply?</p>
<p>you don't get in....you've got to be hand selected so don't bother trying =P</p>
<p>Are you female? If so, apply to WTP (MIT's Women's Technology Program) - it's awesome!</p>
<p>NASA Sharp is much more selective then RSI. One of my good friends participated in the RSI program but got rejected from NASA Sharp. And yes she got accepted into MIT but she turned them down.</p>
<p>i wish there was a way to do all three in one summer.. sigh.....</p>
<p>oh well, i'll apply to all three and see what happens</p>
<p>I would also say that NASA SHARP is more selective than RSI, at least at Johnson Space Center in Houston. We had 240 original applicants and only 14 got in. That is a 5.8% acceptance rate. RSI I believe takes 75 from a pool of 1200 which is a 6.25% acceptance rate. Not that much more selective, but more nonetheless. That is not to say, of course, that SHARP is more prestigious. I would have gone to RSI had I known about it and applied and gotten in.</p>
<p>SSP is useless, and really, one of the 2 others will suffice.</p>
<p>what is SSP? and where is it? how tough is it to get in?</p>
<p>SSP is the Summer Science Program, there is a websire for it, but i forgot the URL.</p>
<p>really, SSP useless? i heard of it from the MIT admissions page.</p>
<p>RSI is much more selective than NASA Sharp. The reason NASA Sharp has such a low acceptance rate is because it is a program that specifically targets minorities, but a lot of applicant don't realize this. Realistically speaking, if you are an URM then your chances at NASA Sharp are about 30%. If you are not, your chances drop down to about 3%. Also, the NASA Sharp program is such a bureaucracy, you'll find so many kids there who only got in because they were the sons or daughters of NASA employees. Tons of NASA Sharp kids get turned down by MIT but rumor has it only one RSIer didnt get accepted into MIT.</p>
<p>how can you say RSI is less selective? have you thought about the fact that the kids who apply are insanely qualified as it is? isn't the average psat around 230? rsi is the summer program that IMOers (International Math Olympiad) turn down to go to and mieZo how can you infer that rsi is less selective because of ONE friend?</p>
<p>What's RSI and SSP?</p>
<p>Is research needed for RSI?</p>
<p>no, but it's looked favorably upon</p>
<p>Enough to put one at a big disadvantage if he doesn't have it?</p>