So, I’d just like to know: does anyone have solid information on RSI as it relates to college admissions and how good it is? I’ve heard everything from a 100% to a 75% MIT acceptance rate, and everything from it being godlike on an application to it being useful, nothing more. Could someone please clear up the significance of RSI with regard to applications?
Thanks,
sran
<p>Sorry for being slow on the abbreviation uptake, but I see RSI all over CC. What is it?</p>
<p>RSI stands for "Research Science Institute", googling it gives you all sorts of information excluding its effects on college admissions.</p>
<p>From what I know, it's one of the most impressive things you can have on an app, but at the top school nothing guarantees admission. You definitely have a much better chance at MIT than the majority of the applicants, because they wouldn't have chosen you for RSI had you not been at least qualified enough to be a potential student. I've heard it's like an 80% acceptance rate, but that differs upon who you ask. It's definitely not 100%.</p>