<p>To encourage people to mail their apps by Monday…</p>
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<p>Oh yeah :] That’s at least a 33% acceptance rate for caltech, yo. (Some SSPers were juniors and some didn’t apply)</p>
<p>I sent my app in Friday, I hope I didn’t completely fail…</p>
<p>2 quick questions: </p>
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<li><p>Why does SSP cost so much money? 3,850+ for a program that is really prestigious, and from what I see, almost on par with RSI? </p></li>
<li><p>Does the mail have to be postmarked by the 15th, or arrive on the 15th?</p></li>
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<p>^im pretty sure its postmarked by the 15th, but wait for someone else to confirm. </p>
<p>and yeah, i was wondering about the money thing too. im definitely applying for financial aid but i hear they’re generous with it.</p>
<p>They are <em>very</em> generous with financial aid. However, if you can afford it, they would prefer that you pay because the overall program costs at least $5000 per student.</p>
<p>I heard it was the postmarked date as well. I believe someone posted it earlier in the thread.</p>
<p>Hey guys.
For the narrative essay (#4), did you guys answer each part (a-d) separately, or in one compact essay?</p>
<p>Thanks :D</p>
<p>I answered them separately, but I’m not an alum so I don’t know how well that works.</p>
<p>I wrote one large essay, but didn’t really specifically answer each one, it was more of a general essay that touched on each part</p>
<p>i answered mine as one compact essay, and i didnt answer all the questions. i dont think it really matters – i think they leave it open ended on purpose.</p>
<p>Has anybody got an email from SSP confirming that they had received all the application materials? Are they going to do so? Anybody knows?</p>
<p>Answer them separately.</p>
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<p>SSP is run purely off of alumni donations. Six weeks of food, housing, paying the professors and the TAs, the weekly trips to cool places… All of this costs much more than 3,850. I vaguely remember the alumni newsletter listing a number around 6 to 7 thousand dollars per person. </p>
<p>Of course, at the same time, if your family has any difficulties whatsoever, SSP is very generous with its financial aid. I remember SSP gave me two hundred dollars more than I requested, reimbursed my plane ticket, AND offered me a free TI-89.</p>
<p>Why can’t the online part of the application be accessed today??? The application says that we can “log back in later (before the deadline) to change or add information.” I thought we had THROUGH the 15th (today) to complete everything?</p>
<p>It must have closed at midnight. I was able to get in around 11pm and make final changes.</p>
<p>Try again. My son submitted his earlier (I have no idea what day), but I checked and it is still possible to log into it.</p>
<p>Ugh. Have no idea if that was complete. Maybe I will call them…S1 is at post office right now mailing the package.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I received mine, but I had sent in my application overnight mail about two weeks ago. They say they review the applications once a week and they get a lot around now (deadline time), so don’t worry if you haven’t gotten a confirmation yet. That being said, I hadn’t gotten a confirmation more than a week after sending mine in and I even got an email asking me if I was still planning on applying, so I emailed them and told them I had already sent in my application and that I hoped it wasn’t lost in the mail. They emailed me back promptly saying that they had my application, but couldn’t find my PSAT scores, which were actually there, just kind of hidden.</p>
<p>Finished my application last night and had it postmarked early today :)</p>
<p>I got my confirmation email today. I sent mine on the 8th.</p>