Summer Science Program (SSP) 2020

@coconutfloat you don’t really submit it, as long as it is complete they will review your submission.

What are the chances that the covid-19 will delay or cancel SSP?

SSP is pretty far from now, so I would hope corona will be in the past by then

Hi all,
I submitted everything on time last week. Everything has shown up now, except for one teacher evaluation, done by my teacher last Wednesday. I checked three times with him, and he has submitted it for sure. Because of this, I’m worried that they might not consider me. The website says that late teacher evaluations can be submitted up until tonight. I sent them an email about this on Monday, March 2nd, which is when they said to send concerns by, but I haven’t gotten a reply even after a follow-up email. I also just sent a voicemail to their phone contact. Although their website says it is my responsibility to get all parts in on time, do you guys think that since it is probably an issue with the speed of their review process and the sheer number of applications they are getting, they might be more lenient?
Sorry for the long paragraph

I hope so! If you submitted everything on time, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be lenient, I would think…

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@aadim2 the admissions staff does want to see you as a whole person, and your application at its strongest. My school had an issue getting my transcript mailed until this Wednesday, and SSP was very understanding of my situation and stayed in contact until all application parts were submitted. There is a chance that they have missed your email, make sure to reply again and highlight what you’ve done, I’m certain they will understand.

Does anyone know exactly when the admissions decisions come out for international students?

@astrocode according to the SSP website it is around mid-March, good luck! (tbh I don’t really have too much of a chance haha)

@cyberwind Thank you, and good luck to you too! Same here though :neutral:

@cyberwind thanks, they understood and I managed to get everything in!

has any intl student received any news yet? based on last years thread, the release date should be around now

I got my reply on the 7th last year at 10:30 PST

Good luck to all the intl students!

I’m refreshing the website like 5 times a day, but there is still no decision. Based on past threads, it seems like they will be released sometime this week.

Has any international student heard back yet?

I haven’t yet, I’m getting a lil antsy

@twentyAA Same! From the past years’ threads, it seems like the decisions should have already been released. But good luck!!

My friend just emailed their office, and got a reply that the results will be announced this week!

Just got in! From Canada

Good job!

Does anyone know the chances for the alternate list?

I was accepted at CUB for astrophysics!!