ay2011

I don't think they use a hard cutoff. Most likely, if you noted engineering as one of your choices during the PSAT sophomore year- you are probably getting an email.
But the email just tells you that there is an opportunity at RSI. Apply through the website.
No advantages or benefits etc.

tsubomi1993

Yay the application is up!! ;]

stanfordgurl

do you know how important it is to have programming experience for getting accepted into RSI?

also, i can't seem to find the contact info for rsi on their website.. could anyone post it here?

thanks

potentenum

omg. our school doesn't even let us ap bio and ap chem until junior year. i don't have any SAT II science scores!

and the ONLY science competitions we have are the bio olympiad (which, since i didnt have ap bio, i couldn't do in sophomore year and i obviously can't do in junior year yet becuase the apps have to be in by janurary!) and the science fairs (which i did okay in, but srlsly, that's going to be my only thing on my app)

EW

sqrt

They don't explicitly state that your two research fields must be different on this year's app...but I'm guessing they still should be.

potentenum

doesn't matter where you come from right? ex: considering the advantages/disadvantages of mixing int'l students in there (US citizens but not permanent res).

over30

Contact info: Contact Form | Center for Excellence in Education

potentenum

hmm... "1/3 of students accepted are international".

interesting.

over30

Unless things have changed in the last 3 years, they accept around 50 US students. Then they have international students from selected countries. The international students do not have anything to do with the number of US students accepted.

charizarrd

I'm an international student + US citizen (:
Hm, I was thinking of applying to RSI... I highly doubt I'll get in (I don't have any great science/math awards or anything), but it just sounds like such an amazing experience that I feel compelled to give it a shot anyway.

nith901

so really, does anyone know how important computer skills are? I honestly only know excel...will that hurt me alot?

and these chances posts make me feel really insignificant...

potentenum

anybody have any advice on computer skills? what do they mean by "date expected" for the computer skills? do they mean that you should have taken a certain course or...

(oh yea, and how much do you really need those skills actually in RSI... <_<)