Do most RSI applicants complete Calculus by 10th grade?

LuoSciOly
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:22:15 +0000

Last year I asked the transcript person at my school to include a list of my 11th grade courses in the envelope with my transcript.

From anecdotal evidence I’ve seen, I severely doubt that any one accomplishment (or one course) will significantly affect your admissibility to RSI one way or the other. They accept and reject ISEF winners; they accept and reject people with no research experience; they accept and reject physics whizzes; they accept and reject people who haven’t taken physics at all.

For what it’s worth, I was enrolled in calc BC at the time I applied. I had taken no physics and only three weeks of chemistry. I had no research experience. My situation did not seem extraordinarily uncommon, though you are correct in that many people at RSI have loads of impressive coursework and/or awards.