Research Science Institute (RSI) 2010

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<p>Does anyone know what impact the choice of research fields and “interesting questions” have on what actually happens when you go to the program? They say “Should you be accepted, this information will be used to place you with a research mentor.”. Does that mean if you put down “axiomatize all of physics” and “P-NP equivalence” as the questions they will force you to actually solve them during RSI?</p>

<p>P.S.:
[How</a> NOT to do your RSI application](<a href=“http://excelexcel.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/01/10/how-not-to-do-your-rsi-application/]How”>How NOT to do your RSI application | The Uninteresting Chronicles of a High School Student)</p>

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<p>Nice blog aristocrat…and nice timing of posting it :)</p>

<p>I think the questions are only supposed to demonstrate your interest in the field. They’ll probably pick a mentor in the field for you and find you a question that might be more practical for research.</p>

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<p>if teacher recs are sealed in signed envelopes, does that count as having a “folded application” and therefore will not be read?</p>

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<p>Of course not, since they specifically have instructions for recommendations to be returned in a sealed envelope. If on the off chance CEE adapts fridge logic and nixes all applications with folded recommendations, then I would be surprised if they don’t get a class action lawsuit the next day.</p>

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<p>Darnit! I can’t edit my own posts here apparently. I just realized my blog post was actually a published draft instead of the final version. Oops. Actual version should be up now.</p>

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<p>Well guys and girls- my app is sent in so I will see you all back at this forum when the results come out! Good luck all</p>

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<p>Is it okay if our transcript is folded and in a sealed envelope from the school?</p>

<p>Also, if I want to study the physics of music and sound, what would the subfield be?</p>

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<p>If transcript is folded I don’t think they mind; it’s the school’s fault, not yours. </p>

<p>See here for some research fields/subfields (by no means a rigorous classification):
[Japan</a> Research Career Information Network](<a href=“http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekDescription?id=005&ln=1]Japan”>http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekDescription?id=005&ln=1)</p>

<p>I would assume Music Theory -> Acoustic Analysis (or Psychology -> Psychophysics), but don’t quote me on either since I’m just giving ballpark guesses. Or you can throw a curveball and just go Arts -> Music Theory.</p>

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<p>Wait, I thought we could only choose from Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering. So Arts is one of the fields available?</p>

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<p>My bad (was only answering question without thinking about context). It doesn’t actually specify what research fields/subfields you are restricted to in the application, but it’s implied that it would be preferable to have those fields. </p>

<p>“goals indicative of becoming a leader in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics”</p>

<p>So I would assume that an implicit restriction was present. My recommendation: ask your teacher/professor, not anonymous people on CC :).</p>

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<p>Does anyone know what goes in the “Date/Time Field” on part I of the application?</p>

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<p>It is a programming oversight: It should have been an uneditable field defaulting to the current day, but it was made editable for some reason. It should just be the current date.</p>

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<p>Aristocrat…you answered a bazillion questions with that blog of yours. And although you were pretty pessimistic (which is a good thing…not giving any inflated hopes) you were pretty encouraging because now I can just flick my PSAT scores away with a wand and replace them with better SAT scores. Thanks for the tip about TASP. Did not know about that.</p>

<p>Thank you! :)</p>

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<p>is it bad if my essays are 11pt font, and garamond</p>

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<p>Generally, you want your essays in this format, unless the application states otherwise:</p>

<p>-Single-spaced, Times New Roman (not Helvetica, sadly), block (NOT INDENTED) paragraphs (double return after each one). </p>

<p>MS Word default formatting is ■■■■■■■■. Make sure there is no extra spacing unless you specify it. ([font] tags don’t work on CC evidently. Pretend the below text is in 12 pt TNR.)</p>

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<p>I have 800M 780R 700W for the SAT. 80M 70R 73W PSAT 11th grade. 80M 72R 60W PSAT 10th grade. Which one/ones should I send?</p>

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<p>SAT and Gr. 11 PSAT.
Just because the 60 doesn’t look too hot.</p>

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<p>I got a 740 in my Chem. SAT last year. It’s not that great…76 percentile. Should I still send it? If I don’t, I’ll only have my SAT test scores (got a 2160)</p>

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<p>A 76th percentile is really not something you would want to send to RSI, but if that’s your only SAT II you might as well do it instead of leave everything blank. There’s a convenient dissection of [what</a> the RSI application fields actually mean to the CEE here](<a href=“http://excelexcel.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/01/10/how-not-to-do-your-rsi-application/]what”>How NOT to do your RSI application | The Uninteresting Chronicles of a High School Student), which answers the question about whether or not to send the 10th grade PSAT scores and the SAT II chem grades.</p>

<p>Again, you aren’t a set of numbers, so don’t fret over non-perfect scores. Let your talent shine through in extracurriculars, competitions, and essays, instead of relying on standardized test scores.</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I’m also planning on taking an Math SAT (probably Math I because I finished early on the practice test with an 800)…but that’s on the 23rd. I could still send updated stats to RSI, right?</p>