<p>I’ve sent in my application! I was so happy to be done with it! </p>
<p>I know the chances of getting in are super low but: nothing ventured, nothing gained. :)</p>
<p>List so far:
US / State
Potentenum / N/A (overseas)
US/ Connecticut
International</p>
<p>I’m US/PA I guess…anyone else applying from PA?</p>
<p>Me! Good luck! I hope we both get in! :)</p>
<p>You live in Allentown? I live like an hour away from you (near Philadelphia). I hope we both get in too… :D</p>
<p>I got my postcard back today! I’m relieved - I sent it overnight that Thursday afternoon and I was worried my app wouldn’t get there on time :]</p>
<p>this is SUCH a dull thread. last year they had anticipation indexes! is it too early? :P</p>
<p>dude chill, its been one week since applications were due</p>
<p>and yea i mean we are so totally dull and lame… clearly</p>
<p>is anyone sending supplemental stuff, like for me, i had to send my transcripts separately</p>
<p>“and yea i mean we are so totally dull”</p>
<p>RSI applicants… no.</p>
<p>“and lame”</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>^ huh? 10char</p>
<p>Dull- Well, I decided to use the definition of dull as the opposite of smart. I’d say that RSI applicants certainly don’t fall under that category.</p>
<p>Lame- Nerd stereotypes.</p>
<p>what, may i ask, are anticipation indices? </p>
<p>i love how everyone’s been secretly monitoring this thread so that when one person posts everyone else immediately responds. :P</p>
<p>Here’s a quick formula I pulled out of my ass for your anticipation index:</p>
<p>-Start at 20. </p>
<p>Take Jan-01 2010. Check your application’s date of submission. Subtract 0.1 for every day of difference if submitted later, or add 0.1 for every day earlier. </p>
<p>Subtract 5 if living on the East Coast or in California.</p>
<p>Subtract 2 if not a US citizen. Subtract a further 3 if nationality is East Asian.</p>
<p>Add 15 if URM. </p>
<p>Add 15 if female. Swear silently if male. </p>
<p>Add 2 for each AP/IB course taken, except Calculus and Computer Science (add nothing in those cases, unless Computer Science AB was taken, in which case add 1). </p>
<p>Subtract 3 for each mention of non-AP courses completed on or prior to 2007. </p>
<p>Add points for each 200+ university course taken (CHM 304, MAT 217, COS 226, etc.); exact amount of points added is the leading digit times 2 plus one-tenth the numerical designation mod 100. </p>
<p>Subtract 1 for each “Other” field with non-AP/IB courses irrelevant to engineering/math.</p>
<p>Add 1, 1, 2 points respectively in each programming skill level chosen. **Add 5 **bonus points for mentioning Python, but subtract 5 for mentioning BASIC regardless of skill level. </p>
<p>Add 2 extra points each if advanced in the following: Java, C++, Mathematica, SQL, XML, PHP, Delphi, and Ruby. Disregard Assembly/TOY. </p>
<p>Add 5 bonus points for advanced LaTeX use. Add 10 points per mention of LOLCODE or other esoteric programming language. </p>
<p>Subtract 2 points for every 10 points lost on the PSAT/SAT II tests.</p>
<p>Subtract 5 points for each use of a test score from 2007 or prior.</p>
<p>Subtract 8 if research field choices were copied from here: [List</a> of research fields : Japan Research Career Information Network JREC-IN](<a href=“http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekDescription?id=005&ln=1]List”>http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekDescription?id=005&ln=1) </p>
<p>Subtract 5 for each failure to meet “PSAT math scores should be at least 75, and combined math, verbal, and writing PSAT scores should be at least 220.ACT minimum math scores should be 33 and reading, 34.” </p>
<p>Add 25 for pointing out the grammatical mistake on the teacher’s recommendation form. </p>
<p>Subtract 15 if at least one of your answers to question 3 was a Clay Math Institute Millennium Prize Problem. Disregard if you included proof/disproof as supplement. </p>
<p>Add 2 for each research internship. Subtract 5 for each petri dish washing internship or paper shredding internship.</p>
<p>Subtract 5 for each long-range goal that alludes to money, power, or cars.</p>
<p>Subtract 4 for each long-range goal not involving science.</p>
<p>Subtract 2 for generic extracurriculars. </p>
<p>Subtract 3 for mentioning non-national MATHCOUNTS trophies. </p>
<p>Subtract 10 if you did not answer question 6.</p>
<p>Subtract 25 if you mention that you are applying to TASP. </p>
<p>Subtract 10 if answer to question 7 does not use technical jargon. </p>
<p>Add 2 for each USA_O contest attended. </p>
<p>Add 8 for each I_O contest attended. </p>
<p>Add 5 for mentioning Project Euler. Add 0.1 for each problem completed. </p>
<p>If a DoDEA student, multiply your index by 2. Actually, square it. Then multiply it by Graham’s number. Yeah.</p>
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<p>^ LOL i’d say subtract a lot more than 10 if you didn’t answer any one of the questions.</p>
<p>ahh well, lets hope we’ll have some good news come march</p>
<p>Aristocrat, your post is epic win because you mentioned Python and Project Euler, two things I love (and mentioned, of course).</p>
<p>"Add 2 for each USA_O contest attended. </p>
<p>Add 8 for each I_O contest attended."</p>
<p>haha more like add 100 for each I_O</p>
<p>Anyone want to provide some revisions so the formula is actually less BS-y? XD</p>
<p>I might actually post this as a blog entry for lulz.</p>
<p>EDIT> There are some I_Os that are not that difficult to qualify for: IChO, IBO, and possibly IPO from what I have heard. Screw the rule about non-citizens unable to go to IChO training camp, I aced that freaking test. RAWR.</p>
<p>lol,
Anticipation index: 116.15</p>
<p>LOL female is worth 15, but usamo is worth 2?</p>