<p>Really? RSI has gender based affirmative action? Never knew…I’m a girl, but somehow I doubt it’s that huge of a bonus. To merit +15, that is.</p>
<p>Oh…also, how many DoDEA students go each year?</p>
<p>And how many of your guys applying have very little experience w/ programming? I only know matlab and am probably beginner-intermediate in java. 
however…i have some pretty good research (bio) experience and scifair awards.</p>
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<p>…and should be taken with as much seriousness as that. LOL. </p>
<p>I don’t work for CEE so I have absolutely no idea what goes on in their selection process, but I do know that female engineering students are in ridiculously high demand. </p>
<p>(RSI takes 50 and USAMO takes 500, for those wondering why USAMO isn’t worth much. Take a look at this:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e8-usamo/e8-1-usamoarchive/2009-ua/09-Qual_list.pdf[/url]”>http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e8-usamo/e8-1-usamoarchive/2009-ua/09-Qual_list.pdf</a> (<- FIND YOUR OWN NAME! :])</p>
<p>I see something like 10% females. As biased as the data might seem, it’s the way things are: there are just so many more males going into this thing than females, so that makes women underrepresented in a way.)</p>
<p>att159, if that research is indeed original and has been published/reviewed and recognized, then it’s a huge thing that ought to offset any lack of diversified programming experience; you don’t have to know arbitrary representations of machine code to be a good researcher :).</p>
<p>(I think 15 slots are reserved for DoDEA students aside from the 50 promised to US applicants, but don’t quote me on that.)</p>
<p>Here’s an easier-to-calculate anticipation index, based purely on how you did part II on your application:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Give yourself 6 points for every check in number 1. Exclude the checks next to the “A”, “AB”, “B”, “BC”, and “C” boxes.</p></li>
<li><p>Give yourself 3 points for every 5 points on the PSAT over 220</p></li>
<li><p>Give yourself 3 points for every test score filled in the ACT/SAT/SATII columns that has a value of 750 or higher</p></li>
<li><p>Give yourself 25 points for filling in each blank in #2 (100 points for all 4 blanks)</p></li>
<li><p>Give yourself 30 points for every question 3-7 answered</p></li>
<li><p>Subtract 1 point for every 30 words you used in response to questions 3-7 (ex if you used 3000 words in your application, you can subtract 100 points) Subtract another 40 points if your font size was 9.5 or smaller.</p></li>
<li><p>Give yourself 50 points if your responses to 3-7 are at least 900 words long (so you don’t feel that bad about yourself after losing so many points in #6). Subtract **90 points<a href=“for%20being%20lazy”>/b</a> if your responses are less than 600 words long.</p></li>
<li><p>If your score is negative at this time, skip the next step.</p></li>
<li><p>Square your anticipation index and divide by 1000 points. Round to the nearest whole number if needed.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Meh. </p>
<p>[RSI</a> Anticipation Index The Uninteresting Chronicles of a High School Student](<a href=“http://excelexcel.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/01/24/rsi-anticipation-index]RSI”>RSI Anticipation Index | The Uninteresting Chronicles of a High School Student)</p>
<p>P.S. TASP has twice as many posts as we do! Quick, catch up!</p>
<p>My son attended in 2005. I believe there were 2 or 3 DoD students. He knew NO programming when he attended (biology project). Things may have changed.</p>
<p>only 2 or 3? That means about 60 slots are available to us, nice!</p>
<p>Perhaps females are underrepresented in fields like engineering/math, but fields like biology seem to have a good balance. Does anyone know the male/female ratios at RSI?
Random question - do any of you guys debate?</p>
<p>132.5 index, and from an asian guy so these are legit points.</p>
<p>^ att i debate. but its super sad debate at my school. only 2 tournaments ever sigh.</p>
<p>I got a 69.696. I laughed.</p>
<p>Subtract 1 point for each blatant spelling error.</p>
<p>It says that we are notified March 26, but last year they got the notifications back a whole month early. Check it if you don’t believe me. Do you think its possible the same will happen for us?? How nice would it be to know by the end of feb!!!</p>
<p>Yes, hopefully we will hear back early this year too! :)</p>
<p>I hope we don’t hear back early… I want to be able to send my usabo open scores to show dramatic improvement from last year.</p>
<p>How would you send it in? (it’s after jan 15 when the applications were due…)</p>
<p>if you email them stuff I’m sure they’ll take it.</p>
<p>I think they will take it. But if results came as early as Feb. 24 last year, and according to CEE results are announced Mar. 8… </p>
<p>maybe since they’re all CEE they might noe. I doubt anything we add in will make or break… it’s essays, after all yea?</p>
<p>potentenum, where are you getting march 8 from? did you contact and ask them? because i checked the 2010 application and brochure, and both say march 26.</p>
<p>^ nono march 8 is for USABO semi-finals release. </p>
<p>and feb. 24 is what ppl said was the earliest date RSI sent results out (were these all rejections or…?) </p>
<p>so i think if results are released even before USABO semi-finals are released, would that make a difference?</p>
<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I’m RSI09, and I’m usually more of a quiet observer on cc, but I thought that since I’m procrastinating anyway, I may as well pay a visit to the 2010 thread 
(and yes, last year, we were notified a month early. talk about surprises/shock haha)</p>
<p>unorganized, rambly comments on things i saw while skimming:</p>
<p>Computer experience is by no means “necessary.” That was one of my biggest worries when I was applying. Lots of people were as technologically challenged as I am (aka, no experience/knowledge at all with any sort of programming). Lots of people were also scarily good. How much computer experience weighs in the selection process probably varies widely depending on your field/subfield interests. In the first week, you’re taught everything you need to format your papers properly and make presentations.</p>
<p>For those of you wondering about sending in usabo results and such, I doubt one thing can influence their decision that much. If you haven’t heard from RSI yet, it can’t hurt to tell them, but from the '09 Rickoids, I got the impression that your OVERALL ability and enthusiasm matters more than individual accomplishments. As long as you presented yourself fully in your application, they will be able to see what type of person you are, what you have done already, and what potential you have.</p>
<p>Emphasis on the potential–I had absolutely no prior research experience. I think they want people who will make the most out of the RSI opportunity. They expect you to <em>learn</em>.</p>
<p>Note: I personally don’t think gender matters much =) Then again, I’m a girl and may therefore be biased haha. I think 2009 was about boys:girls::2:1</p>
<p>(and I hope your application was less wordy than those paragraphs ^ =P )</p>
<p>Pseudo-warning: RSI could spark your interest in every single field. You’re already passionate about your own field–surrounded by other people just as enthusiastic about other subjects, I found myself tugged in every direction. Pseudo-warning = good thing. ^_^</p>
<p>Hopefully this calmed some of you down regarding one or two issues… somewhere in the jumbled mess there…</p>
<p>My projected nervousness about RSI from the day I mailed the application to the official notification date probably would’ve been parabolic–then the letter caught me right about when I had managed to kind of forget about it. GOOD LUCK! Have fun waiting =P</p>