<p>I am an international student in Alberta, Canada. (citizenship in Korea, so basically I am on a student visa here) I am going into grade 11 in september, and I am thinking of applying to RSI for next summer. The problem is, I have never written any SATs, nor have I started studying for them. My questions are,</p>
<p>1) For an international student, are SAT scores necessary for applying RSI? If yes, do I need some SAT II scores too, or is SAT I score fine enough? </p>
<p>2) How competitive is getting accepted to RSI? I just heard about it like 2 days ago from Suze =P and I am really not sure about its acceptance rate. I kind of want to put my stats here again and ask for my chances, but since my stats have been up at “What are my chances?” for a few days now, I feel dorky putting them up again lol For those of you who are eager to help, you can search for my post in “What are my chances” (should be in the first 2~4 pages, the title is “What are my chances?”) and evaluate my chances. =)
Also, it’d be great if you can tell me the range of SAT scores that I need to have, if I were required to have any.</p>
<p>3) How important is computer skill level in applying to RSI? Yesterday, I looked up on the internet and saw the applicatino form. It wanted the applicant to check of his/her course level and skill level in programming. The thing is, I have NO programming experience whatsoever. I am thinking of Grade 10 and Grade 11 Computer Science IB course this year (gonna cram up both courses somehow), and I don’t know if that’s going to be ok for applying to RSI.</p>
<p>4) How smart are people at RSI? Are all of them really accomplished in math and science and are all award-winners in national competitions and olympiads? Or are there students that do very well in school but are not so involved in competitions? I’m just curious, hahah :P</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess I really should be researching and preparing myself if I want to get involved in ECs like RSI and get accepted to some of the top colleges, but I’ve decided that I’d rather depend on you bright CC folks </p>
<p>Thanks a lot!!! =)</p>