<p>@nkrish: lol, the girl who wrote that got a 65.1, so i would say your chances of getting in are far from measly… :)</p>
<p>That RSI Anticipation Index can be found in the Semioverachiever blog, with comments. That’s where I saw it first. I haven’t evaluated myself with it.</p>
<p>Anybody else relieved when they submit their application? I’m getting behind on research and English papers (ugh). Looking forward to a trip to the post office on Monday!
Also, does anyone know about superscoring, like if we are allowed to do it? I just got my transcript and it has all my scores, so I see no reason why I can’t do so. I mean, the app gives us a place to put the date of test soooooo…</p>
<p>Just looked at 2011 and 2012 lists of applicants: 2012 listed in this forum somewhere, 2011 here: <a href=“http://cee.org/sites/default/files/documents/2011_RSI_scholars.pdf[/url]”>http://cee.org/sites/default/files/documents/2011_RSI_scholars.pdf</a></p>
<p>I got a 50-ish score on the index. Wonderful. I am from a woefully underrepresented state though. The only person from my state in the last two years went to a super classy prep school on the East coast. Are a lot of the applicants (you guys) from magnet schools, private schools, etc.? I go to a tiny public school that is underfunded in the academic department and overfunded in the athletic one.</p>
<p>The Anticipation Index is fun, but it doesn’t really mean much. My index was 51.9 (i.e. a net gain of 1.9 points) and I still got in, so it doesn’t seem to be the best predictor. Don’t be discouraged if you get a low score! :)</p>
<p>@WeIsCool: Decisions come via email. Last year, the emails came in waves on Thursday, March 8th, with all rejected students getting theirs at the same time, all waitlisted students getting theirs at the same time, and all accepted students getting theirs at the same time.</p>
<p>Also, by my count, 40 out of the 47 non-DoDEA domestic students at RSI 2012 came from public schools, 2 were homeschooled, and 5 came from private schools.</p>
<p>To anyone worrying about sending SAT instead of PSAT, don’t. I emailed Ms. Maite before: </p>
<p>I noticed on the “Apply to RSI” page of the CEE site that the applicant’s PSAT score should be sent as part of the application. However, my school will not return these scores to us until January - is it acceptable to send SAT scores instead? I know the 2012 application is not open yet, but I wanted to ask early on in case I need to talk to my school.</p>
<h2>Thank you,</h2>
<p>Maite Ballestero <a href="mailto:maite@cee.org">maite@cee.org</a>
to me</p>
<p>Yes, you can send SAT score or ACT we list all 3 in hopes that you have taken at least one of the options.
Best,
Maite</p>
<p>Hey guys. My essay responses are 2,599 words in total, and they fit right under 3 pages with 12 pt font. Thing is, I used custom margins (like 0.4 inches left/right). Do you think this is okay?</p>
<p>application # 4086 (though I submitted a few days ago)</p>
<p>Got an ~88 on the anticipation index, but no way that could possibly mean anything other than that being male is 12.5 times worse in magnitude than getting silver in a math/science competition.</p>
<p>@LuoSciOly: are the notifications generally sent in that order? Rejections first?</p>
<p>@cricketfan2014: 2,599 words doesn’t seem that bad, but 0.4 inches does. I guarantee there’s something you could cut if you go through with a brutal eye for unnecessary words and phrases.</p>
<p>@kraxis: Rejections were sent first last year (it was the first year that they did all-electronic decisions). If I recall correctly, rejections were sent during the 9 o’clock hour and acceptances were sent during the 11 o’clock hour, central time.</p>
<p>Also: for everyone anxiously awaiting, in addition to the [Semioverachiever</a> blog](<a href=“http://semioverachiever.blogspot.com/p/rsi.html]Semioverachiever”>Semioverachiever: RSI) from RSI 2010, another blog to check out is [For</a> the Love of RSI: The Adventures of a Rickoid](<a href=“http://fortheloveofrsi.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/]For”>http://fortheloveofrsi.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/), written by a good friend of mine from RSI 2012, Allan Ko.</p>
<p>after printing the submitted online application, are we also supposed to print/fill out the PDF of part V? only the PDF has a space for applicant signature.</p>
<p>The application numbers must be totally random.
I submitted mine on December 16th and was applicant number in the 5080s.</p>
<p>Do you guys think that writing about an overly technical/specific problem in question 3 would come across as annoying to the readers? My other problems seem fine, but my first one is the one I’m currently researching, so it ended up being rather technical/verbose. I thought it was good to show knowledge, but I definitely don’t want it to be annoying. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>@laurab1220, yeah the numbers seem almost totally random according to previous RSI threads
@greypom, everything should be printed out, including the online application after you’ve filled it out. That said, it seems the only thing we <em>can</em> submit online is the scores/applicant info part, and not the list of acc. like it says.</p>
<p>@kraxis I doubt it would be “annoying.” However, I think it might be a good idea to explain the problem in a layman’s term before writing over technically. </p>
<p>btw, for the PSAT score, if we haven’t received that yet, I’m assuming that RSI wants @ least 2200 for the SAT then?</p>
<p>@Babolat1: I would assume so, especially since people tend to score higher on the SAT (you can miss more and get away with it). Though many will say that scores don’t particularly matter if you illustrate interest/curiosity and other scientific undertakings in your essays.
And thanks, I’ll probably give a blurb of some sort.</p>
<p>Just as a general gauge, were all your essays very formal? Mine are rather conversational and informal, as my writing is much more natural when talking about personal experiences than being ‘rigidly’ about myself. Might they look down on this?</p>
<p>Thanks @LuoSciOly</p>
<p>Mine is pretty formal. I was totally sounding like I was bragging, I will not lie - I’m not the best writer. My last essay was pretty informal though.</p>
<p>I generally tried to stay away from ‘bragging’, as I’d seen people cautioning against it in previous RSI threads. Plus, I thought that’s what the list of accomplishments was for. I only talked about the 2-3 most important things I’d done for each extracurricular question, and went in depth about each. I spoke extremely briefly about my awards, but spent much more time talking about what prompted each one. </p>
<p>Do you think the redundancy between the essays/list of accomplishments is helpful? I honestly have no idea here, I just wrote as it came to mind.</p>
<p>@kraxis, I went in depth about my extracurriculars as well. I think the list is simply what you have done/achieved and the essays (numbers 5 & 6) show what impact they’ve had on you.</p>
<p>Quick, banal question here:
For the “Applicant Information” section where it says birthdate:*, did you guys enter like this - January/06/2013 - or how else? It seems to me like a weird way of entering a date. A combo box would have been preferable, but…
Oh, on that same note, did you put the college start date as August/2014 ? or 08/2014?</p>
<p>The website says the application needs to be “in an envelope large enough to accommodate an original unfolded application. Please do not staple or fold the pages of the application.” Is it okay if our recommendation letters and school transcript are folded?</p>