<p>txscholar - What summer program is this @ HMS ?</p>
<p>Attended Princeton information session. RSI was mentioned. They said no one program will secure admission (of course) but that RSI was very highly regarded. My son will be applying to RSI next year. We are concerend that although he is ranked third in his very competiive magnet school, has taken his SATs, is fourth author of a peer reviewed paper, and has made two scienctific prestations, it is not enough. Appartenly, leadership and vision are as important (if not more so) than perfect grades, competitions, and flawless test scores. This seems much more difficult to achieve.</p>
<p>Woah! If a Princeton admission officer says so, then RSI can be considered a scientific achievement itselfā¦ I envy those who have the chance to attend RSI! Congratulations, I hope to be one of you, next year!</p>
<p>Any other people never received any notification from RSI like did my daughter?</p>
<p>@required Check the email you gave them to sign up, and then check your spam folders.</p>
<p>Nothing there, thanks anyway! D sent an email to check with them.</p>
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<p>Has anyone from the waitlist (alternate list) received an email that moved them to the participant list yet?</p>
<p>Gradient</p>
<p>I āthinkā it is of very slim chance that one is going to be admitted from the alternate list. It is because no one -again, I think- turns RSI down. Even olympiad guys turn down their summer olympiad training camps to participate in the RSI.</p>
<p>Indeed my son was debating about RSI or MOSP for 2 weeksā¦ Although the MOSP invitation solely depends on the USAMO next month, he has an excellent shot to make it. Itās a tough call for math kids to decide between these 2 rare opportunities. My son is among the 18-member IMO selection pool, and was told by MAA that he had pretty good shot making IMO team this year based on his results so far. Then, to earn that spot, he has to give up RSI for MOSP! (He also told me that there are another 2 kids were also on the IMO selection team, and both are likely to pick RSI over MOSP/IMO.)</p>
<p>He WAS seriously considering to turn down RSI for MOSP/IMO opportunity, until I finally convinced him to go RSI since he has been to MOSP twice. Not an easy choice as making IMO team has been his goal for a few years, hopefully, he will do well enough to earn another MOSP/IMO shot in his senior year in 2014.</p>
<p>And, those lucky 2004 RSI-Caltech attendees were fortunate enough to have the rare chance attending both MOP and RSI. Good for them!</p>
<p>@ tough man : very true. I just wanted to see.</p>
<p>@ dadofmathnerd:
It really depends. If your son wants to do math training rather than math research then the usamo program would be the better optionā¦
Ad officers always want to see that you pursued things that you wanted to do</p>
<p>DadOfMathNerd,</p>
<p>When is the notification(registration?) due whether the student attends RSI or not?
My son is an alternate, so Iād like to know.
Thanks.</p>
<p>@pororo2003 </p>
<p>Congratulations to your son for his achievements! Making alternate is no easy feat :)</p>
<p>As for the deadline, in the acceptance email they asked all students to confirm by March 18th.</p>
<p>@pororo2003</p>
<p>He has informed RSI that he would give up MOSP and attend RSI around late March.</p>
<p>Wow so I guess Evan Chen, Ravi Jagadeesan, as well as a few others turned down MOSP for RSIā¦ seems like RSI is preferred when one has the option to choose either</p>
<p>Also apparently there are quite a few people this year turning down RSI for SIMR and at least two who are choosing SSPā¦</p>
<p>Last year, there was at least 1 person (possibly more) who turned down MOP for RSI. Where are you hearing about these people turning down RSI for SIMR and SSP?</p>
<p>Is anyone aware whether or not legacy plays a role? I heard it purportedly does, but Iād like to see if anyone else has heard the same.</p>
<p>Haha, I assume no RSI alum is that old to have 17 year old children :))</p>
<p>Haha, this is RSIās 30th year of existence, so some of the oldest Rickoids might have high school-aged children. :P</p>