RSI 2015 Chances

PurePhysics
Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:02:47 +0000

Currently a rising Junior (class of 2016), I’d like advice on my chances on getting into RSI 2015. My biggest concern is lack of impressive SAT scores.

I’m a math guy, so most of my EC’s are centered around mathematics.

SAT-(750 M/ 720 CR/ 720 W) (Yes I know, ew, but I’ll be retaking it)

Freshman year (4.0uw/4.67w)
AP Calculus BC-5
AP Physics B-5
AP Chemistry-4
Honors English
Spanish 2
Varsity Baseball

EC’s that year:
Varsity Baseball, California State Science Fair- 4th in Mathematics & Software, Published paper in Undergraduate Math journal written under chair of mathematics department at UCR, AP Scholar with Honors, Scholar Athlete

Sophomore year (4.0uw/4.5w)
AP world history
Honors English
Spanish 3
Varsity Baseball

Multivariable Differential Calculus-A
Multivariable Integral Calculus- A

Taken at Harvey Mudd College:
Linear Algebra- A
Differential Equations-B+ (I was out of town for the final -_-)

EC’s this year:
Member of two Professional Research groups at UCR for post-docs and professors, named the "Fractal Research Group and the “Mathematical Physics and Dynamical Systems” research group. Only high school student in 25+ years of existence

Invited/attended AMS (American Mathematical Society) Sectional Meeting held at UCR by math chair.

Taught AP Calc BC- (I know this sounds strange, but I literally would teach the course for our calc teacher on days he wasn’t there. He’d excuse me from class and I’d teach for him for the day)

Tutoring of Harvey Mudd students in Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Equations

Collaboration with recent UCR post-doc and MIT student on mathematics paper, completed last month.

Professional Seminars given:

“On the theory of Lures with Dynamical Action on Manifolds and Fractal Strings” part one. Fractal Research group, UCR, hour seminar

Part two, Fractal Research group, UCR, hour seminar

Upcoming seminar next quarter in the Mathematical Physics and Dynamical Systems research group, hour seminar on “Fuzzy Differential Topology”

Varsity Baseball, Captain as sophomore

Intel ISEF regional sweepstakes award- given to the best overall project in the high school division.

Mu Alpha Theta award for excellence in mathematics- International award given on the basis of individual research in mathematics.

Intel Award for Excellence in Computer Science- Given to a research project in mathematics or computer science.

Intel ISEF 2014 finalist in Mathematics

European Award for CERN Exploration: Given to 12 international students on the basis of their STEM research at Intel ISEF. Includes all-expenses paid trip to Geneva, Switzerland to tour CERN for a week.

Self Studied: Topology, Analysis, Algebraic Topology, Differential Topology

Junior Year Courseload:

AP Language
AP U.S. History
AP Spanish
Varsity Baseball

At UCR:

Distribution Theory (PhD level class)
I couldn’t afford to take the course for credit, so I’m “auditing” the course with the prof’s permission, but still ascertaining the knowledge nonetheless)
Graduate Analysis (PhD level class) (same as above)

Via Stanford Online: Abstract Algebra, Real analysis, Complex Analysis

At Harvey Mudd:
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations II
Mathematical Analysis I

This year’s EC’s so far:

Still a member of the professional research groups at UCR, will be giving two one-hour seminars in November.

Still teaching AP Calc BC at the high school level.

Little to no competition for my regions ISEF this year, so expected 2015 ISEF finalist.

Work Experience: I work at a math tutoring center for k-12.

Currently writing a math paper with a undergrad friend from Harvard, will later submit for publication.

Submitted last year’s science fair math paper to the arxiv.

Goethe Institut Award for German Exploration:
International award given to 12 students on the basis of his/her intel ISEF research. Includes an all expenses paid trip to Germany for a week, paid by the German Government.

Varsity Baseball- 3rd year

Hook: Heavily recruited D1 athlete, currently being heavily recruited by 4 of the ivies, and talking to all of them. Will be flying back east to visit the campuses soon as per coaches’ requests. Pending offers from highly competitive programs, but not academic fits.

Letters of Rec: Glowing from a professor that I’ve worked closely with for a year and a half now. My AP Language teacher wrote that I was the “most talented student [he’s] had in 9 years of teaching”.

However, I’d like to know my chances from a purely academic viewpoint. Just in case something goes awry with athletics.

Any comments appreciated.