<p>aaand rejected, as above. Ah well, right there with you, person123456789.</p>
<p>Good luck to all who applied and are still in limbo :)</p>
<p>Yup, good luck to everyone! Although… I wouldn’t mind if everyone rejected their admission and pulled their names off the wait list… just a thought ;)</p>
<p>i feel like i’m asymptotically approaching an acceptance email. this is very frustrating =[</p>
<p>Edit: out of curiosity, what are you folks doing this summer instead? i need ideas for when ssp doesn’t come through -_-</p>
<p>hm… well, if you really like math, like me
PROMYS is still open
Mathcamp is still open, although deadline is wednesday (I think I hoped too long for SSP, this application is scraped together way too late D:)</p>
<p>Hm… in my mind, they won’t be nearly as fun as SSP, but they should still be fun xD</p>
<p>Otherwise, you could try to do research with a professor or something.</p>
<p>Did anybody hear anything from SSP recently?</p>
<p>Yup, I just got officially rejected -_- Enrollment is full now, so no hope for us remaining waitlisters unless someone suddenly decides not to come.</p>
<p>It took way too long for them to notify people on the alternate list! I think some people have misconceptions about SSP. It is a great program if you indeed want to pursue astronomy or astrophysics in college and as a career. Otherwise, there are many more programs that are much more useful and relevant and don’t cost as much. There are also people who think doing this program may help their college application. My guess is unless your 1st choice is MIT or Caltech, it really does not help you that much. I think Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or Columbia don’t value SSP any more than other summer programs. I think liberal arts or math type summer programs or more in-depth research at local universities may carry more weight with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other ivy schools.</p>
<p>Rejected today… sigh. Guess I have to find something else to do for my summer. At least I made the wait list!</p>
<p>I was officially accepted about 4-5 days ago from the waitlist into the CA campus. In the email that updated me on the status, Mr. Bowdon gave a 60/40 (“likely”) chance - and it took so long for the waitlist people to get notified. I had to procrastinate my acceptance to many other summer programs but I’m happy I made it into SSP.</p>
<p>well, I guess I’m officially out.
It’s too bad, I would have been great there.</p>
<p>But, as I got in to Canada/USA Mathcamp, it’s not like my summer isn’t going to be incredible.
Farewell SSP. I’m sorry that things didn’t work out between us, but it’s time for me to move on to better things.</p>
<p>Sorry for the late response, but I got in off the waitlist and will be attending Westmont, Ca.</p>
<p>How necessary is it to have taken the SAT before applying to this program?
Will a PSAT score suffice?</p>
<p>You should probably post a new thread for this year’s applicants instead…</p>
<p>But to answer your question, I’m pretty sure PSAT will be sufficient.</p>
<p>Your ability to get in increases by 1000000 if you get a 2400. You don’t even need to accomplish anything, just get a 2400 and show marginal skill in math and you’re in.</p>
<p>How bout a 2360 with great recs?</p>
<p>For the first topic: What topic in science do you currently find most interesting and why? When and how did you become aware of this topic?
should you write about astronomy and physics or can you write about chemistry and biology because I dont know if writing about their preferred subject would give you a higher chance of getting in.</p>