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So yeah, basically the title. I applied for bacterial genomics, and just got an email that I got off the alternate waitlist. But here's the thing. I'm in a really odd position.

To keep it short, I live in a homestay in the States, and come home to South Korea every summer to meet my family from June to august. Going to SSP would cut this time that I get to spend with my family in half, and would ruin my plans to go to the gym and really better myself. I really don't know what to do in this situation.

On the other side, I know it would still help me with my college application. I have good stats (7/554 rank, 1550SAT), but lack some ECs especially in research, and my dream school is Stanford, so I know this is the most logical choice but still... I do not know what I should do. If I don't do SSP, I'm still doing a short research camp with a professor from a T10 based on a personal project that I am doing, and guaranteed getting a rec letter from him, so its not like I'm not doing anything either..

So my questions for ya'll are:

Do you think it is worth doing SSP in my situation?

How prestigious is SSP still?

Thanks for reading my post.

So yeah, basically the title. I applied for bacterial genomics, and just got an email that I got off the alternate waitlist. But here's the thing. I'm in a really odd position.

To keep it short, I live in a homestay in the States, and come home to South Korea every summer to meet my family from June to august. Going to SSP would cut this time that I get to spend with my family in half, and would ruin my plans to go to the gym and really better myself. I really don't know what to do in this situation.

On the other side, I know it would still help me with my college application. I have good stats (7/554 rank, 1550SAT), but lack some ECs especially in research, and my dream school is Stanford, so I know this is the most logical choice but still... I do not know what I should do. If I don't do SSP, I'm still doing a short research camp with a professor from a T10 based on a personal project that I am doing, and guaranteed getting a rec letter from him, so its not like I'm not doing anything either..

So my questions for ya'll are:

Do you think it is worth doing SSP in my situation?

How prestigious is SSP still?

Thanks for reading my post.

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So yeah, basically the title. I applied for bacterial genomics, and just got an email that I got off the alternate waitlist. But here's the thing. I'm in a really odd position.

To keep it short, I live in a homestay in the States, and come home to South Korea every summer to meet my family from June to august. Going to SSP would cut this time that I get to spend with my family in half, and would ruin my plans to go to the gym and really better myself. I really don't know what to do in this situation.

On the other side, I know it would still help me with my college application. I have good stats (7/554 rank, 1550SAT), but lack some ECs especially in research, and my dream school is Stanford, so I know this is the most logical choice but still... I do not know what I should do. If I don't do SSP, I'm still doing a short research camp with a professor from a T10 based on a personal project that I am doing, and guaranteed getting a rec letter from him, so its not like I'm not doing anything either..

So my questions for ya'll are:

Do you think it is worth doing SSP in my situation?

How prestigious is SSP still?

Thanks for reading my post.

So yeah, basically the title. I applied for bacterial genomics, and just got an email that I got off the alternate waitlist. But here's the thing. I'm in a really odd position.

To keep it short, I live in a homestay in the States, and come home to South Korea every summer to meet my family from June to august. Going to SSP would cut this time that I get to spend with my family in half, and would ruin my plans to go to the gym and really better myself. I really don't know what to do in this situation.

On the other side, I know it would still help me with my college application. I have good stats (7/554 rank, 1550SAT), but lack some ECs especially in research, and my dream school is Stanford, so I know this is the most logical choice but still... I do not know what I should do. If I don't do SSP, I'm still doing a short research camp with a professor from a T10 based on a personal project that I am doing, and guaranteed getting a rec letter from him, so its not like I'm not doing anything either..

So my questions for ya'll are:

Do you think it is worth doing SSP in my situation?

How prestigious is SSP still?

Thanks for reading my post.