did anyone get in?

Lowkey late on good summer programs so does anyone know any good fall program applications that will open soon? Particularly for medical related programs??

I am a male from upstate Maine, small public school that is borderline rural (just over threshold), Latino, parents make 170k a year aprox.

Stats: 3.85 UW, 4.6 W, 6 APS (so far, STATS, LANG, APUSH, BIO, CSP, Pre Calc, Bio last year was a 4) (All As other than B+ in precalc) (Notable Grades : 100% in Honors Physics and AP CSP) DE Spanish, 1480 PSAT (760M + 720R)

ECs/ AWARDS:

Hackathon Veteran (organized 2 local ones, won 3 major ones (all 1st place) (300 person +) (Won a undergrad hackathon I larped at)

Head of Cubesat design Team - I wrote the software and lead the charge for designing and building a cubic satellite for the MIT LL competition. (not podium sadly)

Head of underwater robotics team - Mentoring younger students in middle school and placed top 40 at internationals, designed new modular systems to decrease maintenance times by 80%

Eagle Scout and Senior Leader at NYLT - Eagle and Highest position at National Youth Leadership Training, Eagle project was STEM related

Internship/Fellowship at Local Philanthropy Nonprofit - Lead charge to raise 10k and donate it to local causes, managed and passed grant paperwork, interfaced with orgs we donated to and now help with outreach (post internship)

Head of JROTC Unit and selected to staff National Cyber Training - Scored in top 1% for inspections national, good evaluations as a group and myself

Volunteer in Town GOV - Building multiple town websites, managing financial accounts, moving thousands weekly, hosting websites and services

Essays:

Mostly about finding my own way being latino in a rural town without much STEM access, working on projects, pushing myself and my why (my family and my community), not fitting in and finding my way to fit in ( I am sort of a weirdo if you cant tell ), weightlifting and music and how its my outlet, some more technical things

Programs applied:

NSLI Summer (korea) (rejected last year): >!Rejected final round!<

MITES SEM AND SUMMER : >!Rejected!<

USNA SUMMER SEM : >!Rejected!<

USMA SLE : >!Rejected!<

YC STARTUP SCHOOL: >!Accepted!<

BWSI (rejected last year): >!Commited UAS-SAR!<

LLRISE: >!Accepted!<

MIT Engineering Design Workshop (NICHE): >!Accepted!<

Hackclub Internship: >!Rejected!<

Harvard SRI: >!not out yet!<

Harvard Ventures Tech: >!Full Ride Scholarship!<

Any thoughts?

I feel like a chud because I got into legit nothing, I worked for so long on my essays and I thought they were fire, I had other people read them also and give advice.

Am I cooked for t20s?

HELPPP

I didn't receive any emails after been waitlisted by RSI, i wonder if they usually will inform u if ur rejected or smthing

3.86 GPA 1540 SAT
14 AP's

Research Internship at Local State University, won a State Science Fair

Research Internship with a phd got a provisional Patent

Founded a non profit with 100+ volunteers and 20+ chapters, related to eating disorders.

Research Assistant and oversaw 5 interns at a local college

Science Olympiad Club President and won 5th in the International Biology Bowl

DECA 2X ICDC Qualifier

I have some more science national awards but Im not trynna dox myself.

Results

RSI- >!Waitlisted!<

Fred Hutch SHIP- >!Rejected!<

Ohio State Neuroscience- >!Rejected!<

NASA Gene Lab->!Accepted!<

YYGS- >!Waitlisted-->Rejected!<

CSR NASA SEES >!Accepted!<

Seattle Children Research Training Program- >!Rejected!<

Simons Summer Research Program- >!Rejected!<

Rockfeller Summer Science Research Program- >!Rejected!<

Iowa SSTP- >!Accepted!<

Lowk the results were kinda unfortunate, I was surprised that I got waitlisted at RSI but kinda expected to get in a few more programs. I ended up committing to >!NASA SEES Virtual while also doing a paid internship at a local lab that has a 130+ H-Index. I think i am overall happy with what i am going to do, but nothing is ever guaranteed, and honestly the method is cold email. !<

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does anyone know what aeop is looking for in the personal statement for the internship application? should you write it more like a college essay and be creative or should it be more formal and serious? any other tips for the personal statement would also be appreciated!

Could someone with experience take a serious look at my application? I feel good about what I've achieved, but I don't want that confidence to blind me to my weak spots. I am looking for some grounded, honest feedback to make sure my profile is actually as strong as it can be.

hey guys! I just got an email that I was shortlisted for the interview for the CCIR future scholar program and I wasn’t actually expecting to get it due to the “low acceptance rate“ they have on their website. I’ve also gotten rejected from basically every single summer program I applied to that was selected, so this program really seems pay to play to me. lmk if anyone else got shortlisted for the interview as well!

Hello. I've gathered a little bit of data. Wanted to know matriculation rates for many of these programs. I'll also talk about what you can conclude.

Honestly felt like I wasted an hour or two scrolling though and I realized I never cared about matriculation %%. Idk why I was worrying about this a few months ago. Everyone said that prestige doesn't matter, and they're probably right.

But the information is interesting! And it is a fun statistics challenge. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, I'm just a high schooler.

Note: data was gathered during different times, days apart. Might've miscounted some stuff :). I arbitrarily took the percentage of students who attend Top 15 college according to US News, and excluded LACs, Olin, International Unis. You can find this data on your own by looking up Instagram decision pages. LMK IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS

COSMOS, Garcia, Clark Scholars, RSI, math/humanities programs not included due to little/no info.

Simons SRP.

Year	Percentage	Response Rate
2024-2025 (Instagram)	16/21 = 76%	20-30%?? uncertain

SSTP Iowa.

Year	Percentage	Response Rate
2023-2025? (Instagram)	30/43 = 70%	20-40%?? uncertain

BU RISE

Year	Percentage	Response Rate
2025 (Instagram)	14/18 = 78%	idk

CMU SAMS

Year	Percentage	Response Rate
2024 (Instagram)	14/23 = 60.9%	~30%
2025 (Instagram)	11/17 = 65%	~28%

percents look lower for SAMS but not statistically significant (barely) as sample is too small. Also because CMU is excluded as it is #20.

MITES Semester

Year	Percentage	Response Rate
2024 (Instagram)	33/49 = 67.3%	~20%? somewhat certain
2025 (Instagram)	48/61 = 78.7%	~25%? somewhat certain

Summer Science Program (2019-2021 were from official website ssp.org)

Year	Percentage	Response Rate
2019 (Census)	111/140 = 79%	90-100%
2020 (Census)	107/146 = 73%	90-100%
2021 (Census)	126/168 = 75%	90-100%
2023 (Instagram)	53/72 = 73%	~35%
2024 (Instagram)	119/146 = 82%	~39%
2025 (Instagram)	55/82 = 67%	~14%
pooled census	344/454 = 76%
pooled Instagram	227/300 = 76%
pooled all	571/754 = 76%

Conclusion:

I think the Instagram posts are representative at least for SSP. The percentages are similar to the census, and there wouldn't be much reason for 2023 cohort being suddenly worse or better than 2021. The 67% for 2025 isn't statistically significant. When you do these tests make sure to account for multiple testing (ex. testing 2 hypotheses you should change a = 0.05 -> 0.025). I lost my data for the p-values :(.

All of the programs y'all put on the sub are great. Percentages are basically the same. I'd just go with whatever you like. The local internships at my area have like 10-15% matriculation rate lmao. Basically, Simons == SSP == MITES == SAMS == RISE == SSTP == probably every other program on this sub if you only care about matriculation (you shouldn't). I don't think a valid summer program ranking purely off of matriculation exists, and lots of kids here are just guessing. Same thing can be said for college itself maybe.

I'll answer some questions that the next year's summer program applicants may have and that I had a few months ago.

"Correlation isn't Causation? Does this data matter then?"

I still think this data is interesting. The statement correlation =/ causation doesn't automatically discard it.

I hear "correlation =/ causation" all the time online and in pop statistics. Though, I don't like when people just blindly copy and paste it.

In the context of summer programs and attending top colleges, "correlation doesn't mean causation" is a meaningless statement to the student inquiring about prestige and matriculation rates. Some of the people here are really analytical and information-seeking, which could be a good or bad thing. The main thing these students are looking for are the predictions for getting into top colleges (ex. What is the chance I get accepted to ASU?). They don't care about causation. Causation is irrelevant for prediction accuracy.

For example, a business may use the number of clicks to predict the number of purchases. A confounding variable could be buying intent. A viewer with high intent can click and buy more. The model still works and is useful, even if clicks and purchases have no causal relationship and are just strongly correlated.

Another example. Suppose your girlfriend really really wants to attend ASU. There's a program called RSI, and apparently it's an ASU feeder. She hears 70% of alumni from RSI get accepted to ASU, while ASU only has a 10% acceptance rate. If she gets into RSI, should she believe she has 10% to get in ASU, or 70%, with no other information? She should believe that she has a 70% chance of getting into ASU**, as she is given the information that she is part of RSI. The probability is P(ASU | RSI) = 70%. The only exception is if she thinks she is extremely different from the average RSI student for some reason.

So for those who got into top summer programs: great job. You've got great chances when you apply to college. Attending those summer programs may or may not cause acceptance to T20s. If not, they are still heavily correlated, and there is likely some quality of the students that attend those summer programs that causes acceptance. You can assume that you are likely to have that quality too that you did not know, because you got in.

** even this part is nuanced. One may ask why she should treat herself as a random sample taken from RSI alumni rather than a random sample taken from all applicants to ASU, and this gets into the unsolved issue of reference classes. A common resolution is to choose the most specific reference class, which is reasonable most of the time.

mb for the digression

"What do I do if I get rejected from these great programs?"

You can do volunteering or local internships; try not to do nothing over your summer. Look back at your applications and critique the essays that you wrote. Did your application have any red flags? Then work on common app/questbridge. Personal projects are cool too.

Also, your belief on the probability of getting into good colleges shouldn't change much from a summer program rejection. Only a fraction of students from these colleges even do summer programs. You also don't know the acceptance rate to top colleges of those who get rejected from summer programs, so there's not much information about your chances anyways. Don't stress about it.

"What do I do to get accepted to these programs?"

I would work on essay writing. Plus, it helps when you actually apply to college. Most of you guys have better ECs and awards than you think. But I don't think you should prepare for any of these programs.

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.

Just curious how these three would rank. R they abt the same tier or is on significant better than another? Love to hear thoughts

im deciding between ssp and a research project with a professor at iit - madras (a very good uni in india)
. the project lasts for the same duration as ssp, and also i will be away from home (im an indian resident, but i dont live in madras). which do i choose. publication is obviously not guaranteed with the professor.

how is it? Im def going there for the amazing research opportunity, but just wondering what its college matriculation is like in terms of T20s, T50s?

thx guys

I cold emailed a bunch of professors about research, and one of them (based in India) finally replied, saying they’d like to work with me and liked my previous work.

I’m confused about 3 things:

• Is there any issue with doing research internationally/remotely with a professor in another country?
• What actually happens after this? Like, do we just meet and discuss ideas, or is there usually a structured process?
• What’s usually the end product of something like this, and how does it look on college applications?

Would appreciate advice from anyone who’s done this before.

ok so basically im a chud and i procrastinated so hard on summer program appys this year. ik that pre-college paid programs aren't that prestigious but i got into the AMR research one at tufts. should i just commit? its lowk due tmr... but im also waiting on two other things what should i do?

im applying for astrophysics to t20s in the fall and i have NO summer stuff planned out i rly need some kind of physics related online internship

does anyone have any ideas?

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU ALL

So following the caption I am a rising junior in my univeristy and i got into Algoverse Ai research program with a 30% scholarship. Now even the remaining amount is too much for me and I am just trying to weigh my options if this program is actually even worth it for me as I have seen posts that it is very worth it for highschoolers but is it for someone in university especially who is a rising junior. Along with this, I want to know the truth that do this program actually lead to publications? If I were to pursue this program is there any way I can obtain funding from a third party or request for more aid because I genuinely cannot afford it as the exchange rate to dollars is insane in my country. Would really appreciate honest and raw advice.
Thank you in advance.

currently am a sophomore, rising junior for this upcoming fall. this summer i didn't really get accepted to any prestigious summer programs (mostly also because i applied late). currently my only options are doing horizon labs or doing summit research scholars. honestly, from what ive seen both of them are kind of scams but i have the financial means to do either. which one would be better?

sorry ts an ama for some reason

im sure yall alr know this but i sent 8 emails last night at like 10 pm and before even 7 am today ive gotten 3 yeses 2 of them for governor campaigns this is easy

method: campaigns are easier than profs bc they highk desperate for some help

i emailed a couple nearby campaigns that were ongoing bc i figured it would be good to have some on the ground stuff. then i emailed governor candidates from smaller states bc i live in california so like tehy got full teams n shit

i did a bit of personalization saying like i came across ur campaign and resonated w ur focus/work on x issue

i also gave a bit of intro to my work like if u check my reddit profile youll see it but i namedropped some stuff. . i used the specific wording of internship and clarified it would be completedly voluntary and then attached my resume