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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For people who say their kids attended SSP and got into HYP, do you think it's more likely because 1) colleges like the same top kids prescreened by SSP selection criteria, or 2) top colleges value the research and teamwork experience these applicants had at SSP?

If it's 2), wouldn't a kid who has done [b]real research, perhaps even longer than 5 week, offer the same qualities[/b]? Not everyone can afford the $11k program.[/quote]
Yes.  If the kid can publish a high quality paper as a result of the research, it would be a big spike.  If not, how do they differentiate you from pay to play research?

At SSP, kids actually don't do research in the traditional sense.  The experiments are designed by SSP, the kids work on the experiments as a group.  The nuance is that (1) SSP is a vetted process, colleges can at least partially rely on this screening.  (2) SSP is huge for URM, FG, and LI, and SSP recruits a lot.  HYP will take these kids in a second. [/quote]

My SSP kid was rejected SCEA at one HYP. Hoping for better results in RD. [/quote]

DP: my SSP kid was also rejected early at HYP. Good luck to both of our kids for the RD round!!![/quote]

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