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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As PPs have stated, RSI is super selective but it's as close to certainty as you can get for acceptance to a top school. According to Forbes:  "A third (33%) attend Harvard, 22% attend MIT, 10% attend Stanford, 5% attend Princeton, 5% attend Yale, 3% attend Caltech and 2% attend Duke." So while it naturally gravitates to the Northeast, it still places very well at Stanford, Caltech, and Duke.

Another thing to look at is how to prepare to be a Coca-Cola Scholar: it feeds very heavily to the top schools:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/Z5DSn0h.png[/img][/quote]

Just FYI...Coca Cola Scholars have to be HS seniors and are not informed until Spring of their senior year.  So, all these kids were already accepted to top schools prior to winning.  Yes, you can look at what they did to get named a Coca Cola Scholar (believe it is heavy on Community Service).

Another thing to look into is entering the Regeneron Contest.  It does require your school have an infrastructure required for Scientific research (you can look up what is required on the website)...which is a bonus to schools like TJ and Blair which already have this infrastucture...but is definitely an impediment if you attend a school that does not as your kid will have to work with the school to create that infrastructure.

Only like 1000 kids enter the contest each year...you don't know if you made the top 100 until January, so past any ED rounds...however, I feel like any kid that even enters and has their research accepted (apparently, some entries do get rejected) is in a fairly rarified group.  If you make the Top 100, you can inform RD college you made the Top 100 which likely counts for something.[/quote]

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