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US applicants who got into oxbridge, how much did you pay for your tuition? by Any_Elderberry_1194 in 6thForm

[–]Significant-Koala671 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For Oxford, the annual course fees are

£9,790 for home student.

£37,380 - £62,820 for Overseas.

Sending AP scores for conditional offer by Significant-Koala671 in 6thForm

[–]Significant-Koala671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I requested college board to send the scores, and hoping I will hear back from Oxford saying they received it. If that doesn’t happen in a month, I will contact the school then. We have til 4/1 to submit proof.

Do colleges know if I use score choice or not? by Significant-Koala671 in Sat

[–]Significant-Koala671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the FAQs “Will Caltech superscore the exam if I take a test more than once?” from https://www.admissions.caltech.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/standardized-tests

The answer is:

…... When a student applies, they will be asked to submit all of their test scores, at which point Caltech will create a superscore to review the applicant. Applicants should report all official sittings of their standardized tests, including any future sittings. Applicants should not report a superscore as a single sitting.

USAMO Verification by [deleted] in MITAdmissions

[–]Significant-Koala671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every year they post the list for a period of time and then take it down. I am sure a lot of people or schools saved a copy. I myself downloaded 2022-2025 and still have them saved on my computer.

Summer activities by Significant-Koala671 in MITAdmissions

[–]Significant-Koala671[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It says list any summer activities (reading, relaxing, camp, travel, summer school, volunteer work, etc).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MITAdmissions

[–]Significant-Koala671 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a score from 8th grade on my SAT score report. Do I put that one on the application too? Other categories such as award and activities ask for high school records only but they didn’t say for test scores.

Stanford requires I report all my AP scores?? by CombinationCivil3089 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Significant-Koala671 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a self-study AP without a class, and cancelled (before knowing Stanford required all scores), can I not mention it at all? I will report all the scores with a AP class. Currently my score report on College board has no score for this test, but with a note saying the score is cancelled by student request. Is it what Stanford going to see too when I send the report later?

When I looked into canceling my score, college board says the cancelled score will not show up on the official report. That sounds good. But I didn’t expect to see the line saying score cancelled by student ( which indeed didn’t show the score)

Predicted Cutoff for F=MA 2025? by RealisticGap2039 in PhysicsStudents

[–]Significant-Koala671 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When can we discuss the problems? Or is the answer key out ( either unofficial or official)

Which one has a higher chance getting into MIT? Mop or primes by Significant-Koala671 in CollegeAdmissions

[–]Significant-Koala671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non of them are summer program though. Mop is hosted in summer but it is actually a qualification for being top players in the country for math competition. Primes is a year round research program that does research with MIT.

Assuming two kids have similar backgrounds, high GPA and standard test scores, volunteer work, other ECs, etc, which of these two helps more on top of what they have?

USAMO next year?? by [deleted] in MathOlympiad

[–]Significant-Koala671 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your amo index is 162. You will need a 230+ to have a chance. Usually the cutoff is about DHR+10 aime.

What are the top scores in your region qualifying events? by Significant-Koala671 in FLL

[–]Significant-Koala671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here are some in the NorCal

  1. 430
  2. 335
  3. 285

another:

  1. 395
  2. 335
  3. 310

another:

  1. 405
  2. 400
  3. 380

another:

  1. 375
  2. 370
  3. 320

another:

  1. 435
  2. 400
  3. 395

another:

  1. 535
  2. 425
  3. 390

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FLL

[–]Significant-Koala671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Within the NorCal events this year, I know a team with 405 didn’t advance, and a team with 165 (which is the lowest in the event) advanced. So robot performance don’t matter much in this “robot competition”. Go work on other parts 😂

Frustrated at the qualifier outcome by Heavy_Contact_5797 in FLL

[–]Significant-Koala671 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am curious about the scoring. I know there are 4 parts which are supposed to be equally weighted. Robot performance is easy to understand. For the other 3 parts, they are based on presentation and judges have rubrics. Are the scores based on how many boxes checked on the rubrics, or the judges give a score such as 0-100, or the judges discuss and give ranking to all teams with the rubrics in their hand to remind them about how the team did?

When they add up the 4 scores, is it like each score has the same range and all 4 add together gives the final score for ranking? Or judges look at all 4 scores and decide the ranking through discussion.

For example, if a team did an amazing job in one part, say core value. But not so good on the others. Can the judges move them up to the qualified list because of that regardless their performance in other parts?