<p>I’m planning to submit half of the maximum number of characters allotted. A 10,800 character essay that merely rambles would probably detract from its quality.</p>
<p>I’m planning the same.
Similar ideas on the other essays? Is anyone recycling essays from college/scholarship apps, or are you writing them all original?</p>
<p>anybody know the required scores for ct? interesting that a 35 act wasn’t good enough but i’m guessing that only a 36 would qualify then?</p>
<p>@six: used to live in ND. Definitely less competitive out there, and the buildings are pretty high tech.
GA cutoff -1590/1600 
Congrats to everyone!</p>
<p>So um, do we get an email if we are disqualified from the competition? </p>
<p>I sent my online part on time (about an hour before), my GC sent her rec a day before and the transcript with a guaranteed delivery date before the deadline-- but I still feel like something could have gone wrong. And with how rigid/cold/uncaring the system seems, I feel there is a possibility we might never know if we just didn’t make the semifinalist cut come mid-April, or if we simply got disqualified from an incomplete on-time application… thoughts?</p>
<p>^Yes, agreed. Same thing for me basically.</p>
<p>Anyone know where the Presidential Scholars stay during the week in D.C.? A hotel or college dorms? Do they have roommates? Just curious.</p>
<p>Just FYI, I graduated high school many moons ago (1999), but a 1510 verbal + math SAT was not enough to be a PS candidate in Arkansas back then.</p>
<p>whoa, hi everyone. It’s been a while.</p>
<p>I was a Presidential Scholar. Happy to answer any questions, though I think the deadline has already passed.</p>
<p>Most of what you ask can be found on wikipedia: [Presidential</a> Scholars Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Scholars_Program]Presidential”>Presidential Scholars Program - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>@cloudeleven: we stayed in dorms. and had roommates.</p>
<p>^Dorms at what college?</p>
<p>Georgetown, I think.</p>
<p>Semi-finalists are announced:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2011/semifinalists.pdf[/url]”>http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/2011/semifinalists.pdf</a></p>
<p>Yayyyy. I guess we just continue waiting?</p>
<p>^ Yeah. I got a packet saying that Finalists will be announced in Mid-May.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars!</p>
<p>[U.S</a>. Presidential Scholars Program](<a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html]U.S”>U.S. Presidential Scholars Program)</p>