@Duke47
What advice would you give for the essays? Should I just write and then edit for word count? (I feel like this would showcase my personality more). Or do you think revising is necessary? (My problem with this is that I may try to gear my essay towards what I think the readers want to hear instead of my honest responses). Also, people who participated from other years said that they were paid $10 per hour. Do you think you were paid $15 just because of the market you were in? Or have they increased the pay since last year? Thank you!
I misread and thought it said 1000 words not characters. So now I’m revising all my papers trying to get them down to the requirement. 1000 characters seems short for such a competitive program. How long are everyone’s essays?
@yagirl932 My essays are between 980 and 1000 characters. I think that the word count is 1000 characters because they want to hear genuine essays that truly express the personality and passion of the applicant. And part of the challenge is fitting all of that information in 1000 characters, which is probably why they want to see if you can effectively do that. Also 1000 words for each of them is a lot lol
@tanpuppy7 did u list out things for 1st essay? just wnt to make sure i know they gave example though
@onthatgrind_ I formulated all the parts into a paragraph. I didn’t actually think about listing everything lol. Do you think keeping everything in a paragraph works?
Oh Yea that makes sense. I really I hope I get in!
does anyone know if its due tonight or tomorrow night. it says no later than “1/31”, so does that include 1/31?
The FAQ page on the official website said 11:59 pm EST on Friday, Jan. 31st, so I believe that it’s due tomorrow night.
Is it just me or did they change the format of the app? Why do I now have to log in through cybergrants? My email also is too long so I am unable to get in- anyone else?
Welp, just submitted my application! I wish the best for everyone here!
Does anybody know how to find your request ID?
@LSONG1220 the Application id? I got it basically immediately after I submitted it.
I wish they sent confirmation emails afterward. After you click out of the submit page it’s just gone.
I gave my guidance counselor what I found so he could send the rec email, but I’m not sure if it’s the correct one.
Does anyone know if they send confirmation emails out? I’ve seen conflicting answers from reddit…I had to submit on a private browser because Safari crashed the website for me. I haven’t gotten an email but it did say “application completely successfully” when I submitted it.
They do send emails. I got mine like 10 hours after I submitted.
Yah I got an email as well.
lol I got mine six hours later
Hi from the Chicago Market! Anyone else from IL apply? What were your essay topics?
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I’m from Chicago as well! I wrote about my passions and how I show that through my community organization work.