Clark Scholars 2011!

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<p>From the app:
Applications MUST be received by March 4, 2011</p>

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<p>^ yikes, thanks for the info - i missed that small (giant) detail</p>

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<p>do they do phone interviews or? and how do you know you made the cut?</p>

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<p>Wait, iceui2-- we had a waitlist?! I never knew this…</p>

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<p>@NspiredOne: They just call you/email you with the news. No interviews.</p>

<p>I remember sending mine by overnight mail the night before the deadline… good times. But even if it’s a few days late, just email Ms. Durham with an explanation - it usually isn’t penalized. One Clarkie sent his off 6 days late and still got accepted.</p>

<p>Well I don’t think it’s called a waitlist, but I think they make the cut to the final 15, call the first 12, and then the last 3 depending on how many people decline the acceptance.</p>

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<p>I sent mine in the day before it was due. You all will be fine. Breathe.</p>

<p>And oh, okay. Still didn’t know that. Learn a new thing every day :)</p>

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<p>lol my collegeconfidential account needs some name changing. to natalieportmanftw lol
any one know how?</p>

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<p>Breathing isn’t working.</p>

<p>To save myself from writing an explanation about how I procrastinated and didn’t start writing my essay until now (well, haven’t started, yet …), I’ll pay US$18.30 for an express mail flat rate envelope and hope the guarantee that it arrives in Lubbock Thursday at noon, is true.</p>

<p>Six days late is … distressing. Unless there is a legitimate excuse (injury, death of a close relative, etc.), I think that reflects poorly on oneself.</p>

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<p>I have run out of time… mostly my problem is that I haven’t talked to my teachers for recommendations. I have great essays, but I don’t think there is anyway I can get my app in on time.</p>

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<p>“Six days late is … distressing. Unless there is a legitimate excuse (injury, death of a close relative, etc.), I think that reflects poorly on oneself.”</p>

<p>Better late than never, in my book. The fact that that person was still accepted speaks volumes about them and their application, in my book.</p>

<p>Don’t judge and don’t worry. Relax. The Clark People are quite understanding.</p>

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<p>haha did u guys know that natalie portman was a semifinalist in intel when she was a teen??? i found that out today. learn a new thing everyday, like gregariously said.</p>

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<p>swirlz: haha same here… new york times yeeeaaahhh (:
but uh yeah i’m pretty sure she’s actually perfect. it’s ridiculous. she went to harvard, too.
haha but meganfoxftw, to answer your question, i don’t know… natalie portman trumps megan fox any day in my book, though.</p>

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<p>@sMITten, :frowning: My teachers weren’t very happy that I only asked them last Friday.</p>

<p>@leahmarie, [I&lt;/a&gt; don’t know about that …](<a href=“http://www.wolfgnards.com/media/blogs/photos/celebrities/portman-v-fox.jpg]I”>http://www.wolfgnards.com/media/blogs/photos/celebrities/portman-v-fox.jpg) lol.</p>

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<p>omg are you serious?!
<a href=“http://www.sassisamblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Natalie_Portman_Miss_Dior_01.jpg[/url]”>http://www.sassisamblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Natalie_Portman_Miss_Dior_01.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.topnews.in/files/Megan-Fox_4.jpg]Nah.[/url”&gt;http://www.topnews.in/files/Megan-Fox_4.jpg]Nah.[/url</a>]</p>

<p>OK, I just spent an hour writing about my research interests … it’s like a 100-word blurb for each of my three selected interests. However, I didn’t really get uber-specific–I described a specific topic for each field in that I wanted to research, but I didn’t actually detail an experiment setup or anything, simply because I don’t really know how to set one up for my topics yet. Did any CCers get really exact and write out a possible procedure and whatnot? I got everything in the space they gave on half of the Part B page, but several people were writing earlier about having two pages of research interests alone, and the request to be specific is rather vague. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>Ah, another late-night scramble for me, I guess.</p>

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<p>Hey guys, I sent out my application regular mail this morning at the post office. I honestly didn’t spend that much time on my essays (combined maybe 2-3 hours), some of which was copied from my SIMR essays.</p>

<p>For the explanation of interests, I wrote a paragraph about both areas I picked (Biological Sciences and Food & Nutrition) describing why I’m interested in the area and hypothetical experiments.</p>

<p>For the personal statement, I explained three words that describe me in three paragraphs, talked about my goals, and then summed it up with a nice conclusion.</p>

<p>Clark Scholars sounds like an amazing experience, but I’m having my doubts about being accepted considering my essays were not top-notch - then again, one of the qualities I explained in my personal statement was my perfectionism hah :)</p>

<p>Oh, and Natalie Portman beats Megan Fox any day. Harvard degree + insanely pretty + talented actress FTW.</p>

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<p>I applied to this program!</p>

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<p>we have too much in common karaokemachine. natalie portman does beat megan fox anyday (despite my name), and i also applied to SIMR. although i didn’t recycle my essays…</p>

<p>the first part of my clark essay was a big gamble, we’ll see if it pays off.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Aeschylus (English/History)</li>
<li>Apoc314 (Chemistry/Biochemistry)</li>
<li>swirlz (Biochemistry/Bio Sciences/Chem Engineering…and Music</li>
<li>momo899 (transportation/math)</li>
<li>erickkwangg (Chemistry/Science Education)</li>
<li>browndbaternerd (Math/Chemistry)</li>
<li>meganfoxftw (Chemical Engineering/EE) </li>
<li>originalthought (Physics/Biophysics)</li>
</ol>

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<p>i see so many chemistry</p>