<p>litotes, I’m homeschooled and don’t have teachers than can write recs for me. I e-mailed Ms. Durham about it, and she was fine with it considering my situation. </p>
<p>Technically, I’m getting the reference letter from my “personal trainer” since I’m wanting to study exercise science. He just also happens to be a state rep who left the letter at the capitol. </p>
<p>Anyway, thanks for the luck! Good luck on your application, too, if you’re applying!</p>
<p>P.S. Happy belated birthday!</p>
<p>I know that in the past, there have been Clark scholars whose research area was mech or chem engineering but I haven’t seen anyone that picked electrical - does anyone know if electrical has been done so far?</p>
<p>also: it says in the tips document that we should send only materials that are requested in the application form but i have a supplement that could really help show my interest in the research area that i pick (mechanical engineering): 11 page paper on my research topic that is being submitted to a competition; should i send it in or should i hold back?</p>
<p>I suggest holding it back to show you read their instructions.</p>
<p>@tropicbreeze: A Clarkie from my year (2010) was assigned to EE but switched to chemE because he liked it more. </p>
<p>And definitely send in your supplement! Just be sure to email Ms. Durham and let her know first. Trust me - it won’t hurt and will only help you.</p>
<p>Are we allowed to fax the teacher recommndations? My teacher said that he would prefer to do that, as he still hasn’t finished the letter, and plans on finishing it at the earliest on Wednesday.</p>
<p>/rage</p>
<p>Are we allowed to send in recommendations separately?</p>
<p>Just sent my application today!</p>
<p>Actually, I just called Mrs. Durham and she told me that all supplemental documents would be thrown out.</p>
<p>I’m sending in my application tomorrow: my sophomore year I got a PSAT score in the area of the low 220’s (80 M, but CR of high 60’s) (won’t list specifics to maintain confidentiality), and this last year as a junior my score dropped to the range of the middle 210’s (my CR dropped to mid 60’s) That middle 60’s CR this last year is alarmingly low: I’m not quite sure how I did that poorly, considering I took a practice PSAT going in and scored a 228…</p>
<p>Should I send both? How will the decrease look? Should I only send junior year scores?</p>
<p>I appreciate any advice or help.</p>
<p>Sent it out today! Coincidentally, I also got rejected today (by a girl). Bad omen? :o</p>
<p>@mathnerd1
Exactly the opposite!
You’ve been rejected; now the universe will balance out this occurrence with an acceptance. :D</p>
<p>I just sent out my application today for EE (and secondary physics). Clark sounds great, but I’m not getting my hopes up too high, considering I’m competing with about 20 other amazing applicants for each spot.</p>
<p>I sent out my application today :)</p>
<p>Crap I just realized…I thought we were only supposed to write leadership positions and not necessarily awards/honors we got?
Do you think getting top 10% in NJ for Science League (a science testing competition like Olympiad) would affect the decision much? I didn’t mention it because I assumed leadership position just meant like being president etc…</p>
<p>I’ve now applied! May the anxious waiting begin… Good luck to all of us!</p>
<p>I’ve applied too! I told and reminded my teachers about the February 3rd receiving deadline but they all still seem to think that if the postage date is the 3rd it’ll be okay… What should I do? I can’t FORCE them to write the recs, and they’ve had three weeks now… Would it be okay if they were received late? My app has been in for some time now, just pending the letters… thanks!</p>
<p>^^
You might consider printing out and giving them the front page on the website and highlighting where it specifically says
"Applications must be received by February 3, 2012 (including Evaluation forms). "</p>
<p>It might be a motivator, but otherwise I think having your application in a few weeks ago will show them that you are prepared and organized even if your teachers aren’t.</p>
<p>Hi Everyone!! </p>
<p>So I’m applying to Clark Scholar’s too 
I have good grades and PSAT’s and recs and all that, so I’m not going to ask about my chances of getting in</p>
<p>But I do have a question about the essay: when they say one page, do they mean only the amount of space provided by the box in the online application, or can you print out a full page in microsoft word and add it in? Because there is a big space difference there. Has anyone asked Ms. Durham? What have other people done?</p>
<p>@Athena, Yes, I talked to Ms. Durham a week ago about it. For the essay on scientific interests you must write in the confines of the box given on the web-page. In essence, when you print it out the essay and the interests check list must be one page. For the personal narrative essay, you are allowed to write 1 page on a word document and then attach it with the rest of your application. Good Luck!</p>
<p>@SniperCat: Thanks for the help!! Good luck to you too, and everybody else!</p>
<p>@WTATAthena
For reference, my interests essay took up just short of 2/3 of a page in Microsoft Word, and my “Narrative” essay took one or two lines short of an entire page. They were both very close to their respective limits</p>
<p>When you type into the online application beyond the bounds of the box, a scroll bar appears. The printing process is fairly nice; the printed doc won’t have the scroll bar but will contain everything written in the box.</p>
<p>The interests essay should print on the same page as the “select your interests” area and the prompt (page 3). If it is moved down onto page 4 it is too long.
The “Narrative” essay should print on the same page as it’s prompt (page 4).</p>
<p>Note that if you re-size the typing box too wide it will cut off the words at the rightmost edge during printing.</p>
<p>While I’m at it.
Personal printing problem: page 4 (with the “Narrative” essay) had the top margin pushed too far down. Deleting all the text from page 3 before printing page 4 solved this.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>