Yes he advanced from district to state in Minnesota.
S just logged onto the ISTS account, and there was a state finalist application, though he hasn’t received an email just yet. I think this is a pretty good sign that S has advanced in Oklahoma ;). Does anyone happen to remember previous years if someone saw the state application on their ISTS portal, but didn’t advance? The state finalist application is there, but it is not active–the links to upload documents don’t work yet.
Congrats, Czechman!
S has a new application too, even though he hasn’t been officially notified yet. Like you, I’m hoping this means he’s advanced. 
And like yours, we can see the application but it isn’t fully live yet.
We see that too my son advanced to states from NJ!
What is “To access a program, enter the Program Key.” mean?
Woo hoo @mweb136 ! I hope everyone in the thread advances.
I logged in and it says i advanced to states
My daughter hasn’t heard anything yet and she’s not the one to get her hopes up, but a huge congratulation to all of you that advanced. I’m very happy for your kiddos.
After reading the comments we decided to log into the ISTS account and missed it at first, but there is a State Finalist application. Yay! My daughter still doesn’t want to get her hopes up because she hasn’t received an email yet even though it says, “Congratulations! District selection is complete and your application has advanced to the State level of judging.”
Congrats to @jeffrandell and @COmomma !
Thank you, DiotimaDM! I too hope everyone on here makes it.
I think the Program Key stuff is for something else. Either there will be instructions when the official notifications arrive, or the Finalist apps will become active on/after the 19th, when the official notification date has passed.
Where did you go to see this? What is ISTS?
I made to the state finals!
@univbound101 where do you see that
made it to state!
Congrats, everyone!
Re: ISTS - log back in to the online portal where you submitted your application. You might have something new there.
@Kelvin82 where do you see that you made it to State’s on the website
breakfeastclub - When you login into https://aim.applyists.net/ (where you did your original application) on the left side of the page it will say, “applications” and under that (on DD at least) there are two choices. The one on the left says, “Elks Most Valuable Student State Finalist Application.” When she clicked on it there was the congratulations letter. Hope this helps.
DS is state finalist! Just logged in.