<p>No, don’t worry. My guidance counselor told me the website crashes every year, and that they always extend the deadline.</p>
<p>Oh god I sure hope so! an extension would be the greatest news I’ve ever received!! 
I’ll just keep working on word and pray for things to work out. </p>
<p>next time…I wont wait till the last minute.</p>
<p>I think I’ll just try getting on at 3 or 4 AM when there will be less people online.</p>
<p>if they extend the deadline, do they post it on the gmsp.org website</p>
<p>I hope we’re not screwed. All of this work and stress can’t be for nothing…</p>
<p>Aaaannnd… Were all doomed…
I thought logging in at Jan 9 was a good idea… D:</p>
<p>stress = even worse than the actual work.</p>
<p>can someone give me an idea of what format the unpaid work/community service is in? is it like leadership?
thats the only part of the app I never saw and still have to do.
if its just paragraphs I can get started.</p>
<p>oh, they have a community portion @ skhaer</p>
<p>■■■. it crashed. one of my recommenders told me he couldnt submit the rec for some reason (during the afternoon). must have been the first signs of the crash to come. ugh</p>
<p>I wanted to perfect my essays, and now i get owned ): <em>crosses fingers for extended deadline</em> first time im submitting something this late T_T now i regret it</p>
<p>you need to describe the activity and what you did as a leader. it must be a MAX of 500 words. Also, make sure you choose a creative experience where you thought you contributed the most effort</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>
<p>btw, what kinds of things did you guys put for awards?
i only have a couple…debate awards and this accounting program I did at the U of WA</p>
<p>I put a few academic ones like Obama’s award
put a community one
a chunk of artistic (violin) ones
and an extracurricular one</p>
<p>yeah no problem dude. remember that quality is better than quantity. I mainly listed academic awards, athletic awards, and artistic awards</p>
<p>The link is back!</p>
<p>yeah, one prob solved. but im wondering now if my teacher can now send the rec letter in electronically</p>
<p>would i be able to submit my app in even if im missing a rec (until my teacher sends it via mail which would be tomorrow)?</p>
<p>there is no letter, its a series of questions that they have to answer.
i sure hope you knew that.
correct me if im wrong everyone.</p>
<p>o_O really?
I don’t know (since i’ve never accessed it)
but my recommender said something like it wouldn’t load into the account
if it is only a series of questions, then my recommender definitely answered those
but it states on my status for rec letters that one of them is still “Under Progress” ):</p>
<p>I sat with my recommender as she did her portion of my application AND submitted it.
It went though a series of about 5-7 questions and just like our essays there was a little box and she typed them in there.
we can’t access which really sucks but that’s all my recommender did. she wrote 900-1000 charcters (the max) for each question.</p>
<p>i am just full of questions tonight
how did you guys demonstrate that you did a lot of community service hours at ONE organization? it only lets you pick those annoying short periods of time.
I’ve been volunteering at one place for over 5 years.
I have several places but that doesn’t make up for the millions of hours i’ve racked up.</p>
<p>I’m suspecting that the # of hours is not the most “important” or “set” factor for these decisions. I also had problem, since I do have a lot of community service hours…but it is spread out. I believe it is more about the essay that should show this dedication to the volunteer organization to prove that you did more than the indicated hours.</p>
<p>how did you guys report your grades? i’m confused.
in my year long course, i got an A during first semester but a B during second semester. am i supposed to enter the course twice with each semester grade or just use my second semester grade under the year-long course?
the website says to enter the course twice if i took it more than once but i took once as a year-long course… i’m not sure what they want me to do…
last minute stressing out :(</p>
<p>Ahh I think the site crashed! I was just about to submit my app, what do i do now? I’m kinda freaking out here…</p>