I think that once you get to the semifinalist stage they put you through a rigorous torture system where they feed you vague and random information to see who snaps before they finally announce the winners. Also it would seem to me that whoever contacts JKC the most is automatically diqualified from being a finalist. That is what’s have gathered from the information provided to me thus far.
@ForestryGuy you better be joking. Its not a good idea to keep bugging them though. I suggest we all just chill though this month and keep calm.
@nekozuki what a very long lecture. I get the point though. My PTK chapter requires volunteer hour for you to continue as a member, and all the cooke scholars in my school have been PTK members, hence My assumptions.
Oh, I haven’t called them at all and I may or may not be joking. I wouldn’t put it past bored phone bank rerepresentatives to mess with people a little though.
Did anyone follow up with some sort of thank you email or letter for being awarded the semi-finalist position? I wasn’t sure what to do, so I did nothing.
Nice one ForestryGuy! I can assure you, someone from this chat you try to call or email them to see if what you said about being disqualified is true, --if they haven’t died from a heart attack already
There are so many people with so much “information” to offer in this chat, lectures can get really long, to say the very least!
I suppose I simply don’t see the inconsistency in their responses. For quite some time now, they have said early to mid April, and each time I have asked they have said notifications would be emailed (which - I agree - is a bit anticlimactic). Other reported notification timelines and methods have been in reference to what they have done in years past.
I agree, however, that there’s no point in arguing. At the moment, though, we have no reason not to take JKCF at their word: decisions will be posted either this week or next, and not timed around any particular event. So, just know that it’s almost over, we will hear back soon, there is nothing more that any of us can do, and it will be O.K.
Very well said. @aritransfer16 .
To be honest with you guys, I find most of the threats here to repeat themselves. If there was any confusion was because some people started to throw dates and ways of notifications, apparently, without any real consistency. Frankly, I don’t know how some of you continue to even say we would be notified this week. The answer is always the same, the NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS! Whether you called last week, the week before that, or today. So stop repeating yourself. Relax and focus on final !!!
(Of course, I’m not telling anyone what to do)
And yes, if you find yourself needing to respond to this thread, yeah, you need to relax!
i just want to hear the distressed animal noises some of you will make when you’re finally informed you’ve been selected and see the squishy faces. 
This is what happens when you leave honors students to their own devices. We will naturally go Sherlock Holmes (or Scooby Doo), making mountains out of molehills and trying desperately to piece everything together. We’re a neurotic bunch.
Moo.
This thread just got very hilarious
i just come here to avoid my laundry and homework and relive the excitement vicariously. one time i called the JKCF student assistance program to ask what is appropriate to discuss with a random uber driver. true story.
what are you all doing for the summer?
@pearsonx I don’t understand where the intensity of this response is coming from. Nobody is saying that we will hear this week - only that we could…or we could hear next week. That’s simply the timeline JKCF has given. That’s been pretty consistent, so there’s no reason to stress or be concerned that it won’t happen. The email will get to our inboxes when it gets to us.
@nekozuki I would actually be interested to hear more about your volunteer work. I was thinking throughout this process that, at some point, I would like to be involved in efforts to help low-income students navigate through this process. Much of what I know now I had to figure out on my own or only figured out because I happened to find someone who did. Regardless of what happens with JKCF, I know that I have been freakishly lucky to get where I am, and it shouldn’t come down to that.
I just had a college reject me, in large part, because my financial need was too high. It was not until after I applied did I realize that many, many prestigious colleges (especially LACs) are “need aware” - the thought wouldn’t have crossed me. I would have targeted my applications much differently, but as it stands I can only wait to see what the rest of my “need aware” applications do.
As for PTK, this conversations has been interesting. All of our scholars, to my knowledge, have been members of PTK (for the reason you said - most 3.5 students will join), but it doesn’t seem to be as huge of a deal here. We are fortunate to have an active and thriving Honors program, so PTK always seems secondary to that.
@optimisticky Ha! I am not going to be awarded a scholarship (as I keep saying - I am floored and confused about making it to the semi-finalist round. I can’t remember to tie my shoes most days), but I look forward to that observation.
@optimisticky
Wildland Firefighting, and catching up on some reading and movies.
Fun fact. New York is trying to make it illegal for taxi drivers to flirt with customers.
Did a speech in my Toastmasters meeting today about meditation and how we shouldn’t let ourselves get so caught up in the past or future when it comes to the things we can’t control. Was laughing at myself the whole time. Picturing the laughing Buddha in my head, humored by my constant checking of this thread.
Sometimes you just have to get a little caught up in the game of it all 
Meow. My animal noise is always a meow. Followed by a purr and nudging my face against someone.
We appreciate you being here nonetheless.
I don’t have concrete plans for this Summer. I have a couple of credits to finish up. I work more during the Summer - which is fine, my job is great and I adore it (work with middle schoolers in a public library). I have some research stuff to finish up. Slowly begin to say goodbye to the college I have spent the past three years of my life at. I am so, so ready to move on, and it’s been a love-hate relationship, but damn do I owe this place a lot.
ETA: I really need someone in my life who I can call to ask about what to say to random Uber drivers.
@anythinghere I try to time my neurosis. Give it X amount of space to run free, then move on.
“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.”
Guy Kawasaki