<p>Are there any other NFIB Young Entrepreneur semi-finalists?</p>
<p>i am, i dunno how many they actually chose</p>
<p>im assuming a lot because they are giving out a minimum 400 $1000 scholarships</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>yups.....My d is one.....Strange e-mail ,though, with the wrong name....Our nominating contact hasn't been very responsive though.......How competitive do you think this is????</p>
<p>We had the same strange e-mail witht the wrong name and haven't heard from our nominating contact either.</p>
<p>lousyanamom: My d will be e-mailing the organization this weekend; IMO, the process is a little bizarre ( and my d thought a little weird)....Someone who you do not know has to nominate you by filling out a form after reading your essay? Then you have to fax the whole thing, with the nomination form to be evaluated somewhere else? What's the point of the nomination form? We're going through the process, but think it's all a bit strange....Anyone else? Has anyone on CC won this in the past?</p>
<p>My e-mail was addressed to the wrong name as well. I called my contact person and apparently he's on vacation until the 17th! That will give me a lot of time for the essay haha. The process is odd indeed.</p>
<p>It looks like the first emails were erroneous. I emailed them and they said the second email contains the correct information. My contact is gone until Monday. The process is a bit strange..</p>
<p>I am pretty surprised that I did not receive some sort e-mail considering there are over 400 awards and I have a 35 ACT, 2380 SAT, 4.0, valedictorian, and own a business with over 400k in sales. I'm hoping there is still an opportunity for those who have not yet received an e-mail due to the errors involved thus far.</p>
<p>My email was the same. I just used the second email.</p>
<p>I contacted my sponsor and she was such a nice lady. She said of the three people she has nominated they all won something.</p>
<p>I'm working on my essay right now..</p>
<p>Who did your e-mails come from? NFIB or your sponsor?</p>
<p>they came from NFIB.</p>
<p>Oh well looks like I wasn't chosen, I'll stay optimistic on McKelvey though.</p>
<p>I got the semifinalist email too. My nominator hasn't called me back yet! I'm so nervous!!</p>
<p>Update: Sooo, it's a week now and no return phone call from nominator; we tried to e-mail the person on the instructions, but the email got sent back as mailerdemon (no e-mail exists).....Hmmmmm......now what???Any ideas????</p>
<p>the email also says that if by the 14th you have problems contacting your nominator.. you can call this person from Scholarship Admins to get a new one!</p>
<p>Yups; my d got another nominator, thank you.....</p>
<p>Has anyone started their essay?</p>
<p>myMain # is different than the one in the letter from the NFIB. What number did you use for the nomination form if you had the same problem?</p>