<p>I'm a senior in Arizona and I'm pretty sure I qualified for SF (215). I talked to my counselor yesterday (the 14th) and she said that I <em>should</em> be getting a letter, but that she's not allowed to tell me anything else. So I have a few questions:</p>
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<li><p>Has anyone else received a letter? Because I thought it goes straight to the schools and they are the ones that notify the student.</p></li>
<li><p>When is the application deadline? I don't want to miss it because my school is dumb or something.</p></li>
<li><p>Does anybody have access to a list of Arizona semifinalists that was published anywhere? The local newspaper hasn't published anything yet.</p></li>
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<p>AZ’s cutoff is said 213, so you should be golden.</p>
<p>Unless you are home schooled, the letter goes to your principal. According to this post <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13198018-post575.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13198018-post575.html</a>, the letter reads, “Except for your family and principal, this information is confidential until Wednesday, September 14, 2011…” Your counselor sounds confused on two counts. First, prior to September 14, the information is confidential to everyone except you, your family, and your principal. He/she could have told you and/or your family, and technically (but not practically in my opinion) shouldn’t have told the counselor! Second, as of September 14, it’s public information and could very well show up in your hometown newspaper. Is that the way they want you to find out? I don’t know where any AZ lists are published. You might try Google.</p>
<p>The application deadline is a point of some debate in another thread. Your school can either do online application or paper application. I think that if it’s online, October 3 might be the deadline to have your information entered. If paper, I believe the school has to have the entire packet in by October 12, so your principal/counselor might ask you to have your material to them a few days before then to make sure everything happens by the time it’s supposed to. You’re wise to stay on top of this.</p>
<p>Lolar7 - My daughter’s counselor told her something similar today. It sounds like the counselors received an e-mail yesterday (maybe the press release?), but it is the principal that receives the actual letter. He said to let him know if she doesn’t hear anything in the next few days from the principal. I expect that your counselor would follow up on it as well.</p>