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<p>oh man i'm paying for the procrastination...2:30AM and going strong on these essays...the night is still young :)</p>
<p>It's 5:30 AM where I'm from, and I'm only about halfway done.</p>
<p>The deadline says the essays must be submitted by February 23rd. So, does that mean 11:59 February 22nd or 11:59 February 23rd? I'm aiming for the former, of course, but I really would like the extra time.</p>
<p>i think it's the sooner one...my impression is that for people mailing, the forms have to be on their desk on the 23rd, so online ones need to be in 11:59 the 22nd...hopefully i'm wrong but i think that's correct</p>
<p>Doesn't it say on the forms that it has to be submitted at 5:00 Central time? I got the impression that both paper and online forms had to be there at that time.</p>
<p>It says in the instructions that everything must be received by 5PM Central Time on the 23rd.</p>
<p>What did you guys put for the why you chose this teacher response?</p>
<p>I talked about what I liked about his class and how he taught.</p>
<p>Should I say something at the top of the essay in parentheses about the picture and who it's of? My sensei is a lot older than me so there hopefully won't be confusion. Plus, I have a very Indian name and it's easy to see which is the Indian. The filename is "Me and Sensei.jpg" and it displays that filename on the site but I don't think they'll see that.</p>
<p>One more quick question: is it ok to start two essays in the same style? Two of mine start with "My sensei once told me a story about a boy..." and "My dad once told me a story about a butterfly..."</p>
<p>Hey everyone - can you please post which state you are from and whether or not you are applying? My daughter is applying and is from North Dakota.</p>
<p>i'm from Washington and i'm applying...bad decision in retrospect</p>
<p>6 more hours until deadline...</p>
<p>Zogoto, are you from MA?</p>
<p>Tennessee</p>
<p>The more I think about my essays, the more I realize how lucky I would be to make semifinalist. I hope no other girls from my state apply ;-).</p>
<p>Do you guys think it will look like slacking if you only get on average halfway to the character limit? I think my essays say what they need to say, but I'm afraid I will look like I didn't put enough effort into my application (which I kinda didn't, but I really don't think it's conspicuous when not considering the length of my essays).</p>
<p>Zogoto is from Arizona....</p>
<p>"Location: Arizona"</p>
<p>yeah, that part^^^^</p>
<p>getting nominated is solely based on your M and V SAT scores right?</p>
<p>Right, jcr, but you can also qualify with the ACT. They might change their policy in the coming years about only using math and critical reading scores.</p>
<p>I'm all done! I submitted with two and a half minutes to spare according to their official clock, but the website says my application was submitted two minutes after the 5:00 P.M. central time deadline. Is this going to be a problem? That would suck if they throw out my application because of two measly minutes...</p>
<p>mine says:</p>
<p>5:59.</p>
<p>but that's eastern time, and the deadline is 5 pm central time.</p>
<p>which means I submitted it at 4:59. One minute to spare! Wow.</p>
<p>You don't even want to know when I started this thing......</p>
<p>I hope those character limits don't mean anything. eek. I didn't even approach the limit on some of those.</p>
<p>^ I don't think it'll matter too much. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want to read a 1500 word long essay from everyone.</p>
<p>That's what I was figuring. They did say "Please be concise" after all. </p>
<p>Alright! Reflection time. What do you think your chances of becoming a semifinalist are? I'd estimate mine at 10%. About 20% of candidates become semifinalists.</p>