<p>the only thing that annoys me is that the program specifically said it would be a blind process. They shouldn’t explicitly say that only to then go ahead and appoint based on people’s connections.</p>
<p>i think people are guessing or assuming by saying that people get it based on connections. i dont really think its true. maybe 5 interns get it for connections. a small amount. but not everyone, or even close to the majority</p>
<p>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p>That’s why I agree (even though I too was a bit shocked at first) that I think that it <em>isn’t</em> a favors process. I’m sure loads of rumors are floating around now, what with this increase in wait and all.</p>
<p>Besides if it was, dont you think that they would have filled their 100 or however many internship spots by now and we all would have recieved rejection news :)</p>
<p>Anyway, let’s keep the faith! I’m sure it’ll all turn out fantastically for all of us!</p>
<p>(random: if there are 4000 applicants or whatever, all obsessing like us, why aren’t they on this thread!? lol)</p>
<p>How much does everyone think interning at a government agency before will help someone’s application?</p>
<p>I agree. We are a tad bit overkill on this subject.lol 4000 applicants, and about thirty psycho applicants on this thread.</p>
<p>Could be a sign…lol</p>
<p>HAHAHHA I like the way you think nupen</p>
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<p>LOL that just made my day</p>
<p>haha I just like to look at it that we are all just more dedicated than others!</p>
<p>Jaw… I’m kinda hoping it guarantees acceptance. More likely, though, it probably depends on what you made of the experience and the knowledge, skills and abilities you got out of it. I highly recommend anyone interested in public service intern at a government agency. That said, there are a lot of other ways you can serve your country and community.</p>
<p>I think, for both White House Interns and White House Fellows, they’re looking more for future leaders - of any field - than just government bureaucrats. (You can’t even apply for White House Fellowships if you’re a government employee…)</p>
<p>If I dont end up getting in, Im probably going to start a Facebook Group for all those that didnt make it, that way, we can stay intouch throughout the year and see how we can reapply and get it the 2nd, 3rd time around, etc.</p>
<p>and we can all share our sorrows and whine and moan then year long lol.</p>
<p>hahaha. so true. I’m going to be freaked out though, once we make facebook groups. Because I have to start thinking about you guys as actual people…not usernames…o_O</p>
<p>hah. Anyways, anyone want to start playing the guessing game of when acceptances will go out. Do people think a trickle throughout the week, or mass floods on Friday, or what?</p>
<p>Hope for: trickle.
Expect: Mass Flood (boo waiting lol)</p>
<p>Good idea. More dedicated…yes. I have begun checking this site more than my fb account!!! This site has probably received more hits today than ever before… I’m tired of sitting on pens and needles. </p>
<p>I am wondering if they just sent that email out to kill their email/phone traffic of other psycho applicants. I hope I’m wrong.</p>
<p>But, if they weren’t seriously still evaluating applicants they probably would have just sent an email out saying “sorry you’re not good enough”. lol</p>
<p>on the bright side, if we all make it, we prolly will be calling eachother by our CC usernames, haha</p>
<p>"hey awesomepossum, wutsup, hey nupenepeyoo, whatch doin? " lol</p>
<p>everybody else looks at us in bewilderment haha</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I’ll just walk down the hall with some copies, see you “George” and say “Good Morning, Mr. Putin.”</p>
<p>That will get some reaction.</p>
<p>haha, call me Putin and theyll kick me out, thinking im KGB or some sort of infiltrator, haha</p>
<p>talking about infiltrator yall, look at this picture. its in 1988, reagan visits moscow, supposedly runs into tourists who were apparently set up by the Soviet to embarass Reagan by asking embarassing questions about human rights, etc.</p>
<p>have a looksy lol</p>
<p>putin is the guy dressed with cameras like a tourist, but look at his clenched fist…haha a freudian physical slip lol</p>
<p>[Reagan</a> Putin | The Blog of Record](<a href=“http://www.theblogofrecord.com/tag/reagan-putin/]Reagan”>http://www.theblogofrecord.com/tag/reagan-putin/)</p>
<p>AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I know, I was trying to imagine what will happen if we get in. All I could think of asking other people is “were you on the epic CC dicussion board? I was awesomeopossum” HAHAHAHAHAHA</p>
<p>oh man, you guys totally keep my spirits up. This is a random side note from earlier with apple but what gender are you guys (because I realized I dont know!)</p>
<p>I’m a girl (in engineering as I said earlier) going to be a sophomore in 3 days! woot woot</p>
<p>in case you couldn’t tell by my “fairy” screen name I am a girl too! lol I will be a first year grad student in the fall, always the youngest though as I’m only 21.</p>
<p>for clarification, Putin as a KGB agent at the time, and here he is in a disguise as a tourist…looks like it worked</p>
<p>awesomepossum: HAHHA :)</p>
<p>Haha, girl engineer. That’s where it’s at. All the testosterone. My major is deprived.</p>
<p>I’m also a girl. I’ll be a junior in… well I guess until May 7. International relations. For some reason I feel everyone has male-esque usernames… then again, you never can tell.</p>
<p>well…im male…you can tell by my two very testosterone-laden names…Bush+Putin, haha</p>