I think it does illustrate why you need to get things done as perfectly as possible but as soon as possible. He was fortunate to understand the process and know who he was up against. He didn't really have any advantages over the other applicant from our district. In fact she had a lot more cards in play. His best advantage was getting the application done as quick as possible.
I think your opinion would bear a lot of credability if you shared each of the two individual's total WPM scores and how they compared to the overall group of candidates, both successful and not.AJM7680, I do think had he waited the outcome would be very different.
Just my very personal opinion.
Please elaborate.I suspect you may've missed the point in your discussion of points.
How would knowing one's competition, especially when the waiting list/pool consists of almost every qualified candidate in the country, affect the timing of ones submittals?Clearly there is a balance between submitting early and submitting the best application possible (perhaps except when you know who your competition is and most don't).
I think your opinion would bear a lot of credibility if you shared each of the two individual's total WPM scores and how they compared to the overall group of candidates, both successful and not.
Of course it was not a waste of your life. If we have just convinced a single potential candidate who stumbles on this website today who might have succumbed to second-hand rumors and/or anecdotal information, that they are not too late, that their chances have not diminished, and that they should go ahead and complete their application, then we have not wasted our 'valuable' time.I feel like I just wasted a valuable three minutes of my life responding to this nonsense. I should have known better...shame on me.
How would knowing one's competition, especially when the waiting list/pool consists of almost every qualified candidate in the country, affect the timing of ones submittals?
AJM: I would agree that the 20 min vs 20 sec anecdote probably is a gross exaggeration, but I would believe that especially in the early sessions of the board there is considerably more time available to assess packets as there are fewer that are complete enough to be worth reviewing. My expectation would be that the board's time in the fall is spent reviewing those packets that are showing indications of being exceptional and those that are complete enough to warrant serious consideration. I have heard the same information at BGO training sessions and at Area Coordinator training sessions. Interestingly enough I hear a rep from MIT's Admissions Office recommend to delegates of Buckeye Boys State that they should do their best to get their packets in early in the fall as they would receive more thorough assessment than if they waited until mid winter or later.
Note the boldface (mine) above. Unless your application is exceptional, Admissions is going to set it aside and not present it to the Board until later anyway. Any record that is close to the cutoff, which at this point they do not know where it is, or any record that will benefit with possible additional inputs (SATs, mid-term grades, etc) will be set aside and examined later. So, for many, early submittal really does not matter.AJM: I would agree that the 20 min vs 20 sec anecdote probably is a gross exaggeration, but I would believe that especially in the early sessions of the board there is considerably more time available to assess packets as there are fewer that are complete enough to be worth reviewing. My expectation would be that the board's time in the fall is spent reviewing those packets that are showing indications of being exceptional and those that are complete enough to warrant serious consideration. I have heard the same information at BGO training sessions and at Area Coordinator training sessions. Interestingly enough I hear a rep from MIT's Admissions Office recommend to delegates of Buckeye Boys State that they should do their best to get their packets in early in the fall as they would receive more thorough assessment than if they waited until mid winter or later.
Your packet may look "exceptional" in the fall but, on a relative scale, by spring, may only be "above average".
This is not a valid comment. Records are not deemed "exceptional" or "above average" but "qualified" and "unqualified". It is the WPM score exclusively that determines degree of quality.
What appointment will be offered to the 66,000 in an early session? There are very few, if any, to offer. No nominations with which to marry this qualification to. This is why your argument does not hold water. The 66,000 will be stacked in all the nomination categories to which he is eligible and then the qualified candidate with the highest WPM will be selected once the deadline is reached and the particular slate is finalized. Also, you imply that the Board "offers" appointments. They only determine qualification and final WPM score. Offers are done administratively by the CGO based on established guidelines/laws determining each slate. The vast majority of appointments are via the MOC system, either principal, competitive, or waiting list and this process can only begin once the slates are submitted, usually in the latter part of the calendar year, or early into the new year.Let's say a candidate has a WPM of 66,000. (I'm just making numbers up) That's very good. But not if the field of those with scores greater than that is very large. Ultimately, it's all relative. During an early session of the admissions board, they may decide that 66,000 is very good and decide to offer an appointment. That may be because, at that point in time, 66,000 is a relatively high WPM. Later, 66,000 may appear so-so as some super-stud packets become complete.
If Admissions Isn't First In, First Out then how does rolling work? Are the files that come in first reviewed first?