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Saturday, October 1, 2011

The Applications

Rather than be alone on this mission, I found a Facebook group just for Spring/Spring Advantage 2012 Hopefuls. While I didn’t write anything on this page for some time, I eventually started making friends and was able to find out the day the applications would drop for the recruiting season.

What we knew before the applications came out was the site was undergoing a complete re-design and the initial application would be a lot cleaner than before. I knew that I had this in the bag and I just had a feeling. I stayed up to date on the count down to September 5th.

The day September 5th came around was unlike any other and there’s no possible way to describe what happened on the Facebook group I was in, other than all hell broke lose. People were freaking out. Every other message on the wall of the group was all about the applications, how people liked them, how people hated them, how they weren’t sure what something meant. In my opinion, at the time I liked the older applications, but reflecting back on them almost a month later, I’ve realized how much nicer they really were. They were a lot simpler and a lot nicer to look at compared to their obnoxiously yellow sibling that had been around when I initially applied.

I filled out all of my information as I had done, by this time, 7 months ago. I knew what was coming and I was dreading it – the web based interview. Instead of stressing out about it, I forced myself to relax and I read the questions carefully. Finally I hit the last question and feared for the worst.

I wasn’t expecting the “Congratulations” that showed up on my screen. I went and showed my mom and she was happy for me. I then went and scheduled my phone interview for 11:30 AM on September 8th, since I couldn’t schedule it on the first day, the 7th, because I had classes. Still, I was ready and I immediately threw myself into researching possible questions for the phone interview. I was not about to blow this, but I was extremely nervous. Not so much for the interview, but for other things which I will discuss in my next entry.

Until next time,

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