<p>Do they let us know when they recieve our app?</p>
<p>^^Umm…there were two neuroscience Clarkies from 2009 alone. Where were you looking?</p>
<p>^Yes.</p>
<p>ok well i emailed ms. durham and if anybody wants to know, it’s ok for teachers to send recs separately</p>
<p>hm im having some trouble picking areas of research 
how many did you all pick for “secondary” areas? does that imply just one or can i pick a few?</p>
<p>I picked two,but they were pretty close to my first one. I probably would say one or two if they are related to your number one. You probably shouldn’t pick chemistry as your first and theater as your second though.</p>
<p>I picked biology as my main one, then biochemistry and history as secondary fields. I should have put anthropology (or other, I guess) instead of history as a secondary field, but it doesn’t matter since I got my first choice. Almost everyone pretty much gets their first choice. You don’t really even need to put secondary fields if you’re completely set on your primary field.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice! i decided to put one secondary field but its rather unrelated to my first one… but ah well.</p>
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<li><p>How long does mail take to get from MD–>Texas?</p></li>
<li><p>I think I will have to rush mine and hope that my recs got sent (they should have…).</p></li>
<li><p>Has anyone ever done education before? (Finishing up app now)</p></li>
<li><p>Everything SHOULD arrive on time, but should I email the director with my concerns? Is that obnoxious!</p></li>
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<p>I realized I procrastinated and it’s my fault but ahhhhhhh freaking out.</p>
<p>eh yeah i dont know. i have to send mine tomorrow as well and im wondering if i should rush mine.</p>
<p>usually takes about five days or so to get there, so I would rush it if I were you. I sent mine priority, I expect they’ll get it tomorrow.</p>
<p>all right, ill rush mine then. i want to make sure it gets there on time!</p>
<p>what is the fastest you can send a package? i might have to overnight mine. i’m having a lot of trouble with the narrative. did you guys write it more personally, like informal?</p>
<p>ugh im not gonna havfe it in time for tomorrw. will rush on tuesday, i suppose.</p>
<p>i second the question about the narrative.</p>
<p>^ I am rushing on Tuesday as well. I think that the fedex site has an estimation of shipping times if you make an account there. Unfortunately, I forgot to obtain an official transcript so I’ll have to request for one on Monday and get it on Tuesday</p>
<p>Just so you guys know, my materials arrived six days late. I could tell Ms. Durham was not happy with me. I would say with normal mail the latest you should send it if you live in the lower 48 states is Monday. If they see it’s postmarked at a reasonable date, they’ll probably still consider it even if it’s late.</p>
<p>You write your narrative however you want. Like I’ve been saying, it’s open-ended for a reason. Formal, informal, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>What if we aren’t entirely sure what field we want to research? I know the general topic but I’m not sure which category it would fit into, because it’s kind of multiple ones?</p>
<p>Quick last second question:
I was browsing through the thread and I noticed people talking about AP scores a lot. Is there a specific place to signify AP scores on the application that I’m missing?</p>
<p>hm odd i guess i didnt put any ap test scores on mine… too bad i already sent it. did you guys put it for “other” on the tests section?</p>
<p>yeah, i put it on the other. it should also be on your transcript</p>
<p>heyycalifornia?!</p>