by kbl2017 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:48 pm
Astrobot96 wrote:Wow, just reread that and realized it's incredibly ambiguous. I got one email saying I made it past the first round. Nothing about expanding the number of ME candidates.
Probably just means you were in the top chunk of the ME group. Last year a similar thing happened with acceptances. Two large rounds happened instead of the standard one because they ended up with more scholarships than expected.
[quote="Astrobot96"]Wow, just reread that and realized it's incredibly ambiguous. I got one email saying I made it past the first round. Nothing about expanding the number of ME candidates.[/quote]
Probably just means you were in the top chunk of the ME group. Last year a similar thing happened with acceptances. Two large rounds happened instead of the standard one because they ended up with more scholarships than expected.