It's done.

[marathoner452]

I just submitted my online AmeriCorps application to 10 programs, all of them down on the Gulf Coast. Once the website starts working again, I'll submit my application to a few programs in Maryland, just in case. I'm still waiting to hear back from my NPRC contact at the Red Cross in Baltimore.

But wow. Now let's see what happens.

~Bethany

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[roadwarrior220.livejournal.com]

I had considered applying to the Maryland Conservation Corps, though the website would only allow me to have 10 applications out at a time and you know my experience with Habitat. I had to withdraw the applications that I hadn't heard from in a month or more (Howard County Habitat, PG County Volunteer Center) to make room for a couple of the others. They were all in Maryland and since I have an offer there now, I'm not terribly worried about that.

I wasn't really worried about the places we applied to in common--I expected it'd happen. I don't think we'll both get offers from the same place, since most of the postings are just one position, and I think we'll probably be telling each other where we get offers from, anyway. And it makes sense about NPRC, though it helps that you know them and they know you, which I would assume at least gives you a slight advantage.

And about moving back to Southern MD, that'd be great, since I know you still have a few friends down there, and a couple I'd love to meet yet. :-) And I know it isn't too long a drive from Annapolis. Like we've been saying, we'll see where the cards fall.

~Adam

[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

Wait, I thought you said you applied to 16 different positions. Was that before or after you withdrew some of your applications?

~Bethany

[roadwarrior220.livejournal.com]

That was after I withdrew the ones that I had heard nothing from in a month. I did that last week.

~Adam

[roadwarrior220.livejournal.com]

That's all the applications combined that I've submitted and withdrawn. I submitted 6 in Maryland, and only heard from 3, so I withdrew the others and submitted more. Some of those were returned/rejected (they weren't accepting applications anymore, though it wasn't indicated on the website) so I applied for more. Does that make better sense?

~Adam

[roadwarrior220.livejournal.com]

Sorry I didn't spell this all out to you last night--didn't really come to mind until now.

~Adam

[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

That makes sense.