<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 17, 2007, at 5:17 PM, Hal V. Engel wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">When LProf was rejected I very politely asked what the reason was and what I<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">might do to improve my odds next time. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>What I was told was that they had<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">already filled all of the slots in my apps category.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Which did not make<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">any sense to me since I am fairly certain that no color management apps were<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">part of this last year.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Apparently the color management category had zero<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">slots available.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>What was really striking was how fast it was rejected as it<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">took less than an hour from when I sent in the application.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>So I guess that<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I need to get the application in earlier to be considered since presumably<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">there might still be slots available if I get it in early enough.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>This is only my slightly educated guess, but a lot of it might come down to how many applicants they get in different areas. So I think the more qualified applicants they get for a certain area, the more resources that area might get. (They also might have grouped LProf under graphic utilities, etc)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So the more applications they get (both mentor and students) the better. Get in early, but also getting together is probably good. Maybe if they get several color management applications, they'll see more demand and up at least a few of them.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>When it comes to getting student allocations though, one of the larger points is probably to get as many applicants in as possible.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>