Sacha Chua - tag - scholarship https://sachachua.com/blog/tag/scholarship/feed/index.xml Emacs, sketches, and life Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:03:51 GMT en-US daily 1 11ty ARGH! I hate forms https://sachachua.com/blog/2005/12/argh-i-hate-forms/ Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:44:00 GMT https://sachachua.com/blog/?p=3203 So the application form for the Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship was a
password-protected Microsoft Word document that included precise
instructions to type everything using 10pt font. Which would have been
nice, if the bloody password-protected file allowed you to actually
_do_ any of that instead of limiting you to size 8 all-caps. The thing
missed a couple of fields, too.

An hour after I submitted it, I decided to try the somewhat shady DOC
– RTF – DOC-and-unprotect trick. That worked, and I finally got to
edit the document.

Of course, I didn't have a copy of my application data any more.
Didn't get saved in the bloody Microsoft Word document. ARGH. And I
didn't think of printing off another copy for my records. Lesson
learned: always print applications twice.

I'm planning to wander over to the admissions office early tomorrow
morning and ask if I could photocopy my application for my records.
I'll mention the problem I had with the font size on the document. If
they think it might be a big thing, then I can spend the rest of the
morning feverishly retyping the form, getting rid of all the fields and
making sure the font size is just right.

I should also go and ask my supervisor to fax a copy of his reference
letter.

Right, that sounds like a Plan.

Today: lots of checking.

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