We figured that one week after spring break wasn't enough time for students to apply; plus, there are still class visitors going to classes and talking to students, so we decided to extend the deadline.

We want to make a window for the students who are still interested to complete their applications or to finish the process.

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

The week before finals is always a hard time for a lot of students, and having class until three and adding on practice and working everyday really limits how much time you have to do schoolwork, so it definitely caught up to me. Sometimes all the work gets to be so overwhelming and it's really hard to keep up with it all, especially if you want to have a social life too.

They have to look at what individual students have done rather than at their class rank because everybody that applies to them is in the top of their class.

I think most students come in knowing what to expect. They've heard about the class and about me.