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im tryna get my mind off ap exams and think abt this but this is stressing me out too bro

About me:

- Wrote 5 essays this time (econs, IR, science, theology, public policy)
- I was shortlisted in John Locke '25 (last year)
- Hv done 20+ other essay comps winning several awards

so we'll receive shortlisted results on July 7th (July 6th for me rn), so it'll tell you if you're shortlisted or not. And then october?? or in a few months we'll find out the actual awards? Like whether we get commendation, high commendation, very high commendation or 3rd, 2nd, 1st or grand prize?

I genuinely don't think my mental stability will recover from such horrid management and mystery.

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Guys is the JLEC interview mandatory because both times ive tried doing it the AI avatar introduced the interview and then didnt ask me any questions. I was muted as well so I couldn't respond to anything. I just left after a few minutes of waiting in silence (probably should've waited longer honestly). The tech team hasn't responded to my ticket. Does this mean I wont be able to win anything/get shortlisted if I dont do the interview properly??

I’m honestly so nervous, but I’m hopeful guys. The day all this confusion stops and our questions are answered is coming.
On a side note, I did Econ Q1. How did some of you guys submit several essays bro? I spent like a month and a half on that one essay doing research. 😭

lowk so crazy how everyone raided this one subreddit for general essay help, all for the purpose of JLEC lollll.

This is a question for someone at the John Locke Institute (in case anyone there is on this sub lol). This could also be a topic suggestion for next year’s essays.

Let’s say one of the interviewees (below 17) takes off their clothes in the middle of the AI video interview.

Are you, the JLI, then in possession of child pornography? If one of you opens the video file to watch it, does it mean you automatically get to be sued or prosecuted?

(Note: this is a hypothetical only. I am NOT recommending anyone do this).

my interview button is not working idk what to do. I tried private browsing mode and incognito, none work. I did one interview already that worked but not the other one. I submitted a high urgency tech ticket but I doubt they’ll respond. what do I do??? someone help please 😭😭

edit: they responded to my tech ticket

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This is for JLEC.
It started off well and was going smoothly, but as we approached the 10-minute mark, it began asking questions that weren’t even covered in my paper and expected me to elaborate on them. It also wasn’t letting me fully answer before moving on. I didn’t get many repetitive questions, but it definitely went off track. Toward the end, it kept cutting me off. Around the 19-minute mark, it interrupted me again and changed the question before I could finish answering.
Omg I can’t believe they’re using ai to judge whether a writing is ai. That’s insane. I hope next year they’ll have voluntary college/university students judge people’s paper.

I got disconnected from my interview and now the button is completely gone and the interview step just says Max attempts reached. Is it done or am i cooked? the step isn’t ticked, what about those who have done their interview successfully with no problems? is the interview step ticked out for you?

I got an email saying I was one of the "stronger" essays and that I should complete an interview. Shortlists come out in two days and I see that the interview is conducted using AI. I am really against AI in general and suspect this is just another thing they're doing to train their models / collect data.
If I don't complete the interview by tomorrow will I lose my chances at being shortlisted? I don't want to contribute to a data farm, nor use AI, but this is also a really big deal for me.
Is it even possible for them to go through hundreds of interviews in two days and let them influence the shortlisted essays? (Given they aren't using ai to also choose the essays).

i don’t remember if it was q2 actually (it’s like 2am i’m on my phone) but it’s the one about enlightenment

i wrote HORRIBLY but i just want to know how other people approached the question.

anyway lmk! we can connect in DMs if any of you fellow q2ers are out there

I've only seen the other categories participants on Reddit. I did q2