Essay Contest Update

I thought I would take a quick moment to update everyone on the 2008 Essay Contest.

• We received 3 times the number of essays we were expecting.
• 2/3 of those essays were sent in the final 24-36 hours.
• The top countries submitting essays:
  1. USA
  2. India
  3. Nigeria
  4. Philippines
  5. Canada
• The top states submitting essays:
  1. California
  2. Texas
  3. New York
  4. Illinois
  5. Ohio
• The top submitting city in the US was: Palo Alto, CA
• We received essays submitted from over 67 countries and states
• All the essays are now out with the first round judges

Thank you all once again for spending time thinking and writing your essays.