I think it was WWW who mentioned recently that only 600 applicants were prepared to pay the £50 appication fee for the last BMI CEP drive.
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The reason only 600 applicants were prepared to pay that application fee is because they had been invited onto the next stage of the selection process. I`m sure if 1000 were invited, they would have all coughed up the necessary dosh. The number that actually applied from the off to the scheme was a lot more.
That said, 6000 applicants is a rather large number to shoot for, I would think they would be doing well to get enough applicants to fund one place, if that
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Anyway, good luck
to those who do apply, hope you don`t get stiffed
cheers,
Schooner