[Grim Tuesday]

There is actually one step that doesn't have to be done that everyone mentions. The OP's question is "Why both submitting for Chairman's"

Don't, if you don't want to.

But you should prepare a submission, as if you were going to submit.


We prepared a submission this year and missed the deadline by 30 minutes (AM/PM confusion). It didn't degrade any of our accomplishments and writing the essay helped us realize that we actually do a lot of things we didn't realize before. It sucks that we're not eligible for the award but the Chairman's award is about an award or a reason to do good things, it's a reward for teams that do those things.