I wrote our application in a morning, had DH look it over, made very minor grammatical editing and put it in the mail that afternoon. I didn't want to give myself the chance to obsess over it. I did call to ask what in the world they were looking for from a 7 year old, but I finally figured that they were actually just looking for a snapshot of the kid. I don't think the questions are make or break, I think they're just a way of showing the kid as more than a number (i.e. "How does xyz IQ and abc achievement score present in this kid?").