The 2005 Internship Conference advisory committee served as the jury for the 2005 essay competition. Every essay was judged blindly by three committee members using a scoring system. In other words, the jury did not know the name or location of the entrant, but did know if the intern indicated they were a student, intern or recently licensed architect, years of experience and the size of their firm. The top 25 scoring essays were selected to attend the conference. It was agreed that the selected group represented the appropriate firm, experience, and geographic diversity desired by the advisory committee.