Wow, awesome. UF will use the gates scholarship. Even if you had the option to choose then gates would be a much better choice. I also applied to gates but I was selected as a non-select. :-?? .
Hey, I just checked and the link to the certification form works now.
Hi everyone! Like many of you, I am anxiously waiting to find out if I have received this scholarship. As it is, I don’t think I can attend UF unless I get this scholarship, what should I do if they haven’t let me know by May 1? 
@dgarc298 I actually called today and they told me that we could find out past May 1st, so if you’re really worried you can call them and ask to find out if there is anything you can do?
McGonigle told me that about 120 people were going to be notified this week and the rest would be scattered around. I have a question though, if for example someone doesn’t need the scholarship any more, for whatever reason, will the school be giving it to someone else? Like in the case with @laxk12, they received Bill Gates which UF will use instead of the MFOS, so will their MFOS be given to someone else if they tell UF that they are now a Bill Gates Scholar since they have to notify the school of any additional funds? Congratulations on both awards @laxk12 that’s awesome!
Liz, im sure thats what will happen. Another alternative studen is normally chosen at that type of situations.
any chance that students with unemployed parents could be skewing the avg. income stat to the left a bit? 18,000 for household on average seems low even for this particular scholarship.
You are right if they had considered the parents with income of 0 then they had big impact on the average.
Has anybody else heard back about the MFOS?
Those 150 students who were notified early might already have new award packages. They will slowly award others.
Hi. I’m a little late on this! But does getting the certification guarantee that you’ve gotten the scholarship? All my papers were approved April 21st and I just received the certification link. Has anyone received a confirmation of their award?
My Supplemental form was accept 3/4 and I recently got the Certification. MFOS is now in my financial aid package
It appeared on your financial aid package after you faxed the certification papers or before?
I just mailed it today. So it showed up before they even got my certification.
I got the certification!!! (: I’m so happy I don’t think anything can bring me down today!
Does the money show up on your award package? Because my certification was received and accepted but the scholarship doesn’t appear on my awards
No not yet! I just got the certification but it doesn’t open up when I click on it. It gives me an error, so I’m calling today to ask. I can also ask how long it takes for it to show up in the awards package! It’ll probably take a week or so?
@BellDong did your financial aid package update with the MFOS?
Hey Liz
If you got the Certification then you will be getting the award because in Certification you are stating that you understand everything and you are accepting their awards. My award package was changed before I sent them my certification, but its important to make sure they get it.
@BellDong It seems that’s the general idea–if you get the certification you’re getting the award. I was finally able to open the certification and it says that we are selected as scholars so that pretty much means we have it! I think it’ll take a few days for the financial aid package to update @jennyp8
Did you mail or fax in your certification form @BellDong?
Those who had their financial aid packages updated: what do they cover your loans and works study with? Does it say MFOS or is it something else?