<p>haha no, I wouldn’t write that in explicit words. I meant more as, you could write something that would make them say “We should give this person this scholarship”; something inspiring or meaningful or awe-inspiring. It’s a pretty open-ended prompt, so there’s a lot of ways to approach it (and not just the way I said).</p>
<p>One more essay to go!!</p>
<p>I spoke to some GMS guy over the phone. Not only was he rude and nasty, but he assured me that the website was “perfectly fine”. I have no idea what planet he’s from. How can a website NOT, crash when thousands are accessing it at the same time? I’m not getting errors for nothing.</p>
<p>NYSP2010 - Thanks! Haha! I took most of them to be open-ended and were pretty out of the box with them. Fingers-crossed! </p>
<p>imagine18- You can do it! I did 9,438 words in two days! 
Haha.</p>
<p>Question for a past GMS winner- How do you decide what college your scholarship is going to? Does it have to be the college you put as your first choice when you filled out the application?</p>
<p>I just submitted mine. I don’t think I’m gonna make it. My essays were too short…approximately 600 words each. :/</p>
<p>The only reason I’m decided to do this so late was because last year 4 people from my school became scholars so they are truly inspirations for me. I’m equally worried though.</p>
<p>collegefreak - But it’s quality over quantity! You’ll be okay!</p>
<p>is it true that they seperate the number of awards equally among races? or do the best of the best truly get the final scholarship?</p>
<p>how do i contact uncf for gms?</p>
<p>thatelephantt: The program they use to write the application does not allow indent, bold, or italics. Good luck! and Thanks:)</p>
<p>collegefreak34: In 2005 an applicant won a scholarship(which he used to pay his way through the University of Notre Dame) by 150 character essays. Thats 150(letters–including space and punctuations). You will be fine.</p>
<p>borkborkbork: My nominator is just now submitting… 0.0</p>
<p>do you guys think they will look over a couple essays even if the first one is just “average” or will they be more inclined to just toss your essays in the recycle.</p>
<p>this is really important to me because my first question is my shortest (3500 characters) and it is my “weakest” in terms of I spent the least time on it, editing it, and my other essays are really good.</p>
<p>Does anybody know someone who postmarked the rec a day after the deadline?</p>
<p>nooo…and this is downright unfair, but i know someone who had their mailman post mark something a couple days late but changed the date so it was technically on time.</p>
<p>skhaer: They are forced to read EVERYTHING. It’s the only way to ensure a full evaluation of the applicant.</p>
<p>dang the site is down for me.</p>
<p>gagdor: get a family member or close friend to access your account and submit. Hurry!!!</p>
<p>1 hr… dont give up ppl…</p>
<p>I’m really not sure about submitting my application anymore after reading that Pell Grants are usually granted to families with annual incomes up to $50,000. That means I’m not eligible, which means that I am not eligible for GMSP, if I read right? Is this true? :/</p>