<p>@apples18 no don’t be worried just have faith. And hope for the best </p>
<p>anyone know how long it takes mail from california to get to gates?</p>
<p>i’m guessing you’re the apiasf foundation! I’d say about… 3-4 days, so call on friday to check! I just mailed it today, and the lady said 3 days, but I’m sure there’s gonna have to be time for processing and such.</p>
<p>Any past scholars/finalists want to post their EFC’s for the FAFSA? Perhaps that has some effect on whether or not we are selected as finalists.</p>
<p>Mine was about 3000</p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-D710 using CC</p>
<p>lolToasty, are you a scholar or a current finalist?</p>
<p>Current, super nervous finalist. Sorry, I forgot to mention that haha</p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-D710 using CC</p>
<p>Everyone should join the group on facebook.
It has a GMS representative and a scholar who basically answers all the questions.
It’s a bunch of finalist from this year on there and everyone is really positive and motivational.
I think its called Gates Millenium Scholar 2011-2012, but it’s 2012-2013 finalist on there also.</p>
<p>Oh and there are 2000 finalist…and 1000 will become scholars.</p>
<p>Hey, if you guys sent stuff in and want to check the status, call the line (18776904677). They don’t tell you through email.</p>
<p>are you sure it’s 2000? i recall somebody who asked a rep and said it was 1800 people who were chosen</p>
<p>I’m sure they rounded up. Either way, it’s around 2,000.</p>
<p>I hope they did. Less competition = happy lolToasty</p>
<p>Excited and supper nervous at the same time. I had an unweighted GPA of 3.5
9-11th grade. BUT first semester of this(senior) year, I got 3.4 so my overall GPA as of right now is 3.4.</p>
<p>How much will this affect my APP? I know no one is certain but I just want to know what other people might think of this…</p>
<p>I dont think it will impact your app significantly. :P</p>
<p>I think my letter came today. I won’t know or be able to read it, though, until my grandmother checks the mail. Nervous is NOT even the word to describe how I’m feeling at the moment. I’ve prayed all day, bitten my nails all evening. Gah… this is it. </p>
<p>African-American, Mississippi</p>
<p>@jshopson, dude! I’m from Mississippi too! Im a finalist and Hispanic American! Good luck to You!!!:)</p>
<p>Did anyone get a call from their respective branch? I got a call today, but I was in school.</p>
<p>Gates Millenium Finalist, just discovered this existed. African-American from Pennsylvania. Anyone else nervous? I just got denied from MIT, so I’m hoping this comes through because I’m going to fall back on RPI (Steep price) unless I get reared in by Stanford, or CMU. </p>
<p>Also I hope everyone gets it (even though this isn’t even possible mathematically). 5 people applied from my school and three were finalists. Does anyone know any stats of previous scholars? I looked around but I couldn’t find any.</p>
<p>@america2011</p>
<p>What branch call you and have they call you before?</p>
<p>Do anyone know if the GMS Staff is processing information from finalist who sent their 5 documents in before the April 9, 2012 deadline? And are they eliminating people who do not meet their requirements after the documents have been received by GMS</p>