<p>RIGHT?!?! I’m Hispanic from California so I know my competition is tough, what are you?</p>
<p>Lol yeah it is but I’m African American from Chicago</p>
<p>do you know of many people who applied?</p>
<p>I knew alot that applied but now the only finalist I know of are me and a Hispanic guy at my school. How bout you?</p>
<p>I knew of two other students at my school but I was the only chosen finalist. I’m so nervous! I feel like these next few days are going to pass by sooooo slowly!!!</p>
<p>I know! This is the first weekend I ever wanted to go by fast and it’s going extremely slow</p>
<p>I feel like I’ll go into a depression if I don’t get Scholar status. What are your stats like?</p>
<p>Lol me too, but i don’t have much </p>
<p>3.73 gpa
Ranked 3 of 181
Played softball, mayor daley’s book club, Head of Public Relations for National Honor Society, captain of my Academic Decathlon team. I have like 200 and something hours (I had to add them up while I was doing my app because my school doesn’t give hours for community service we do service learning, and I forgot) and then I have 56 Service learning hours</p>
<p>Who cares about stats…which school’s are you going to? Presumably one’s that don’t meet need correct.</p>
<p>Well stats are important but anyways I’m going to the university of illinois in Urbana Champaign and they are surprisingly paying for alot more than I expected</p>
<p>@msjvirgro</p>
<p>I am from Chicago to and as I recall. When I received my finalist Notification, it was March 7, 2012. Now it was postmark on March 5,2012. So if Gates mailed out notifications regarding statuses on Friday, then we are going to receive it tomorrow or Tuesday. You have a nice profile. </p>
<p>I have 1000 hours of CS</p>
<p>3.32 Unweighted G.P.A Rank 28 out of 271 Students</p>
<p>Communications Chairman of the Dolton Youth Commission and the Dolton Chapter S.A.V.E (Students Against Violence Everywhere).</p>
<p>Recorder of the National Honor Society</p>
<p>Student Representative of the Student Board of Education</p>
<p>I was awarded: The County Sheriff Medal of Honor (Community Service Award)
Jefferson Student Leader Award (National Award on Leadership)
National Youth Honor (National Award Recognized by George Mason University on Community Service and Leadership).</p>
<pre><code> Academic Awards
Student of the Month (For Academic Achievement)
Counselor's Award (Biggest Academic Improvement)
French Honors Award
Oustanding Work on Senior Project
English Award
</code></pre>
<p>@geiger42 nice! I’m too lazy to post everything lol but yeah mine was postmarked the 5th too and I got it the 7th… So I’m hoping we hear sooner on in the week than later. And good luck!</p>
<p>@msjvirgo</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK TO YOU TO</p>
<p>wow! I have a semi-good GPA but I’m very leadership oriented. I volunteer at elementary schools and am student body president.
I live it super populated los angeles and my school has over 796 graduating seniors so lets not talk about my rank =)</p>
<p>I’m sooooo excited for tomorrows mail! Do you guys think you’ll get it?</p>
<p>guys posting stats will only make people more nervous and anxious, because they’ll be comparing themselves with everyone, and I don’t think this is the time to have to be doing that. Also, if you look at the previous year’s board, the stats ranged DRASTICALLY, that it wouldn’t even make sense that some of them got it if you looked at it from GPA and stat perspective. </p>
<p>Hold tight, it’s going to be a bumpy ride, let’s just stay positive and hope for the best!</p>
<p>lakeawead, try smiling and being nice, it won’t kill you. =)</p>
<p>Make Bill proud</p>
<p>Be gone, before someone drops a house on you!</p>
<p>Anyone here going to Calumet College of Saint Joseph?</p>
<p>@doublerainbow99</p>
<p>You are so right and I also want to add that it all depends on how the Recommender and Nominator says about them AS WELL.</p>