<p>argh, this is the wait of a lifetime.</p>
<p>i think that everyone who had to wait for more than two weeks should be given free microsoft gear.....including a xbox360 pack...you know....for college and stuff :)</p>
<p>I GOt the Envelope in the Mail!!!
AHHH I'm so excited!!!
I'm from the South by the way... the letter is dated March 14...</p>
<p>congrats Ontheball :) Swizz, I'm totally in agreement with you. XBox 360 indeed...:P</p>
<p>i have a questions:</p>
<p>my transcript have my sat scores on it and it's really low.
it's like the last page so i can just omit it.
since they don't ask for it, should i just omit that page?</p>
<p>what would you guys do?</p>
<p>i only sent the sheet with my actual grades and didnt attach the scores..
it does not matter.. dont stress. they dont consider that and you will NOT be the exception..lol.. just get your stuff in asap</p>
<p>lol i already sent it all. oh well. they can get a better picture of myself.
i am a horrible standardized test takers and they can decide for themselves if i should deserve the scholarship all not. all i can do is pray and wait.</p>
<p>Haven't received anything yet...anyone else???</p>
<p>i haven't received anything either.
i called the toll-free number like three times and the woman sounded kind of annoyed...she said that replies were SENT at the end of last week...
when i called the next time they said that replies would be RECEIVED by the end of last week...
the final time i called i was told that they could not say the exact time i would receive anything...
im so frustrated!
urggghhh why does it have to take so long?</p>
<p>okay now i called today and the lady said that the replies were being sent on a rolling basis...</p>
<p>now i'm just confused :(</p>
<p>That is so weird so when exactly will we hear from them?? I am so confused right now I think I'll try calling them and see what they say. Maybe we should tell them that every time we call we get a different answer.</p>
<p>sounds like a good idea...</p>
<p>are we allowed to send "likely letters" as our acceptance letter until we receive our actually admissions letter?</p>
<p>I just got a call today from Washington I believe.....they ask me if I have recieved everything that they send me in the beginning of March. I said yeah,and she asked me to send everything in asap...i told them that I was on spring break and will send it in asap...</p>
<p>does a phone call mean that you have a good chance of actually getting the money....anyone..knows....</p>
<p>Although this is not what you'd like to hear, if you have not received an email or a letter yet, time has come to let it go and stop the agony. Inasmuch as there might have been a few exceptions in the past, I would not put any credence in the stories of delayed notifications. It's a very simple process for the GMSP offices to send out a few hundreds emails to the finalists. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, the way they handle the notifications to the ones who did not win is not exactly the most congenial. Applicants used to find out their status through a very simple (and foolproof) process that was ... automatic. </p>
<p>As the winners will find out, the extremely well-meaning objectives of the Gates Foundation have been hampered by the total lack of organizational and communication skills of the groups paid to manage the GMSP. As a scholarship, the GMSP deserves an A+, but as an organization a D-is generous, especially for everything touched by the UNCF.</p>
<p>Do yourself a favor and move on.</p>
<p>xiggi--very true, unfortunately.
but what do you mean by being touch for the UNCF?
are they notoriously known for being very unorganized?</p>
<p>does anyone know the number of finalists?</p>
<p>No...so most likely those who didn't get notified are probably not finalists?</p>
<p>When I received that call from Gates like ahhhhhhhh I asked about whether or not all finalists have been notified and they said that every finalist has been notified and will receive a call by the end of this week to make sure that they have received all the forms...</p>
<p>Even the ones who are not finalists what if you haven't received anything?</p>
<p>finalists are just evaluated on the documets they are required to submit right.. essays are not re-evaluated or anything?</p>