Gates Millennium Scholarship - 2008-2009

<p>im a scholar.. i received the letters in mail.. you will get a big packet and it has a lot of info and little booklet... over 13000 applied..</p>

<p>Can you post your info. Hispanic, black, asian, native american? When did you submit your documents? And please if you can post the text of the letter you got! Thanks!</p>

<p>i live in georgia btw
- i sent my fax in march 13 or 14th
the letter is dated march 24th.. i hope this ease soem of you alls minds</p>

<p>sure
.. im african american
im typing out the text now.. give me a couple of minutes..</p>

<p>it comes in a huge folder thingy.. with booklet
the four r's discussion.. rigor relevance, relationships responsibility. picturs of last year conference and lots of letters. certificates..</p>

<p>Congratulations! We are very pleased to inform you of your selection as a Gates Scholar. This year the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program attracted over 13,000 applicants. It is a distinct honor for you to be recognized as one of the 1,000 Gates Scholars for the GMS Class of 2008. We commend you on your strong leadership, community service and academic achievements that have distinguished you as a Leader for America's Future.
As a Gates Scholar, GMS funds are available for you to attend an U.S accredited college or university of your choice. As a full-time enrolled student, you may switch your enrollemtn from one accredited institution to another, either in a new academic year or within an academic year. However, you must abide by the stipulations of the institution and must submit require documents
- renewable... blah blah
- returen financial aid documents by may 22, 2008
- gms more than a schoalrship . blah blah t provides netwaork for internships, fellowships, scholarships, and GMS leadership conference..</p>

<p>im really scared now...i still have to verify my citizenship status...</p>

<p>OMG really, grrrr</p>

<p>OMG! Congrats Tiffanyst12! This just makes me even more worried PEOPLE ARE BEING NOTIFIED.... Can't wait to hear from the GMS people...</p>

<p>there is also 2 more sheets that has to be faxed to them by april 11th.. so these packets must be going out quick for that deadline...
goodluck to the rest</p>

<p>what are those sheets about?</p>

<p>congratulations!! tiffanyst12</p>

<p>just somehting that has to be signed by you and your financial aid advisor.. and u have to sen your most recent financial aid award letter.. but hold up.. it says on the sheet deadline april 11 but then it also says NO LATER THAN MAY 22. 20008 SO DONT WORRY</p>

<p>if any one has questions feel free to ask me</p>

<p>well, now my friends and I will be waiting for any notice, all 5 of us finalists, suspense killing me</p>

<p>if u don't mind, what was ur efc adn how many ap classes have u taken?</p>

<p>GO Tiffanyst12</p>

<p>So i just called gates and I put in my SS and pin# for those selected as a scholar and it went through... does that mean anything... man i wish i hadn't done that...</p>

<p>i worked 2 months on application
actuall app is most important</p>

<p>ap : 8
ib : 2</p>

<p>55 pages?! Jesus.</p>

<p>I'm still being tortured by the fact that my counselor sent her forms last Tuesday (by MAIL instead of fax, even though I asked her to fax them), and GMS hadn't gotten them yet as of yesterday... ugh. They told me not to resend anything until I called to check with them on Friday, since they're in CA and I'm in CT. Bah, bah, bah. I want to know!</p>