<p>i just cannot concentrate on anything. i have local scholarships due tomorrow and early next week, i just want to hear from gates so i can decide whether i should apply or not. im so tired of applying to scholarships that i want to quit now.</p>
<p>I went for a "quantity over quality" approach - I'll let you know how that goes :-p</p>
<p>Whoop! TO THE MAX I just got back from a trip to China with my choir and I found out while I was over there (via phone call to my mom) that I got selected to be a Gates Scholar. Haha, my choir family went nuts, screaming and clapping. It was such a wonderful feeling. </p>
<p>I'm so grateful, I don't even know where to start! I was totally crying and doing cartwheels and spins down the hotel hallways...no doubt the hotel staff were thinking "Crazy American".</p>
<p>Much love, best of luck to all the lovely people here!</p>
<p>Hahastupidme, you're right. I submitted my materials immediately after the finalist notification and was notified the 24th, according to the letter.</p>
<p>hey did you guys ever get a login and password for the scholars website? I called the GMS office and asked about it and they gave me a username and password i never knew i had. apparently the login leads you to this page where you can edit your gms profile like your address, college, etc. There were also links to your personal GMS email inbox. also under the "GMS Status" it said "active" while before it just said "candidate". do you guys think this means I was selected as a scholar?</p>
<p>I noticed that it said to call them re: username and password. I just figured they weren't open over the weekend and will call them on Monday.</p>
<p>This probably means you were selected, but I would wait until getting the package to be sure.</p>
<p>so many ppl have been notified, i hope i do too early next week. Can't wait anymore...i hate hate hate waiting! AHH
if i don't get any notifications next week, i'll just lose the little hope that's left...</p>
<p>calm down hahastupidme.
seriously. </p>
<p>we can't do nothing now. all we can is hope and wish for the best.
your rendition of "i'm so not getting this scholarship" is not gonna help you. </p>
<p>be patient...all we can do is wait.</p>
<p>I still haven't got my citizenship status verified...oh well... Its a great scholarship...but I feel that there are way more qualfied people on here.... I wrote my essay in the beginning of January..I didn't even plan on doing until I was bored during winter break....best of luck to you alll!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Yes, let's not have a heart attack everyone. By tomorrow, a great majority of finalists will receive their packets. =]</p>
<p>and so are the ivy leagues decisions....YIKES!</p>
<p>My friends are very anxious for those college decisions too. Best of luck!!</p>
<p>csn897: When did you receive the login? Was it by email?</p>
<p>guys..does anyone know if the essays are reconsiderred in the second phase..or if it is just the materials they asked for (( ttranscripts, etc))</p>
<p>azulgrana10: No one really know but most likely they use the second phase for verification. Of the 13,000 applicants, I am pretty sure they dwidled that down to around 2,000 finalists. Of those finalists, some would find that they are not eligible for the Pell Grant, does not fit the GPA requirement or forgot to turn in their forms. The final number would be pretty close to around 1,000 that they had to choose from.</p>
<p>yeah, aubrey i agree...we can't do anything but still...
did anyone ever find out whether each organization has the same amount of scholars or not? 250 per organization? but after going to the native american site, it seems that there were only about 150 native american scholars last yr...does anyone know? btw, im not native american, im asian! lol</p>
<p>I am SO glad that it's our Spring Break so I can stay at home and desperately wait for the mail tomorrow.</p>
<p>lucky you! my spring break was a week ago so that is why i couldn't send in my docs earlier (transcript and gpa form)... mr. tang, just out of curiosity, which organization r u under?</p>
<p>LOL Hahastupidme! APIASF...</p>
<p>i should go to sleep now or mayb i should finish my hw for spanish...i have school tomorrow...AHH
Good luck everyone!</p>