<p>I realized how much of “I learned this” or “this experience taught me” stuff I have in my essays… I took them out just now. Lol. Hope I didn’t mess up my chance. Not that I don’t even know what my chances are for this scholarship!</p>
<p>I think we all have a fair chance and good luck to everyone. I think I am going to be nervous all through these two and a half months.</p>
<p>Which essay(s) did you guys find the most difficult with?</p>
<p>By the way, I saw a few posts earlier about me and someone said he, I just wanted to say that I am a girl. I really wish they would put gender or something to indicate that on here.</p>
<p>I found the leadership experience the hardest because I was not sure what topic to write about. What about you?</p>
<p>Is anyone still working on his or her essays?</p>
<p>^^ same. It’s hard for me to answer those “how it influenced your goals” since you have to somehow connect them to your answers of the short/long term goals. Overall, it’s hard for me to connect all 8 essays together since it’s kind of like a story.</p>
<p>I swear this scholarship was the death of me.</p>
<p>That was the hardest for me to. I submitted my application this morning, <em>sigh</em> it was such a big relief. </p>
<p>@laeeyle2 I agree with you.</p>
<p>How many leadership roles y’all put? I didn’t have many.</p>
<p>3 President of National Honor Society, Vice President of SGA, and Secretary of Key Club. What about you?</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone! When might we find out if we receive this scholarship?</p>
<p>I decided to apply to this today.</p>
<p>I got in my application on time though it was hard completing 8 essays in less than six hours lol</p>
<p>I put tae kwon do assistant instructor, GED tutor, arts and crafts instructor in nursing home… I dont have any official titles or anything like being a president of a club. Lol. I’m terrible. Hope my essays will help me with that.
@cheezy219 impressive. Lol. It took me over a month! How’d you get your nominator and recommender submit tbeir references on time?? I had to keep reminding mine until they did it at the last minute.</p>
<p>I’ve been writing my essays for 3 months now. Feels good to finally submit.</p>
<p>Leadership:
Varsity Football Captain
Key Club President (Treasurer/Secretary last year)
Pre-Med Club President
Sports Management Club Founder (largest active club on campus)
Manager (family’s business)
Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist (church)</p>
<p>This was on the GMS site:</p>
<p>The selection and notification processes are as follows:
• February 2014, independent readers will complete an individualized reading and scoring assessment of eligible students in three major areas:
o academic achievement,
o community service, and
o leadership potential
• March 2014, students will be notified and informed if they are selected as a finalist or not selected.
• Finalists will be notified if they are selected as Gates Millennium Scholars or not selected by mid-April 2014. All selected Gates Scholars will be notified no later than May 1, 2014.
Thank you for your interest in the Gates Millennium Scholars Program</p>
<p>These two months are going to kill me.</p>
<p>For leadership I put Drill Commander, Platoon Leader, Cadet Challenge Team Leader, Sergeant, Senator, and I forget the last one I put. I had a lot of leadership positions in JROTC.</p>
<p>I did my entire application in the last week. Hopefully we all wrote great essays, even us procrastinators. Hearing about all these great leadership positions worries me a bit. My leadership positions weren’t as astounding :-/</p>
<p>Anyway, who else felt so great after hitting the submit button???</p>
<p>I’m in JROTC as well! I’ve had many leadership positions over the course of my involvement in the program, but I’m currently the S-3 Training and Op. Officer for my battalion. ^_^</p>
<p>I can’t wait for these next weeks to pass by. I wish I could just go to sleep and wake up on the week they announce who the finalists are.</p>
<p>JROTC helped me so much with leadership, but I only did it for two years. You just reminded me of the last leadership position I put which was S-3 assistant. :)</p>
<p>I feel pretty good that I submitted it. I’m also really anxious…</p>
<p>It was awesome.</p>
<p>I was relieved. It ruined my winter break! Hope all my hard work pays off. I’ve spent so much time and effort into it.</p>