I wanted to make a thread for this years gates scholarship! Deadline is tomorrow… how is everyone so far?
Mine just closed on me randomly!
semifinalist decisions come out in 5 days
Yep. I’m nervous/ excited
So tomorrow?
Hopefuly
Are any of you also QuestBridge Finalists? I am, but did not participate in the College Match because I was not ready to commit to a binding school from their list. Applying to UVa and Wake Forest, and possibly Notre Dame - with Wake Forest as my #1. Good luck everyone.
I really wish we all knew how many people applied for this. My sister was a Gates scholar in 2013 but that is back when there were 55,000 applications, 2000 Finalists, and 1,000 winners. You did the 6 long essays with your very first application, then waited. No interviews back then. I think I read with the new Gates that there will be 1900-2000 SemiFinalists announced today, then we proceed to essays / transcripts / recommendations.
@Southern5062 I applied to five schools through the NCM, but 4 of them were non-binding. Good luck to you too!
Has anyone gotten notified yet?
^^ I would like to know if anyone has been notified as well.
I havent been notified yet. The website doesn’t let me login
the website is letting me login but it still says the update from october on the top of the screen
nothing yet
Waiting patiently…
@Southern5062 There are supposed to be 2000 semifinalists today. Then they will pick 600 to interview and select the 300 winners. So for those that move on today there is a 15% chance, so still kind of daunting.
Does the website say 2000 semifinalists?
I think I made it to the semi-finalist phase, but I haven’t gotten an official email. I believe this because my profile at the (at the bottom where you check application status) is no longer in the deadline phase, it’s in the semi-finalist nov-Jan phase. Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but hopefully, that’s the case.
@watermelanin The same thing on my end. I’m hopeful, but still anxious by the fact they haven’t send out an official email yet.
@watermelanin
I thought it was in the semi-finalist phase for me the entire time?