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11-17-2006, 01:04 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| Gates Millennium for Class of 2007
So who's applying for the Gates Millennium Scholarship this year? The deadline's not until Jan but it's never too early to start...
To winners from years past, any advice/pertinent information to share? Thanks!
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11-17-2006, 09:00 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
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How many people actually win these scholarships? If its extremely hard to win, I dont think ill apply then.
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11-19-2006, 04:40 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
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1000 people won last year out of 11,000 applicants. 1/11 is tough odds, but people who want it get it.
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11-22-2006, 09:09 PM
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#4 | | Junior Member
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o wow the application is soo lengthy tho >.<!!!
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11-23-2006, 02:01 AM
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#5 | | Junior Member
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what are the average stats for those who received the scholarship?
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11-24-2006, 02:32 AM
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#6 | | Junior Member
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It is lengthy but one application is better than filling out 10 scholarship apps every year!
GMS is worth it and I only spent the day before it was due to complete the app. (Don't wait like I did.)
I don't know the average stats but from meeting some of the scholars, there isn't an average. People are so different but all unique, with their own stories. Myself, I barely met the cutoff for GPA so the essays are very important apparently. My high school counselor wrote the recommendations for a few students (including me) and all of us ended up getting the scholarship. So, the recommendations are important.
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11-24-2006, 06:57 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
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how many awards are given? and how many people apply annually?
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11-24-2006, 07:49 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Jeopardy_Fan can you tell me where you got number of applicants from? I've been scouring the internet pages for years, but no such luck.
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11-26-2006, 05:13 AM
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#9 | | Junior Member
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My mistake for not citing my sources. The statistics I mentioned came directly from GMS at the GMS Conference in LA. There was no official numbers, just the 1000 out of 11000.
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11-26-2006, 09:07 AM
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#10 | | Junior Member
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Be true to yourself and to what you believe in the essays. Don't try to give them what "they" want. - 2006 Gates Scholar/Yale University
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11-28-2006, 05:00 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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Everyone, fill out the application, don't be discouraged to apply because you don't think you have stellar SATs or GPA. I met many Scholars that won it because of what they wrote on their essays, not because of their stats.
My advice is to work hard on the essay questions. I think those are by FAR the most important aspect of the application (IMO)
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11-28-2006, 06:25 PM
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#12 | | Junior Member
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I will go as far as to say that they are the most important thing.
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11-28-2006, 06:37 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
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I work as a GMS student rep, and I can't advocate more how important the essays are.
Priority:
1) Essays
2) Recommendations
3) Extracurricular
4) GPA
5) No SAT/ACT
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11-28-2006, 07:26 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
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Hey Reddune, how did u become a GMS student rep? I'm interested in doing that, but iono how...
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11-28-2006, 08:55 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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Your respective organization should send you email about it. There was sign-up during the conference (at least for my year anyway.)
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