gates millenium scholarship for 2008-2009 - Page 102

aladdinAWNW · 04-29-2008, 11:23 PM

Ahh (I just checked back for a response..nearly a week later, oops). Thanks so much Proud Husky! You are awesome!

tscandalous23 · 04-30-2008, 08:05 PM

does anyone know if the freshman gms information sheet that you send to your college determines the amount of money that goes towards your COA? because we do not find out the actual amount of our housing and meal plans until after the forms are due. so can the my institution request more money at a later time?

thanks!

elizabeth2005 · 04-30-2008, 11:25 PM

i know you can request one revision in the spring of your academic year.

Hahastupidme · 05-01-2008, 11:00 AM

tscandalous23, on the scholars welcome page, under administrative guidlines, u can find all this kind of info.

Owlie!!! · 05-01-2008, 12:47 PM

I just talked to a few people at Gates and I just found out that Gates does NOT pay for med school or law school... :/

tscandalous23 · 05-01-2008, 08:25 PM

the gates website is sooo slow and doesnt work on windows vista.

makes me so mad sometimes.

Hahastupidme · 05-01-2008, 09:12 PM

yeah i know the website is really slow...and the email account doesn't even work. i emailed myself from my hotmail account but i never received the email on the gatesscholar account.

elizabeth2005 · 05-04-2008, 12:23 PM

a question, how much money is your college/gates giving you for personal expenses? and can you break it down into travel, books, computer, misc, etc?

ahhhhhhhhhh · 05-04-2008, 01:42 PM

it all depends on your school....

Hahastupidme · 05-06-2008, 07:09 PM

i can't login to my scholars webpage...is anyone else having that problem??

tscandalous23 · 05-06-2008, 07:50 PM

so will gates reimburse me for my housing deposit and SIR fee?

elizabeth2005 · 05-07-2008, 03:42 PM

help!

i e-mailed my college financial aid counselor about the gates scholarship, but she said:

Thanks for your email. The Gates scholarship will only cover your federal work study of $. Gates cannot help cover your student contribution, insurance or laptop expenses. If you have any questions please let me know.

i know gates does not cover student contribution, but they should cover insurance, laptop, and personal expenses like book or travel, right? i'm going to call them, but any advice on how i should go about explaining it to them?

elizabeth2005 · 05-07-2008, 03:47 PM

also, another question. i have no loans in my package. is there any way i can convert my student contribution into a loan and have gates pay for it?

simone902008 · 05-07-2008, 07:36 PM

hey elizabeth!!!
i have no idea about the loan issue but the school i'm going to (Rice University) made my gates package include: travel, books, supplies, a laptop AND insurance!!! tell your school that other schools change the financial aid package so that those things are available for you! what school are you going to???

P.S. I hope it all works out for you!!!

ahhhhhhhhhh · 05-08-2008, 12:05 AM

@elizabeth.... sorry to hear that but that really depend on the school.....some refused to change their COA....if you persuade her enough maybe they will say yes...but it all depends....

me...being lucky...gates will need to cover a 2500 laptop and a 2000 health insurance....