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02-04-2008, 05:36 PM
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#211 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
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anyone else able to confirm their application submission???
this is killing me!
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02-08-2008, 04:41 PM
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#212 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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when in march...mid...early..or end..
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02-12-2008, 11:52 PM
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#213 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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still unconfirmed...God, this is crazy.
And from what I have heard, 60,000 Applications were submitted on the 31st of December alone. Thats a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEE jump from last year's total of 11,000.
Good luck everyone.
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02-13-2008, 03:55 PM
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#214 | | Member
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Holy shizzle.
When are we suppose to hear from GMS?
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02-13-2008, 04:19 PM
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#215 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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in early march..maybe the first week in march...thats crazy 60000, where did you hear that from electre
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02-14-2008, 01:19 PM
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#216 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Georgia
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After I read the post by electrequiem about the 60,000, DD called gates and the woman she spoke with verified that number!
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02-14-2008, 03:14 PM
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#217 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eagle Heights
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I'm no math genius, but 1000/60,000 = 1.6%...You have five times the chance to get into Harvard than winning the Gates...Cheerful thought ain't it?
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02-14-2008, 10:53 PM
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#218 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
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that's 1000/60,000 PLUS the 23232332 more submissions that was sent before Jan 11.
.... Gosh, I wish I was born one year earlier so I could graduated with the class of 2007. we got it bad (c/o 08)!
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02-15-2008, 04:14 PM
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#219 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Seriously... oh well, let's not give up hope. I'm not.
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02-16-2008, 04:49 PM
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#220 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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is there any chance that they might give the award to MORE kids this year? Maybe instead of a 1000 Gates Scholars, maybe they decide to give the scholarship to 2500?
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02-16-2008, 04:50 PM
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#221 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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aubrey ... right you are. c/0 2008 is a bad time to graduate...ivy league applications jumped, and now Gates. Grr.
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02-16-2008, 04:52 PM
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#222 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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"I'm no math genius, but 1000/60,000 = 1.6%...You have five times the chance to get into Harvard than winning the Gates...Cheerful thought ain't it?"
...and chances of both happening? ... =[
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02-16-2008, 10:58 PM
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#223 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago
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Yeah, we sure did get screwed over this year. But I agree with Mika, we got this far, and we're as deserving as anyone else out there. We have to keep hoping. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out, but we gave it a good go, no?
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02-17-2008, 07:58 PM
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#224 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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60,000. That is so heartbreaking. It's not just harder to get into schools now, but harder to win scholarships so we can afford to go to those schools.
Gah. I'm with you guys, though--my perseverance will not fade.
Gluck everyone!
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02-19-2008, 06:02 PM
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#225 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
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sigh*
60,000???
but i am still not giving up hope yet! =)
good luck everyone!
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