jzuniga

Ah thank you! I just called, too!

lol. I think it's sort of ironic that the Gates scholarship website crashed...

CrnPrdian

Oh sweet! 3 extra days!

PrettyO08

i know, im so glad. i didnt even finish my app yet, has anyone completed their app? and does that deadline apply to the recommender and nominator too

jzuniga

Yes, on the website it says something like to be considered you need to do blah blah blah blah and turn in all three forms (i.e. nomination, recommendation, nominee) on time.

Mika08

So is it due on the 14th at 11:59 PM?

PrettyO08

oh thats cool!

jzuniga

Er well it's different for people in different time zones....

Hamman

are you guys sure the extension is not just for the nominator and recommender? It said it's been extended for the nomination process, but are the nominees included? Does anyone have an answer? URGENT!!!!

GA2012MOM

Hamman, I'm sure they extended it due to website problems, so they would extend for all three, not just the student. Site says due to high volume so they are not expecting nominator and reccomender to be able to get through any easier than the nominee. JMO
oh, just reread your post, so ????? I bet you can call them, they have been keeping long hours, DD reached them by phone late on Saturday.

hamman, extended for all, I called, they are available till midnight tonight. Good luck

Hamman

Thanks GaMom, can anyone else verify that?

GA2012MOM

1-877-690-4677 I'm sure they could verify for you what I found out for you.

suyao23

you can call them today they close at 12 midnight

minzunuami

Hey guys,

Just called 1-877-690-4677 and the deadline IS extended to Monday, period. I can't believe the phone lines are operating until midnight--crazy how nice this scholarship is for us applicants. =)

aubrey

Hey, what are you guys writing down as your weakest subject?
Also, what would they considered a "short term" goal. Like getting accepted to college or getting st8 A's?

Thanks!

Reddune

"Hey, what are you guys writing down as your weakest subject?"

For this question you don't have to write about an academic subject, but it can be anything you have a problem or have struggled with. I wrote about how my piano skill...well...sucks.

"Also, what would they considered a "short term" goal. Like getting accepted to college or getting st8 A's?"

I can guarantee you that 90 out of a hundred applicants will put getting into college. I was a bit more creative, or so I like to think, and wrote about the history paper I was writing during the time and how I was using historical method to analyze the materials and judging who is credible and who is not. It was actually quite fun. So my advice is to try and break the mold and not be the with crowd. No matter how magnificent "I want to get into college because..." GMS would be tired of reading it after it has read thousands like it before (the exception being you're homeless or a migrant worker who travels with the season).

P.S.
I won the Gates scholarship three years ago is working to recruit students to apply to the scholarship. If you read the thread from last year and the year before that, you would see I have posted a lot so feel to ask questions and I'll try to answer them the best I can.