flowerjg08

Has anyone else received anything in the mail???

Speak_Easy

Whoa! The GMS winners have been chosen?

How is this possible since the deadline to send finalist stuff isn't until April 11th?

I'm wicked confused.

Konvirse

All finalist haven't been chosen yet.

Rolling notifications...

Speak_Easy

I'm going to need a defibrillator...STAT!

:/

lingotjuice

That post made me get all my thing together and fax it to UNCF/GMS. Then I realized that I can't fax long distnace or call for that matter.

jabbawockeez

what?!
they're already notifying winners?

Speak_Easy

Well, technically, all I've seen posted is someone who was notified that they didn't win.

I'm getting nervous now.

Hamman

hmmm, this is just my guess but maybe MOBY meant that he got an email saying he wasn't selected as a finalist

sodium

Obviously if one is not selected as a finalist, one does not have the chance to be the winner.

Hamman

right sodium but Speak_Easy might have misunderstood it as MOBY being selected as a Finalist but ended up not receiving the scholarship after he faxed in everything

aubrey

for those who already submitted it in: do you get a notification if you have submitted everything in ?

memberofthevrwc

The wording of the letter MOBY posted seemed to imply that he was a Finalist that did not get the scholarship. Otherwise why would it say "We regret to inform you that you were not selected as one of the scholarship recipients for the 2008-2009 academic year."? I would guess that if they didn't choose him as a Finalist it would say something along the lines of ...We regret to inform you that you were not selected to continue in the GMS competition...

Anyone who was not selected as a Finalist: would you please post the letter you received?

ahhhhhhhhhh

yeah...i agree with the above post....the letter said 13000 nominees....i thought that 60000 applied...could it be that 13000 were the one chosen at finalist....

Proud Husky

I talked with someone who works at GMS, and they said all applicants will be notified by the end of March regarding their application status. Notification means either a finalist letter or the letter that MOBY received. If you're a finalist and end up not being selected, I believe those letters will recognize your finalist status explicitly.

As for the number of applicants (13,000), the increase for 2008 seems accurate considering the trend over the past several years (11,000 in 2006 and 12,000 in 2007). Although GMS does not officially release the number of finalists chosen for the second phase of GMS, I was told that the finalist selection is very competitive so, if you're a finalist, you should be proud.

From my experience, I know of Gates Scholars who were notified of their selection a few days after submitting their forms and documents. GMS will not notify you about whether you have submitted your documents, so you may want to call and confirm that they've received your materials. Notification of Gates Scholars tends to start before April 11 (usually around the end of March), so it would be wise to submit your documentation as soon as possible to remain competitive for the GMS. Some of you will probably be receiving notification letters in the next week or two.

BoredPirate

I never finished my application and was notified that I didn't get it. Hehe.