<p>Congratulations Ohboi</p>
<p>Finalist! Woot</p>
<p>What is your race?</p>
<p>African American.</p>
<p>Also, if you are selected as a finalist, does anyone know how they narrow down to who actually gets the scholarships? Like, does just being a finalist mean more of a chance than not?</p>
<p>I think you just have to turn in all of the required documents.</p>
<p>Oh my God. I just got teary eyed and almost peed my pants (bahahaha). I’M A FINALIST… Congratulations to all who have advanced to this level. 
I kept refreshing since 3:30 today & got the email when I got home!</p>
<p>By the way, I’m African American, Apache, and French, but I just went with listing as AA!</p>
<p>By the way, received email at 4:42 p.m, EST (when I was on the way home).</p>
<p>I’m AA too. (: Good luck to the rest</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many finalists proceed to get the scholarship…</p>
<p>1000 actual scholars. Gates MILLENNIUM Scholarship :)</p>
<p>Oh my goshhhh!!!
My sister and I are both Finalists!!!
Yep. We pretty much cried. :D</p>
<p>Arielle</p>
<p>well like i mean, what percentage of first round pickers get to scholarship status… like out of a pool of 500 asians, how many became the 100 asians who get the scholarship…</p>
<p>any hispanics find out yet? 
i’m getting really nervous.</p>
<p>@jtm2292: I looked for it in last years threads, but apparently that info is never released. Plus, it varies from year to year since different numbers of people apply each year I guess</p>
<p>@Arielle CONGRATULATIONS! Are you and your sister twins?</p>
<p>Thanks HeyBurrito! CONGRATULATIONS to you too!!!</p>
<p>No; but we are in the same grade because she was held back in first grade due to surgery.</p>
<p>But anyway, Seriously! CONGRATULATIONS everybody!!!</p>
<p>Arielle</p>
<p>AWESOME ANYWAY @ArielleT! My mom screamed and flailed around hahahah :D</p>
<p>Good luck! Let me know if you become a scholar :)</p>
<p>-S</p>
<p>Lol. I received the email first and we had to interrupt the meeting we were in for like, a mini prayer. </p>
<p>At first, when we told our mom, we were like, “Only one of us moved on…” It was way funny.</p>
<p>You also!</p>
<p>Arielle</p>
<p>I surprisingly calm about this scholarship. Maybe I just don’t know the extent of it</p>
<p>so… what makes a finalist different from a chosen Gates Millennium Scholar?
Do they look at your entire application again?
Or, do they look at your income/school/ethnicity?
Or is it rather a comprehensive thing, everything put together?
I’m so nervous…</p>
<p>OMG I’M A FINALIST!</p>
<p>I never in a million years would have thought I could be one…oh my God, I am in complete shock.</p>
<p>I’m Asian, btw.</p>