<p>@anotherindiankid: =D GO GATORS! My school lives at UF (half of my senior class got in this year alone). When it comes to my GPA and students from my school, I attend a dual-enrollment high school, where I’m a full-time Miami-Dade College (MDC) student and high school student. With the bonus points from “A’s” in dual-enrollment and honors classes, and “A’s” in AP classes, the highest possible GPA to earn at my school is a 7.0. The highest GPA at my school is a 6.85. That’s pretty much because of the crazy courseload at my school, ranging from 7 to 10 classes a semester (at least 4 required high school classes yearly and 3-6 dual enrollment classes per semester). Plus, students from my school like to get their Associates in Arts, so if I go to UF (if I don’t get Gates), I could go in as a junior with my transfer credit. Makes sense? It’s not something easily explained in pixels if you’ve never taken dual-enrollment credit. I hope that answers the GPA question. Also, every district weighs GPA differently and so do some private schools.
@hopeful201: I wrote about my family’s financial situation (basically how we became poor) and how that’s inspired me to get a real job/not be dependent on government assistance.</p>
<p>^ ok i got it, you just have a different grading scale. ive dual enrolled too but my school only gives it 5 points. i find that the dual enrollment class schedules are nicer, but my HS courses are tons more interesting.</p>
<p>DE classes are nicer, and a lot easier than AP classes. Then again, I take them at MDC, not a real challenging school. And yea, my high school classes are more interesting oddly enough. Are you getting an AA or did you just take DE classes for college experience/boost GPA?</p>
<p>just got rejected from a scholarship… wat a day</p>
<p>definitely not college experience since i dual enrolled at a community college. definitely to boost my GPA :)</p>
<p>which scholarship dcollegeapps?</p>
<p>a Rutgers scholarship… my spirit is down right now… sucks… a rejection letter from GMS would have been perfectly on time if it came today…</p>
<p>I just saw on twitter that this girl is a Gates Scholar. She found out today</p>
<p>I saw some one twitter too. I wonder where they live.</p>
<p>She lives in DC</p>
<p>My post was correct everyone get ready-monday is our turn</p>
<p>anyone know her race?</p>
<p>She is african American</p>
<p>ok thanks 10char</p>
<p>Another guy got it too, if you go to twitter and search gates millienium they pop up with tweets. they are all AA</p>
<p>They both are from DC</p>
<p>Georgetown mailed early action decisions out on a Friday and Georgia got them the following Monday so Georgia (and probably most of the east coast) will probably find out by Monday! Yikes! Good luck everyone! <3</p>
<p>Tht explains it. DC is where everythin is for UNCF I believe.</p>
<p>The American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) in New Mexico handles the GMS for Native Americans, so anyone near there should hear shortly.</p>
<p>so that simply means that those of us in the NJ,NY,PA area find out monday or tuesday… im anxious and excited… GOOD LUCK…</p>