<p>Anyone in AZ receive anything?</p>
<p>Also kinda wondering if we’ll get emails tomorrow as well.</p>
<p>Nothing received at our house in Los Angeles today.</p>
<p>WHAT? how did socal get mail but not norcal? norcal’s always neglected. lol</p>
<p>and some people in los angel;es got mail and some didnt.</p>
<p>i agree. i have never stalked my mail box before until this week.</p>
<p>i dont understand and have never been so confused either.</p>
<p>so missori then califoria get mail but miss all other states? Maybe im stressing out too much and making connections where there are none. is this a sign of insanity???</p>
<p>I hesitate to even open this door, but could letters have been mailed in batches based on ethnicity?</p>
<p>My friend from Maryland got it. she is in the African American group.
AH I hope it comes in my mailbox tomorrow.
I can’t wait any longer. I haven’t been able to sleep.</p>
<p>Look at the letter you got from Gates saying you are a finalist (was sent out March 4). Now check what day you received it. It should probably take the same number of days to receive the letter stating if we are Gates scholars or not.</p>
<p>hey guys - last week AZScholar17 (current scholar) said that, unlike the finalist letters, these letters are all mailed from Gates in Washington DC, whereas the finalist letters came in batches based on your ethnic group (the ones from Hispanic Scholarship Fund came from their offices in California, the ones from UNCF came from their offices in metro DC area, etc… Another current scholar backed him up with the same answer. Big white envelope mailed from Washington DC (or a regular letter)…</p>
<p>thats really smart iishnin, but i dont remember what day i got it…</p>
<p>how many days for you?</p>
<p>and it was written on mar 4 not sent. maybe we should stop squriming and eyeing the mail box and just relax and wait for it to come to us.</p>
<p>Hey everyone. I am just as nervous and eager to know my results as well as yours. Even though people had said I have high chances of receiving this scholarship, I still feel like something could go wrong. Ironically, my friend who is salutatorian and myself are the only ones who are Gates Finalists. :O</p>
<p>I am African American who attends Thornridge High School in Dolton, IL, which is classified as one of the worse schools in Illinois. I am valedictorian in the class of 2013 at Thonridge. I have a 4.5 weighted g.p.a; 3.9 unweighted g.p.a. I’ve taken all AP and Honors classes from freshmen year until now. I have been in more than 10 clubs and activities, which I have had several leadership roles such as Co-Captain of the chess team, mathletes, science club, lead keyboardist and tenor saxophone of the jazz band, junior varsity band, youth praise team at my church, etc. I have over 1,300 hours of community service, which has been mainly because I have been in the Kappa League Institution in which we had to feed the homeless on Saturdays and being in the Student Board of Education. I live with my mother, because my father divorced her. 
Her income is approximately $18,000 annually. My EFC is evidently 0. But I have failed to get into my dream school-Johns Hopkins!
Fortunately, I am a finalist, but I am still so nervous. I believe my essay could have been better. Is this God’s plan? Am I destined for this scholarship? What do you guys think!? I really want to know!</p>
<p>Yea check to see when you received the Gates Finalist notification. For instance, I recieved mine on March 7, which is a Thursday at 1:37. Therefore, I should recieve the notification if I’m a Gates Scholar or not on a Thursday (April 18th) around 1:30. That’s my theory.</p>
<p>I just hope I get it tomorrow. I don’t know if I can wait until Thursday!</p>
<p>@jjandersonn4th: Congratulations on all of your high achievements. It seems as if you have persevered regardless of your various circumstances. You have been faithful over a few things, now allow him to make you ruler over many. Don’t worry about it; you have put forth the effort and God will not allow your hard work to go in vain. Will this particular scholarship come through for you? I don’t know. Will God open the doors that you need to be open (if you remain faithful spiritually and academically)? Absolutely! Keep the faith brother!
Don’t stress it–the best is yet to come:-)</p>
<p>Yea the suspense is just so intense. But for now, just keep checking your email and mail box.</p>
<p>@MIboy2013 Those words right there just changed me, like seriously. Those words made me extremely confident and faithful. Thank you! Thank you so much!</p>
<p>Wow, jjanderson u have great stats and im sorry about ur family situation. Where are you planning to go?</p>
<p>MIBoy2013 and jjandersonn - Couldn’t agree more! God has brought us this far so if there’s a different plan at this point - so be it. DOn’t know what it is, but know it will be good. Think about it - many of us were raised by singe mothers, definitely we were low income, probably the cards were stacked against us… and we are Finalists! of the 54,000 that applied…52,000 people were NOT finalists - So that right there says God is working big things in our lives!</p>
<p>I agree! God definitely has a plan for all of us.</p>
<p>i agreee southern. im thankful for His guidance and wouldnt have had the strength and willpower to be where i am without God. Now let the sleepless nights dreaming about the Gates ssccholarship come…</p>
<p>You guys are so inspirational. This whole period had brought me closer to God I must say. I am an African American from Mississippi and I hope it comes tomorrow. If not tomorrow will be the longest day of my life.</p>