<p>2013 Gates Scholar from PA! 
Don’t loose hope!</p>
<p>What branch?</p>
<p>My d is a Gates Scholar! African American. Atlanta! Packet just came in mail.</p>
<p>Gates Scholar 2013!! Asian from ATL, GA</p>
<p>@ makingithappen & brightbluebirds: Congratulations to the both of you! Still patiently waiting at this moment.</p>
<p>No mail in S. TX. :(</p>
<p>If I have to wait another day, I’m going to be so upset… Wondering when emails will be sent out as well. Finalist in AZ here</p>
<p>Omg so someone in Atlanta and someone In Alabama got theirs. That means Mississippi may get theirs tomorrow. Intense nail biting begins NOW</p>
<p>My biggest congratulations to you all btw</p>
<p>All scholars should post pictures on the GMS fb page!!</p>
<p>Just found out I was rejected.
I’m disappointed, but when God closes one door another is opened.
Congrats to all of you Gates scholars!</p>
<p>African American.
Rochester, NY</p>
<p>@boywithplan: did they tell you why?</p>
<p>@boywithpan - I’m so sorry, but you’re right when 1 door closes 2 more open. Did the rejection come via mail or email?</p>
<p>@brightbluebirds: what are your stats?</p>
<p>@makingithappen: whata re your son’s stats?</p>
<p>Just got mine!
Hispanic from Houston, Texas.</p>
<p>YEAH BABY. SO excited, I can’t even. I’ve lost the ability to even…</p>
<p>@beatrizhb: what are your stats?</p>
<p>African American Male, from Sacramento, California. Anybody in Sac or CA hear back yet?</p>
<p>Uhm, I don’t know exactly what my stats entail. But I did one for my college chances a few months ago, so I’ll just paste that :D</p>
<p>SAT I: 1440 (770 CR, 670 M )
SAT II: 730 BIO M, 740 US HIST, 640 MATH II (math is clearly not my strongest subject)
GPA: 3.9 UW (school does crazy 7.0 W GPA, I’m not even going to bother including that)
CLASS RANK: 14/602
AP: World History (5), Psychology (5), US History (5), Biology (5), English Language (5)
SENIOR COURSE-LOAD: AP Physics B, AP English Lit., AP European History, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, AP US Government, Honors Debate III</p>
<p>ECs:
-President of Speech and Debate Team. Premier Distinction (highest–1500+ points). Qualified for State Tournament 3yrs (Qualified in 4 events Junior Year). Qualified for National Competitions (NFL Nats '11 and '13, and NIETOC '12, '13–couldn’t go due to lack of funds). UIL Regional Champion in Informative Speaking.
Put in 30+ hours a week during Fall Semester, almost double that Spring Semester.</p>
<p>-Science National Honor Society (Secretary). Design lab experiments for fifth graders at a local, economically disadvantaged elementary school.</p>
<p>-Robotics (Secretary). Built Robots for over 7 tournaments at State level for the past three years. Didn’t write too much into this one in the Common App, but I probably spent 15+ hours a week during pre-competition weeks.</p>
<p>I’ve gone on a few mission trips, and that’s the extent of my volunteering, unfortunately. Not a lot of time. Probably 300 hours.</p>
<p>ESSAYS: I’m a good writer–I’m not bragging or anything, but I definitely know how to tell a story, and I think I did so very effectively. If anything, that is what sealed the deal for me.</p>
<p>RECS: My two favorite (and most eloquent) teachers wrote stellar recommendations for me. One of my teachers let me read hers, and I actually teared up quite a bit. I know I owe a lot of this to them.</p>
<p>Probably more than you needed, but I like to be thorough.</p>