<p>nothing today in SoCal, very eager and hoping for tomorrow.</p>
<p>@ Stagflation29: What part of S. TX?</p>
<p>First i would like to thank our amazing God for blessing our D, second thank you Bill and Melinda Gates for giving our D a chance to fulfill her dream of going to the school of her choice. AA from Michigan</p>
<p>Hello, I was wondering if the recently announced scholars’ statuses changed from “finalist” to “scholar” yet. Can you please check and tell me? I am talking about the status on the main website where we can access our initial applications.</p>
<p>Nothing from Norcal either. wierd my mailperson didnt even give my house ANY mail. Nice way to pick a day to not deliever mail lol.</p>
<p>also the gates list of scholars hasnt been updated. i got my own hopes up when the url said class of 2013 but google first name on list and had newspaper congrating person last june.</p>
<p>we must face the burning pain of uncertainty and possibility. let us have faith.</p>
<p>Lamont, CA, Son received his notice of acceptance today. The envelope is huge and white. I actually took it to his We The People class and gave it to him in from of his friends. Hugs and joy all around.</p>
<p>I too am courteous about the scholarship status indicator in main application page, if someone who received their acceptance could check that, that’d be great :)</p>
<p>i agree with midoriapples…someone should tell us</p>
<p>I agree with midoriapples!!!</p>
<p>lol! I knew that Nataliedear and myself weren’t the only people thinking that.</p>
<p>Received a rejection today here in Nevada. Just to confirm: rejections come in a small envelope, and there are about 1900 finalists, but only 1000 are chosen (stated in letter). So, all of you guys have more than a 50% chance of getting it! Good luck to all of you waiting!</p>
<p>African-American Gates Scholar 2013 from Georgia!!! I hope you guys will experience the same joy I did soon, when you find that big envelope in your mailbox!</p>
<p>Nothing in Ohio. My dream of attending UCLA will either soon become reality or just another dream. I cannot wait any longer, this wait is killing me!! I will be rushing home tomorrow after school!!</p>
<p>@DesireeA: did your package status on your main application page change from “finalist” to something like “scholar” or is it still finalist?</p>
<p>A scholar on the GMS Facebook page said that her status didn’t change to Scholar from Finalist on the application page, so don’t worry if your status still remains as Finalist.</p>
<p>where do u check status?</p>
<p>@Nanax3 thanks for the confirmation!
@SciMan you can see that on the GMS website when you go to ‘my application’ but if your a finalist it’s just gonna stay that way apparently.</p>
<p>DS just got his YES!!! So excited!!! Asian/White in Bellevue, WA.</p>
<p>Stanford two weeks ago and this today!!!</p>
<p>Can’t tell you how thankfull we are… so I’ll just say thank you Mr. & Mrs. Gates!</p>
<p>Go to <a href=“https://scholarships.gmsp.org/Program/Details/7d6e42b1-d063-4bd2-a977-057b290e2708[/url]”>https://scholarships.gmsp.org/Program/Details/7d6e42b1-d063-4bd2-a977-057b290e2708</a>, log on (top right corner) and then click on “view application status”. Hope this helps! :)</p>