<p>Congratulations to those of you who have heard recently! After all that anxiety it’s nice to find out isn’t it? :)</p>
<p>Anyway, let us all wish the others get it too! Everyone is so deserving…</p>
<p>how would i go about with gates and the the whole rent for apartment thing?</p>
<p>I pray I am selected to join such as prestigous organization, blessing, and group of individuals such as yourselves.</p>
<p>Has anyone from UNCF got ANYTYHING at all yet???</p>
<p>Yeah I got my “Welcome Scholar” letter in the mail on March 24th and I’m in UNCF!!</p>
<p>out of curiosity, which college are u guys attending?</p>
<p>I hope they start telling us something soon, and I hope that it’s good news.</p>
<p>pratt institute. =)</p>
<p>is the congrats package a big envelope?</p>
<p>no, mine was regular sized.</p>
<p>I’m going to Northwestern…and eugh…why did you say anything…im blacasian and havent heard anything form UNCF. I just want to know yes or no now.</p>
<p>I am going to the University of Mississippi.</p>
<p>University of Washington for me</p>
<p>I know what you mean, I wish I could just get a yes or a no, but my girl friend made me feel better when she told me that I have to have FAITH.</p>
<p>ok so thats who all got it?</p>
<p>robotFOOD
(me)losyracuse
frog prince
dreaming_melancholy
davikings…comeon who else!!</p>
<p><strong>and keenya im pretty damn sure u got it. youre talking to a computer genius/harry potter reader/quiz bowl champion. im never wrong.</strong></p>
<p>by the way im going to syracuse university</p>
<p>congrats to everyone who got it so far =)</p>
<p>how would i get gates to arrange the apartment thing instead of paying for dorming?</p>
<p>You’d have to get your school to work your apartment costs into your Total Cost of Attendance. Total Cost - any monies that the school has given you (excluding loans and work study, those will be converted to grants) = your Gates award. They will be payinig for my apartment next year just because the school formally acknowledged that an apartment is part of what it costs to go to school here.</p>
<p>is it true they pay for summer programs too??</p>
<p>is there any way that i could convince my school’s financial aid to increase the amount of money they estimate for an apartment? because the estimation they gave isn’t sufficient for an apartment in new york, so based on that, i’d still have to work to pay for it anyway…</p>
<p>or should i talk to gates instead?</p>
<p>Frog Prince, not much convincing is necessary nor helpful. Simply look at the Pratt website for something called budget or COA … in this case, it is called </p>
<p>06-07 Student Budget
Undergraduate (pdf) </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.pratt.edu/aid/budget_ug_02-10-06_.pdf[/url]”>http://www.pratt.edu/aid/budget_ug_02-10-06_.pdf</a></p>
<p>Find your category, and check what is listed under room and board. That is the amount you will receive for room and board. It does not get any simpler than that. It also seems that Pratt added the cost of a computer and software to its COA. This means that Gates will probably cover it since it is general requirement.</p>