<p>gms doesnt cover study abroad. but idk about your other stuff.</p>
<p>NO study abroad during summer. Believe me, I tried! But they do cover study abroad during normal school year, however, your college must factor it in your financial aid. If you decided to go to a school that your college doesn’t have a deal with then GMS won’t cover it.</p>
<p>Will GMS pay me to live off campus?</p>
<p>If you could have your college pay for for the off-campus housing first and bills it in your financial aid, then GMS will. However, I’ve yet met anyone who managed to do such thing.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>how was the conference guys?</p>
<p>in high school, some fin aid director from comunity college told us that she puts, everything even remotely related to school as cost of attendance…</p>
<p>she gave an example of a flat tire, if you drive to school… if all teh fin aid offices do that… then it would be wonderful, we can just spend money on stuff, and send them the bill so that we get disbursed…</p>
<p>but thats… just wishful thinking i guess. cuz i don’t know how to pull it off or think anybody can…</p>
<p>how was the conference guys?</p>
<p>did you get to meet gates?</p>
<p>also, when are the second/third checks disbursed?
I am awarded 9k but have only received one check for 3k.</p>
<p>the conference was awesome! Did i meet any of you and not even know it?</p>
<p>who knows. the only person i met personally that i know of was keenya. we wanted to meet u and robotfood but we didnt know your real names.</p>
<p>did you guys meet bill gates???</p>
<p>yeah, did you guys get to meet gates sr. or bill gates himself?</p>
<p>when do the second/third checks get disbursed?</p>
<p>no we didnt meet any gateses. and idk when the other checks come out.</p>
<p>Will Gates give me a stipend if I needed one?? If they will, how much could I ask for without being unreasonable???
Will they also let me live off of campus if I wanted to???</p>
<p>I think this is the fourth times I answer this particular question, and the short answer, unfortunately, is no. The closest thing to a stipend is the workstudy. Gates give you the money that you normaly would get if you were doing workstudy; however, depending on the policy of your college, you might not see a penny of the workstudy money. i.e. BC gave me jack, while a friend of mine at Brandeis receives several grands a year. Moral of the post: check out what your school policy on outside scholarship. </p>
<p>Gates doesn’t pay for off-campus housing, unless, and this is a big unless, you get your college to put the cost of the off-campus housing and then bills Gates for it (ha ha, I love my lame pun.)</p>
<p>For more information contact GMS themselves. Coming here might not give you the exact information that fits your specific case.</p>
<p>P.S.
Didn’t you ask us this question already? I remember answering the same question to you before</p>
<p>Is there a GPA requirementment for scholarship renewal… if so what is it…</p>
<p>Hey, I just attended the West Coast confernece… and while listening to one of the speakers I began to daze and wonder “hmm… i wonder who out of these 460 scholars posted in the CC GMS thread…” I’m assuming you guys (on the west) that posted on this thread went, right?</p>
<p>I forgot about CC until now and I’m disapointed to see that only one of you posted here lol</p>
<p>that conference is great, everyone needs to apply for GMS now</p>
<p>Just to add…I was one of the first to register for the conference and so…I GOT THE SPECIAL PRIZE!</p>
<p>It was a hat that said GMS…nothing special, but people were envious.</p>