<p>scholars… did u all send in ur paperwork early, mid way, or at the end???</p>
<p>I sent my paperwork tha same day i got it and i asked if u got an id when u called b4 ur safe i put my id in when i got my letter today n they said they didnt have me in there</p>
<p>raidergurl2013… gates said were safe if we had gotten an id two days ago?</p>
<p>Tha dude said only scholars get ids n tha system is down right now cuz it got overloaded lol i wonder how that happened lol but ya if u got 1 u have no reason to worry if u didnt get one tuesday…i hope u werent entered yet…</p>
<p>Nope I didnt call at all. I didnt even know I was suppose to call! I just wait for the mail to come everyday!</p>
<p>I send my paper work in April 14th.</p>
<p>I’m an Asian finalist from California.</p>
<p>Kind of really worried right now since there have been other Asians in California getting their notifications.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if they also send out rejection letters to the people who didn’t get it?
If so, are those sent through regular snail mail meaning that they would come in later??</p>
<p>ohh okk thanks. i got an id two days ago but im still going to wait for the package before i celebrate lolcongrats scholars :D</p>
<p>what id are you guys talking about? i still have no idea what this is</p>
<p>i sent my stuff in late march</p>
<p>Yeah…I think I’m slowly losing hope. Three people around my area that I know of have gotten it so far.</p>
<p>Dont give up! Beside being a finalist means you are very talented and unique, because there are 20,500 applicant this year! That’s what is said in my letter anyways!</p>
<p>its because if you called to the gmsp office and input ur ss# & bday, it would give you ur id# if u were recognized in the system. those that were recognized and got an id# are hoping and assuming we are scholars. some that had gotten an id have already gotten the package saying they were scholars :D</p>
<p>I AM A GATES SCHOLAR!!! asian from south california</p>
<p>Would you still be able to get your #ID number now? Did they stop giving out ID numbers?</p>
<p>I called the office and went through the process of putting my Social Security # and birthdate and all it said was that my letter has already been mailed out and if I don’t receive it within a week, to call the office.</p>
<p>So if I can’t get an ID does that mean that I didn’t get the scholarship?</p>
<p>people have been trying to get ids yesterday also but the system is down now and no one has been able to get their ids like we did 2 days ago. gates must of caught on that we were able to get into this ahead of time. no it doesnt mean that you didnt get the scholarship.</p>
<p>You are supposed to press 1 (you are a current scholar) and not 2, but um, I believe they aren’t giving them out anymore.</p>
<p>Ohhop, I lied.
Looks like my UPS delivers around 6.</p>
<p>Yaaaaay!!! I am a Gates Scholar!
This has been one emotional hour. First I was crushed seeing all these people already got it and now I am completely ecstatic.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you it has been one tough journey to get this far and to those of you who have it, lets be best friend!</p>
<p>ah this is so amazing. don’t forget to join the facebook group! [The</a> Gates Millennium Scholars Class of 2009 | Facebook](<a href=“Redirecting...”>Redirecting...) congratulations to those who also made it. for those who are still waiting for an answer, remember that there are other ways to the top of the mountain. stay strong ;)</p>
<p>I started a discussion on facebook in our group so we can find eachother lol</p>
<p>first of all congrats to all the scholars!!
i was reading the booklet in the big envelope and had couple of questions.
I got some loans from my university and was wondering if gates will cover all of it.</p>