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Great, thank you both-- I see it as well now! Since we will need to choose accommodation options soon, I am wondering if the amount listed includes everything we will be receiving (e.g. airfare, visa processing costs). Does anyone have further details on this?

Nothing yet. Do you all have a Gates account on the website (I don't...unless I've missed something), or was the comment in reference to email accounts?

Ah, that's what I figured. We will keep each other posted!

Have you all already confirmed your intention to matriculate? Anyone know how to fill out the Financial Undertaking Form? I hope we will be receiving further info on the award soon.

Does anyone know when our first event together will be, or tentatively when we should expect to move there?

I think the distinction between a social leader and, say, a task leader is that social leaders not only guide the way, but get others excited about their shared vision and/or recruit the talents and interests of team members to achieve their end goal.

Hi All, I just wanted to include some final thoughts for future applicants lurking on this forum after making it through the process myself. Keep in mind that the Trust emphasizes not just leadership, but social leadership (http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=social-leader)-- took me a while to realize this. I will go ahead and echo previous advice on this forum and say that, for the interview, my experience closely mirrored the info provided on the website-- so do practice with the outline they provide. They really make an effort to lead a pleasant discussion, rather than asking a series of questions or trying to grill you, so go in ready to bounce off their energy and share your research and the importance of your field. Don't spend too much time preparing for ethics-based questions (a mistake that I made, as my field is one that is riddled with ethical dilemmas, but I didn't get a single ethics question...n=1, but take that as you will). In retrospect, once you make it to the interview stage, I would say they are most interested in determining your "fit" with Cambridge (i.e. what have you done, how will that carry over to your time there) and the goals of the Gates scholarship (mostly social leadership). Of course, this all takes years to build, and if you've made it this far, you've certainly "checked the right boxes"! Just be yourself and keep these overarching goals of the interview in mind when answering questions. Lastly, I just want to say that we are often our own worst critics. I almost stopped myself (so many times!) from submitting an application because I didn't think I stood a chance! No one from my (large) school had ever gotten it before, so why waste time that I could be putting towards something productive? Please don't let these thoughts stop you. Wish you all the very best!

Great to know. Are these 2 rounds of acceptances? Monday cohort to fill in spots that were declined?

Does anyone know how many days after all interviews have been conducted we can expect to hear back?

Folks in the biological sciences- do keep an eye on your email and/or junk mail! Interviews have begun rolling out.

Hey there, have you already received an invitation to interview for the gates as an international applicant? If so, is this a departmental interview, or the official gates interview?