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Congrats to all who've received an offer! Looking forward to meeting some of you in October ?

I also got it! Physical sciences panel! ?

Thanks! I got it at 18:29 Swiss time (GMT+1)

Heard back and got it!!! ???
Congratulations to everyone who received their results today and I hope everyone else finds other funds for support! ?

Sending you all good and generous news for funding ?

Haven't heard anything yet either.

Haven't heard anything yet either.

I'm in disbelief right now! I just got offered a Harding scholarship, they are giving me until after the Gates results to reply ?

I'm in disbelief right now! I just got offered a Harding scholarship, they are giving me until after the Gates results to reply ?

Congratulations! ? ? That's a little weird, as you are also a Gates finalist you should have the same acceptance deadline as they gave me. You can try emailing them about this, it might be a mistake (they could have missed the fact that you are shortlisted for Gates and given you the standard deadline).
I am anyway going to send them a reply today to thank them for the offer, let them know that I am planning to accept the award unless I end up also receiving a Gates scholarship, and tell them that I'll be in touch shortly after the Gates results with a final answer.

My God!!! Unbelievable. I have also just received the Harding offer! And they acknowledged the Gates issue, so I have until April 5th. 
Super glad and congratulations to others. Sincere best wishes to everyone still waiting! 

Thanks! And congrats to you too ?? Yeah I sent them a message asking about extensions , am also really glad these forums exist because otherwise I would feel more antsy about messaging these faceless @info emails haha

Just got offered the harding scholarship as well! However, they are giving me 7 days to reply - what is the protocol from here? Do we accept harding for now? I won't have enough time to wait for the results of gates.

Congratulations on becoming a finalist!
There are only 4 panels right? Arts, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences. 
So I'm guessing all the engineering candidates will be classified in the physical sciences panel. 
I'd written to the electronics engineering department regarding the status of my application. Still haven't heard back from them. 

I heard back on Tuesday from the Physical Sciences panel. Don't know anyone in Engineering though.

I have, I received an email that I was shortlisted for the Social Sciences interview panel about an hour ago -- Hoping good news arrives in your inboxes soon!!

International applicants, check your email! I just got notified that I am a finalist

@ethanmendell No idea, sorry! I hope you get good news soon.
Does someone know if the "finalists" are all the people who were nominated by their departments, or if there has already been further shortlisting by Gates?

Same here! 

I don't think you need to do anything special to be eligible. Your department will rank (or has already ranked) applicants based on academic merit and nominate the best ones for Gates and all the other scholarships. Some departments will tell you if you've been nominated, others not. This step is based on what you originally submitted in your application, so it doesn't require any further action from you. Congrats for getting an offer and good luck!

Hey guys,
As I'm sure a lot of you are in similar positions, I thought this would be helpful! I recently was admitted into a truly great program, and the excitement has slowly turned into crippling anxiety. Lots of "They're going to figure out I'm not as smart as they think I am" "Everyone else is so much better, I will fail"...etc. I know this is so common with all people and especially in academia! Anyone relating to that right now? Because I am feeling it hard?

Same same! Good luck everyone ❤️

Same here! Good luck to you all

Waiting for Gates international round too! Let's keep each other updated and very best of luck to everyone  

Hi guys! Just typing out of anxiety while waiting for Gates international round! A bit down actually they decided not to do interview. Sending all of us big luck!!