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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this Gates scholarship only awarded to low income teens? I've never heard of anyone winning one in my neck of the woods (those these teens win all manner of things, like NMSF, Jefferson, Intel semi finals, etc). [/quote] Green with envy? [/quote] No, genuinely curious because I have never known a peer's child to win a Gates Millennium Scholarship. So I looked up the criteria on the Gates Foundation site and confirmed that this particular award is indeed given to talented, hardworking and smart teens who are black, Native American, Pacific Islander , Hispanic American and Asian Pacific Islanders. Further, the candidates must meet the income eligibility for Pell grants, which rules out kids from homes above a certain HHI. Then and only then will Gates begin considering their achievements. In any case, congrats to these two guys![/quote]
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