philosonista

I honestly think it varies from language to language. Likely the problem with my application is that very few people actually need to lean Korean insofar as learning English is standard there. Sure, would it make me a better scientist in the future (journal articles with more international collaboration have been shown to be better articles) and allow me to more fluently collaborate with a country that is increasingly specializing in my field of research? Yes. Sure, my resume is bright and shiny and they have reason to suspect I could handle the program, add to the diversity of the group, etc. But do I need to learn Korean? No. I would suspect people who made the Korean cut would be those aspiring to do work into Korean history that requires that you understand untranslated texts and those in similar situations that really require it. I also bet Korean had one of the highest volumes of applicants -- no previous experience required, generally popular country, etc. Languages like Urdu, on the other hand, which, to my knowledge, aren't spoken by people who know English, would have an easier case to make... Oh well. I'm writing up four applications to computer programming-intensive programs. Would likely do me more good in the future anyways... Though I still have never been out of NY and it perpetually bothers me that I cannot afford to fix that myself. Good luck, guys.

Korea rejection. Good luck, people!

Guys! Arabic, Bangla, Hindi... This is alphabetical!

Nothing yet for Korean.

After you've applied to so many things, you begin to realize winning things is a bit of a crapshoot and tend not to dwell on things you haven't won. I'm pretty well decorated with accolades, but if I think about it honestly, I've only won about 1/3 of everything for which I've tried. It's a crapshoot.

Haha!

They only have two days to give out decisions! Now I'm fearing they'll break precedence and tell us in February. And can I say it slightly weird/comforting that ya'll come on here to share your impatience/excitement. Haha!

Wooo!

Ahhh! And I was so excited that today was a business day!

Booooo! I was going to dislike the post, but it's not your fault and I appreciate the information!

And fear not, comrades. At least now we know we are in the critical time interval in which we would be informed!

I was thankfully distracted the whole day at a conference, but was sad to come back to no news... Really chomping at the bit here. It'd be so nice to get out of my little corner of the world I've occupied my whole life -- and finally before I graduate from college!

If you google enough about CLS, all this stuff is easily findable. I found entire vlogs and blogs dedicated to a person's experience in the program for my chosen country. And I actually told myself to stop reading/watching because I didn't want to spoil everything if I got it!

We're nearly into January! I wish they would say WHEN during January they inform us. >_<

Judging from having read the previous year's forums, I believe everyone is informed at the same time for the first round.