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sat0ri

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  1. Before I found out about Gates, I emailed my college (Christ's) which has many scholarships available and they said if they see a full scholarship listed they would not be able to provide any money. Even a small supplemental scholarship would have been nice but oh well. It might depend on the college and/or scholarship though. (I'm assuming everyone got the email from Luisa shortly after we were talking about award letters in the forum.)
  2. Thank you so much--I actually just checked that incidentally and was about to post to say that my CamISIS was updated (25/04/2017) with that same message.
  3. I do not have the Gates account on the website either. I was asking about the official award letter, which the university policy states is necessary to matriculate (especially to fill out the financial undertaking form). I was assuming the email is not the official award letter. However, my college has just emailed me today to congratulate me on the scholarship, so it seems there is some sort of internal communication at the university.
  4. Hm nothing yet on my end... Did you receive the official award letter and everything else related to the terms and conditions? Was there anything about the facebook group? I'm from the USA round so maybe the international round went out sooner. This is making me very anxious though I bet mine will come in soon too EDIT: anyone else receive their award letter yet? @gradapp2048
  5. I believe we need the official letter to complete that form, but I'm not sure. If I'm not mistaken, my college requires an official award letter before they can reserve me a space :/
  6. Ok it's reassuring to hear that I'm not alone, thank you!
  7. Congrats to those winning the international round. I saw the press release yesterday. Has anyone heard any further information other than the confirmation of being accepted? Has anyone received an official award letter yet.
  8. Awesome! I was involved with Best Buddies all four years of university, so disabilities are a major interest of mine
  9. Since it looks like most of the acceptances have gone out, I wanted to ask... How does everyone plan on engaging with their host country? I'm especially curious with the UK winners plan on doing
  10. I was interested in something similar. Luisa told me that a group Facebook would go live once the international round concluded.
  11. Just curious but what does social leadership mean to you? How does it differ from perhaps more conventional notions of leadership? EDIT - congrats!
  12. Extremely fast. This might be one of fastest turn around times there are--it might be slightly longer for international. For USA, interviews were on the 1/27 and 1/28 and decisions were announced 4-5 days later on 2/1. Since you guys interviewed in the middle of the week, 4-5 days would mean this weekend (which I doubt), so maybe next week at the latest? It seems the year before (2016-17) there were announced within 1-2 days and my friend from Peru interviewed in 2015-16 application year and he was told within a few days IIRC. It might be possible you find out in a day or so.
  13. Hope interviews went well for everyone! Good luck everyone!
  14. Germany and UK notified--that's an exciting day! Congrats to all and sorry to the UK alternates. The UK acceptance stats are extremely daunting. For anyone who was designated as an alternate: do you plan on listing this in your CV? I've stumbled across someone's Linked In account who listed themselves as a Rhodes Scholar Alternate. Of course these two scholarships are different and it might depend on individual circumstance, but I'd be interested to hear opinions.
  15. Did you email the university back? Seems like a lucky way to find out what fate has in store for. Also, if that email was sent in error, you probably don't want to have false hopes (however slim) while awaiting fulbright decisions
  16. I accepted the Gates Cambridge scholarship and withdrew my Fulbright application. Sorry for the confusion!
  17. I love your user name!! (congrats as well, of course!)
  18. It would be very cool to get a UK group going maybe through Facebook or something...
  19. This is so exciting as a spectator! I'm really pulling for you guys, especially those of you I remember from last cycle
  20. This is kind of a selfish question. I received a Gates Cambridge scholarship (!!!) which is a full scholarship and my feeling is that I should withdraw from the Fulbright competition this year, but part of me wants to keep trying to see if I would get the Fulbright scholarship and then decline it if I was lucky enough to get it. This is selfish but my only reason would be to put it as a honorary award (in name only; no funding) in my CV. I have a strong feeling I should withdrawal now as it seems to be the right thing to do, but maybe not, and so I thought I asked you all.
  21. Thank you! I've been noticing your posts since last Fulbright cycle, so I feel united by the struggle. Did you apply to Gates as well? I know so far you are a recommended for Fulbright, though I thought it was not longer for the UK (maybe Germany, because you are DAAD applicant too)
  22. Decisions out on 2/1/2017 at 10:58 AM (Wednesday following the interview, which I skyped for). Subject line: " Gates Cambridge Scholarship decision " I was accepted!!! This is a dream come true..
  23. To add to this, here are some other specific questions I remember: *Imagine you just arrived in the UK and we're in an elevator together. Tell me about your project and why you're here. *Where do you see yourself in 10 years? *You have a free weekend in the UK to do whatever you want. How would you spend it? *You're explaining a current issue in the US to a British person. What issue do you pick and how do you explain it? *(follow up) explain why you think there is such a polarization in American politics (referring to Trump and Sanders at the time). *Have you been keeping up with any current issues in the UK? *Explain a time you were in a leadership role and how those you worked with would characterize your leadership style. *Explain your personal journey (I did not get this one but I talked to someone who did and was caught off guard by it).
  24. I've interviewed at Cambridge and Oxford, accepted at both, and interviewed unsuccessfully with the US-UK Fulbright commission if you had any specific questions for me (either publicly or privately). The general tip I would have, is make sure they are impressed by how impactful your work is. My first project was on synthetic chemistry to improve cancer outcomes (no one in the panel was even remotely STEM-related), but based on their follow up questions I don't think they really understood why I thought my project was important and generally seemed bored (so I wish I explained it more fundamentally and was more engaging). Interestingly though, when they found out I started my academic career in the humanities, mentioning an award I won on postmodern American fiction, they lit up like a match. So I guess a major tip is know your audience. If you have any specific questions, let me know!
  25. Last year, I was nominated as semifinalist 1/15, received an invitation to interview on 2/15 ("invitation to interview ..." in email subject line), and learned of my final status (Alternate, indicated by "(A)" in the email subject line) on 3/22. So, based on last year, it looks like it takes a month between each step, though I promise this will feel much more agonizing than a month's time if you are anything like me. EDIT: by the way, I was applying for a UK open award. The panel of 3 I interviewed with had no affiliation with my school of choice at that time, so my guess (???) is that it's not partner-award dependent. Two were directors of the "US-UK Fulbright Commission" who seemed to run all US-to-UK awards, as well as an American alumna of Columbia University who was "Programme Manager – US Postgraduate Awards". All were reasonably nice people. EDIT2: I believe many others applying for the UK received interviews before I did. My interview was on 2/25 based on the old email.
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