ladyswitters

Yeah, sorry for the confusion! I'd be deciding between CLS and my summer FSI program. If I chose CLS and bumped the FSI internship to autumn, I wouldn't be able to start Boren on time. As it is, I just found out today I'm listed as an alternate for Boren (goddammit). So the ambiguity persists. Still, at this point I've decided to just move ahead with CLS because the other programs can be more flexible.

Hey all, I got my notification this morning that I am listed as an alternate for undergraduate Bahasa Indonesia. I was awarded CLS for this summer so it's not as much of a bummer as it could have been, but I'm still pretty heartbroken. There doesn't seem to be a ton of information on the likelihood of being selected at this point although, for those of you here who are also alternates, my uni representative did tell me that there are a decent amount of us who end up getting to participate every year...if anybody knows more about this I'd love to hear. Also, congratulations to everybody who was selected!!

So I've been accepted for Bahasa Indonesia, which is great; unfortunately, now I'm in a bit of a mess trying to sort out my priorities, as I've already been offered an FSI internship this summer (which I might be able to defer until Autumn) and am also waiting to hear back from Boren, which will be some time mid- to late April. If I am accepted to Boren (which would begin in September), the program I chose for my studies is through American Councils also, at the same uni as CLS in Indonesia and everything. Literally all the same, but 8 months instead of 8 weeks and with a mandate for government service after the fact (yay!). So, that's probably all unnecessarily prolix, but hopefully provides sufficient context...has anybody out there withdrawn from CLS after accepting, or known someone who has? If so, what were the consequences? The terms and conditions are a bit vague, and though I've emailed student services I'd prefer hearing from somebody with personal experience. Any opinions at all on my conundrum are also welcome, as the stress of gambling on scholarship acceptance is...not great.

Hi! I just was accepted for beginning(ish?) Bahasa Indonesia, and I certainly hope you were a recipient of that good news as well. I'm just now checking out the forum since the whole thing seems a lot more real after the "congrats" email.