top5678 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Hi guys! Just wanted to start a thread for the 2012 Rangel/Pickering Fellowhips. Anyone else apply to these fellowships? I think finalists for the Rangel will be notified next week. Good luck to everyone who applied! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Träumer Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Anxiously waiting to hear from Pickering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I applied. Got word the panel meets Tuesday for Rangel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSOJN Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Just heard from Rangel. Not a finalist. Fingers crossed for Pickering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Got RANGEL! So excited! Good luck jmels for Pickering you got it man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Träumer Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Got RANGEL! So excited! Good luck jmels for Pickering you got it man! That's awesome! Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Just found out I'm a finalist for Rangel, so I figured I would join the discussion. I'm also waiting to hear about the Pickering. Does anyone have an idea of when Pickering will announce finalists? Also, what would you do if offered the Rangel, then the following month offered the Pickering? Cheers & good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson909 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Just found out I'm a finalist for Rangel, so I figured I would join the discussion. I'm also waiting to hear about the Pickering. Does anyone have an idea of when Pickering will announce finalists? Also, what would you do if offered the Rangel, then the following month offered the Pickering? Cheers & good luck everyone! If you are selected for the Rangel, your acceptance of the fellowship will be communicated to the Pickering program (I think that they may just send a list of all of the year's new fellows soon after selection). With this, your Pickering fellowship application would be pulled from the process. If you choose to reject the Rangel (? lol), then your candidacy in the Pickering would continue. However, Pickering finalists are selected after Rangel winners are chosen, so you wouldn't know that you were a Pickering finalist before you received notification from the Rangel and had to accept or reject. They'll tell you all of this at your finalists interview as well :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 If you are selected for the Rangel, your acceptance of the fellowship will be communicated to the Pickering program (I think that they may just send a list of all of the year's new fellows soon after selection). With this, your Pickering fellowship application would be pulled from the process. If you choose to reject the Rangel (? lol), then your candidacy in the Pickering would continue. However, Pickering finalists are selected after Rangel winners are chosen, so you wouldn't know that you were a Pickering finalist before you received notification from the Rangel and had to accept or reject. They'll tell you all of this at your finalists interview as well :-D Thanks for the info... Hmm... I'm curious to know how you know this. Would Pickering know who the 40 Rangel finalists are before the 20 Fellows are chosen? I've also heard of one person who interviewed as a finalist for the Rangel, was not selected, and then was awarded the Pickering. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 So I just received an email from Pickering confirming that my application is eligible for consideration. There were 270 completed applications this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Me too PrattlAFF I will be seeing you maybe in DC I'm also a Rangel finalist, when is your interview day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Just verified this yesterday with Rangel Program Assistant you can be finalist for both. However, they consult when they are selecting their final 20 and thats when you can't get both fellowships! Edited February 24, 2012 by legallyproper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSOJN Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Just verified this yesterday with Rangel Program Assistant you can be finalist for both. However, they consult when they are selecting their final 20 and thats when you can't get both fellowships! Re: your signature block, did you find out that you're a Pickering finalist? The e-mail we got seemed so say they won't be announcing the finalists until the end of March. Also, I can only assume that they didn't intend to make visible the whole addressee list hahaha. Edited February 25, 2012 by jrnels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Mishap on my part but theres no way that Pickering takes til end of march because both Rangel and Pickering committees must consult before choosing there 20 fellows. I was considered for recommendation but my friend whose a Pickering said that's usually hose ho are invited to interview but we shall see and yeah sure that was a huge slip up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Me too PrattlAFF I will be seeing you maybe in DC I'm also a Rangel finalist, when is your interview day? I'm interviewing in Wednesday, the 14th. I also plan to visit admissions departments since all the schools I applied for are in DC. COngrats on being selected as a finalist and best of luck with the interview. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Mishap on my part but theres no way that Pickering takes til end of march because both Rangel and Pickering committees must consult before choosing there 20 fellows. I was considered for recommendation but my friend whose a Pickering said that's usually hose ho are invited to interview but we shall see and yeah sure that was a huge slip up Actually Rangel chooses the 20 awardees, which must be accepted within a short amount of time. Then when all 20 Rangel Fellows have accepted, this list is communicated to Pickering. Pickering then withdraws any of those names from consideration for the Pickering Fellowship. So anyone (applicant or finalist) who was not selected as one of the 20 Rangel Fellows still has the chance (but no guarantee)to be considered for the Pickering. Make sense?! Best of luck with both, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I'm interviewing on March 13th. I just noticed all the typos due to me typing on this iPad, lol. I do understand now, thanks and good luck too man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Definitely visit American, SIS is exquisitely nice! Georgetown is nice as well competed at MUN conference and toured SFS it was nice too. Definitely visit man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Definitely visit American, SIS is exquisitely nice! Georgetown is nice as well competed at MUN conference and toured SFS it was nice too. Definitely visit man. Yes if you're referring to the new SIS building, I can't wait to see it. I have apps in at three schools, and I am weighing them all equally at this point. If accepted at all of them, I don't want to just jump at my current top choice... I want to be sure. So I see you were accepted for MAGES. Congrats on that. So do you have any idea of when they will announce MSFS acceptances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Yeah I visited the new SIS building when I was a Rangel Scholar and epic! I understand got to stay smart about it. My close friend goes to MSFS now and decisions go out by march 15. I applied to American's MEPGA program can't wait to hear back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Träumer Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Waiting.....still waiting. Is it late March/early April yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Next week should be notification for Pickering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSOJN Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Good luck to everyone doing their Rangel interviews this week! (And those of us waiting for Pickering, hopefully it's next week like legallyproper says!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallyproper Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thanks so much for the best wishes! Glad it's done good luck to Pickering hopefuls ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrattIAFF Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Today is the day we will find out about Rangel! I was super impressed with my fellow Rangel interviewees, and I have every confidence in their ability to perform well in the Foreign Service. Good luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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