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steppeandsky

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  1. Hi -- I am a current Boren Fellow. Last year I found this board to be quite useful during the application process. If I can be of any assistance feel free to fire off any questions. Best of luck!
  2. What an awesome sounding name: The University of Zululand Yes, I submitted a letter of affiliation as well as a letter of language proficiency. Hoping these will help.... But, who knows anymore... All this theorizing is making my head spin
  3. Consider the language of last year's "budget" email: "Thank you for applying for the Boren Fellowship. At this time we want to make sure that you don’t have any small changes with your budget or timeline. We want to make sure the we have a clear idea the exact costs of your program (as near as you can tell at this point) and the exact dates. If you have large changes – i.e. you want to go overseas for 6 months, instead of 3, please do not send us those changes at this time. If you have changes, please email them back to me by Wednesday, March 28th. If you are changing your budget please use the same categories as you originally used, which can be found at - http://www.borenawar...hip/budget.html (you should then specifically look at the overseas and domestic guidelines). If you have any questions please feel free to call or send us an email. Thank you." It's not simply a budget update request, but it also asks to provide information on any possible program date changes: which was the purpose of the most recent "date" email?
  4. I am of the same opinion, aepafrica. I received an email regarding a small mistake (not budget related) on my application at the same time the others received their "budget" emails. I can't understand why Boren would ask me to provide correct information for such a petty error if I was no longer in contention... Keep the faith, we're going to find out soon!
  5. I have a feeling this is our week! Good luck to all!
  6. Hi -- I just got a survey request -- any one else? "Dear Applicant, Now that you have submitted your application for a Boren Fellowship, we would appreciate your feedback about the application process. This survey, linked below, should take approximately 10 minutes to finish and the results will be used to improve the Boren Fellowship application process in the future. We appreciate your time and effort." edit: Last year these survey requests went out on March 16th, 5 days before March 21st -- when the budget update requests were sent. A sign of things to come, I hope...
  7. Hey bejis, Despite the small gaffe on my application I think it was a good sign to hear from them. I don't know if they would go through the effort of contacting us if they weren't interested, right? Nevertheless, a nice budget email will settle my nerves
  8. Hi -- Thanks for starting this thread! Some news: I did receive an email from Boren last week, though it wasn't related to the budget. They simply asked me to update a few personal items that I had overlooked on the application. It's mere speculation but it may mean that the regional reviews are over? Or just beginning? It's all a mystery to me... Has anyone contacted Boren or their campus liaison regarding the budget emails? Shall we be expecting to hear from them? Good luck to all! Boren Fellowship applicant 2013-2014
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