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Graduate Grant to the ROK...No Joy. Congratulations to all the ETA/Research grantees to the ROK...and to all the people who didn't get it, including a few I have kept in regular contact with over the past few months, full steam ahead...oscar mike! I am going ahead with my plans regardless of this (albeit much poorer). If anybody needs any information about Korea, including living there, getting around, where all the pretty girls hang out, etc., then feel free to send me a PM. I should be there by June. Good game everyone! J

Yep...all speculatioooooooooooooooooon!!! Don't count on Mr. Akeley to answer any questions via email ahaha...or to ever be in the office to pick up the phone either! Those folks at the IIE must have one looooooooong lunch break!!! It's okay. It's all part of the fun~! GLTY!

NVM...Arigold had all the statistical analysis ahaha

ahahaha sorry dude, dont shoot the messenger. I don't work at no IIE ahahahaha. Just passing along smoke and rumors like everybody else around here. Chill...it's already April 14 and according to your statistics the latest notifications ever went out for the ROK was 17 April...I'm sure they haven't forgotten.

P= Pass A= Ahahahhaa NS= No Sorry gl noob! ANY DAY NOW ROK...

The U.S. Department of State verifies that all applicants are valid U.S. citizens, have not been convicted of any prior felonies (specifically related to illegal drugs) and are medically fit to conduct their proposed study/research. The last part of that process is of course verified after acceptance. Other factors are the verification and allocation of appropriate funding, and other bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo I am sure would not interest any of you. That was the general answer that I received from the PAS (Public Affairs Section) of the local U.S. Embassy. I think it is quite a rare occurrence for somebody to get rejected on that level, but who knows. Lets let our paranoid minds run wild... GLTA.

Cheesy! A good ole' email saying you got it or a beer should do the job, but to each his own!

Yes, this is when one may start to speculate that just perhaps that one person is lying.

You're crazy. You're all crazy. LOL. Makes for a good read though. Definitely more info here than anything we would find out from good ole Johnny Akeley. GLTA....

Just a matter of time now! Let's see what Friday has store for us ROK applicants...

Yep...f*ck

This has got to be the most melodramtic forum on the internet...

Do they always come out during the 1600-1700 timeframe? I heard sometimes they send them out early around lunch time too...not sure if that is a rumor or not? People who got notifications already, what was your time stamp? Much appreciated... Hurry up and wait... J

Your guess is as good as mine. All intel suggests that the ROK in-country committee has convened and applications have made their way to the U.S. based FSB. As a general rule, the ROK in-country committee makes its final decisions in mid-March, so whatever delay we are seeing is coming from the U.S. side, NOT the ROK in-country committee. I am not sure how valid your Tuesday/Friday theory is, but if it is indeed SOP at the IIE for the ROK-AOR then it seems that 1 April is our next highly likely window of opportunity. GLTA. J

More Korea people...reveal yourselves!